Rugby league great Brad Fittler hosted a fun-filled afternoon at the WORLD Sporting Precinct last week as part of the National Rugby League (NRL) Hogs Tour.<\/p>\n
The event featured a free junior clinic that created an electric atmosphere, with dozens of kids giving it their all and many discovering a new favourite sport.<\/p>\n
Fittler \u2014 former captain of both New South Wales and Australia, and past Blues State of Origin coach \u2014 proved a hit with youngsters, who hung on his every word.<\/p>\n
Bairnsdale was the final Victorian stop of the tour, with Fittler and the NRL Hogs team arriving on Harley-Davidson motorcycles. He was joined by stars Dale Finucane, Jada Taylor and Quincy Dodd.<\/p>\n
NRL Victoria brought the tour to East Gippsland, offering a major opportunity to boost junior rugby league participation and showcase the shire\u2019s premier sporting facility.<\/p>\n
A highlight of the day was the arrival of the Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service, giving the community a chance to see the vital service up close.<\/p>\n
For many participants, it was their first visit to the WORLD Sporting Precinct \u2014 a venue designed to attract events like this, inspire young people, support local clubs and highlight high-quality sporting facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rugby league great Brad Fittler hosted a fun-filled afternoon at the WORLD Sporting Precinct last week as part…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-526492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}