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\u201cMad Mondays, we would have the 6am party at the house. We went to both of our neighbours and we said \u2018look, we\u2019re happy to put you up at the Swiss Grand Hotel for two nights\u2019. They were happy with that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe party rolled in at 6am, we had a full DJ. That went until 12 lunchtime, and then at lunchtime we moved on.<\/p>\n
\u201cBack then, everyone was invited. All the supporters, they would just come.\u201d <\/p>\n
Minichiello\u2019s career wasn\u2019t all high-flying parties and on-field accolades. At the peak of his powers in 2005, the Count began enduring the first of many back issues that would continue to plague his career for some years \u2013 at one point threatening his time at the Roosters.<\/p>\n
Anthony Minichiello won a title in 2002.Source: AAP<\/p>\n
Pumping anti-inflammatory tablets, pain killers and sleeping tablets daily, Minichiello got to a point in 2006 where he couldn\u2019t touch his knees without extreme discomfort and even developed a stomach ulcer because of all the drugs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did have signs from my body telling me that I\u2019ve gotta change things,\u201d Minichiello remembered. <\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m looking at my face and how puffy it was, my eyes were almost closed over and my hands are puffy. The inflammation and oxidative stress that was bubbling away beneath my body was out of control.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a ruptured disc in my L5 S1, which is the lowest disc in my back. It was permanently hitting my sciatic nerve and that\u2019s why I had numbness in my toes and pins and needles everywhere. So that was my first back operation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Minichiello captained the Roosters to the 2013 title.Source: News Limited<\/p>\n
Minichiello eventually overcame his injury struggles to lead the Roosters to the premiership as captain in 2013, under the team\u2019s current coach, Trent Robinson. <\/p>\n
He describes that year as the best of his life.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy daughter was born in December that year and it was a great memory, that year,\u201d Minichiello recalls.<\/p>\n
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\u201cRobbo came in and he challenged us about being full-time professionals and he also challenged us on being a second-half team.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight from day one at training we had this thing about the last 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
Terry Biviano and Minichiello\u2019s daughter was born in late 2013.Source: News Limited<\/p>\n
\u201cThen we found ourselves in the grand final against Manly. We were down by 10 points with 20 minutes to go. We sat all the boys down and said \u2018what have we trained for? Right from day one in pre-season we wanted to be a second-half team\u2019.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s 20 minutes to go, everyone do your job and do it well\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Watch Jake Duke go Face to Face with Roosters legend Anthony Minichiello<\/p>\n
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