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Dragons’ 123kg giant couldn’t make his school team. Now he’s set for his NRL debut
@Source: smh.com.au
Yet not everyone who has been part of Pasifiki Tonga’s journey – which will culminate in a Dragons debut on Saturday night after stints in birthplace Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne and Queensland – shared the sentiment.
While studying at Keebra Park – a renowned football nursery that has produced the likes of Benji Marshall, Payne Haas, Reece Walsh, David Fifita, Jai Arrow, Moeaki Fotuaika and AJ Brimson – Pasifiki Tonga tried out for the school’s rugby league team.
He didn’t make the cut.
“I tried out for the first team and didn’t make it for the Allan Langer Trophy team,” Pasifiki Tonga said. “It came as a shock to me, to be honest. In the trial game I reckon I played good enough to make the team.
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