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So you know your footy
Chat with Matt G’day. It’s good to be back on deck with the Cooktown Local News for the 2013 NRLseason. Everyone at the Cowboys is as keen as mustard to start this year with a good win after the way we bowed out in the finals last year. You can’t dwell on those things and have to go forward, but it’s still in the back of your mind. But we’re going into our first game against the Bulldogs at Gosford’s Blue Tongue stadium on Saturday night with pretty much the same squad as we had last year. Tariq Sims has been training the house down and can’t wait to get back onto the paddock, with Englishman Scott Moore and Rory Kostjasyn the only new boys in the 19-man squad. Two have to be omitted, but that decision will be made later this week. We’re going into the game supremely confident, but aware that Ben Barba’s absence from the Bulldogs squad will have an influence on their performance. Ben’s been a huge part of their recent success, but, in saying that, his replacement could come out and have an absolute blinder, trying to cement his place in the squad, so we can’t allow him, or any other Doggies player any lattitude. Ben’s absence from the Doggies is not a good thing, and, from all of us at the Cowboys, we wish him all the best and hope he gets back on the park real soon. For me, I’ve fully recovered from my shoulder reconstruction and was satisfied with the 65 minutes I played in last week’s trial against the Titans. I pulled up a bit sore all over, as you do after your first game, and a little bit sorer in my shoulder, but you expect that after surgery. We had an extremely tough off-season, with training easily being the hardest I’ve ever been involved in. Our coaches and conditioners have got us fully ready and fired up for the season, and I can’t wait to get back onto the paddock to play my part in what will hopefully be a premiership season for us. But the NRL is a week-by week proposition, and that’s how we’ll be approaching it. Don’t forget to tune into Fox at 7.30pm on Saturday, we’ll be looking forward to your support from up there in Hope Vale, Wujal and Cooktown. The Cowboys team for Saturday night is: 1 Matthew Bowen, 2 Ashley Graham, 3 Brent Tate, 4 Kane Linnett, 5 Antonio Winterstein, 6 Johnathan Thurston (c), 7 Ray Thompson, 8 Matt Scott (c), 9 Scott Moore, 10 James Tamou, 11 Gavin Cooper, 12 Glenn Hall, 13 Dallas Johnson. Interchange: 14 Rory Kostjasyn, 15 Ashton Sims, 16 Tariq Sims, 17 Jason Taumalolo, 18 Scott Bolton, 19 Robert Lui (two to be omitted).
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THE NRL season starts tonight (Thursday), so have you entered the Cooktown Local News’ popular footy tipping competition for 2013? You can enter more than once remember it’s free - so that you can enter different tips for each weekend. Tips are not transferrable between entries. It’s great fun, and show just how much of a footy tipster you are. This year’s tipping competition is sponsored by Hinterland Aviation, Inn Cairns and the Cooktown Local News. The winner will receive a return flight to Cairns for one, courtesy of Hinterland Aviation and three nights’ accommodation in the heart of Cairns at Inn Cairns - a prize worth more than $1000. The runner-up will receive $250 from the Cooktown Local News. Two major changes have been introduced this year. 1. Anyone who fails to enter their selections for a week will receive no points. This ensures fairness to those who do enter their tips. 2. Anyone entering the competition after the start of the season, also will start from zero with no points awarded for missed games.
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