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Weidler in Vegas: Top Dog’s harrowing Bondi massacre connection
By Danny Weidler
It’s one of the great weeks in the Bulldogs’ history, but club chief executive Aaron Warburton is sitting in a quiet corner of a Las Vegas bar wiping tears from his eyes.
We have been talking for less than 10 minutes and the emotion is overwhelming about what he saw, heard and felt on December 14 at Bondi Beach when two gunmen opened fire and killed 15 people in an antisemitic terror attack now the subject of a royal commission.
It’s not well known that the Dogs boss is a Bondi resident. He and his wife Britt had a front-row view of what unfolded that tragic day.
“A minute after putting our groceries down that day after our grocery shopping Britt and I heard a bang,” Aaron said.
“I looked outside and I could see what looked like old men wrestling. I said f— there is a guy with a gun, and then I said there is two of them.
“My place to the bridge where the two men shot from … I could throw a cricket ball there.“
Read Danny Weidler’s full column here.
Late Mail: How will the new bench rule be used?
Just a slight tweak from new Knights coach Justin Holbrook, he’s brought Mat Croker into the starting line-up and benched veteran forward Tyson Frizell.
The Cowboys are 1-17, which is actually no longer a thing – we’re 1-19 now with the new six-man benches, where only a maximum of four players can see game time. One to watch in terms of how coaches use that tactically.
Knights coach Justin Holbrook.Credit: Getty Images
Knights: 1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Dominic Young 3. Dane Gagai 4. Bradman Best 5. Greg Marzhew 6. Fletcher Sharpe 7. Dylan Brown 8. Jacob Saifiti 9. Phoenix Crossland 10. Trey Mooney 11. Dylan Lucas 12. Jermaine McEwen 15. Mathew Croker Interchange: 13. Tyson Frizell 14. Sandon Smith 16. Thomas Cant 17. Pasami Saulo 18. Fletcher Hunt 19. Francis Manuleleua
Cowboys : 1. Scott Drinkwater 2. Braidon Burns 3. Jaxon Purdue 4. Tomas Chester 5. Murray Taulagi 6. Jake Clifford 7. Tom Dearden 8. Coen Hess 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Jason Taumalolo 11. Heilum Luki 12. Sam McIntyre 13. Reuben Cotter Interchange: 14. Soni Luke 15. Thomas Mikaele 17. Kai O’Donnell 18. Griffin Neame 21. Matthew Lodge 22. Robert Derby
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Welcome one, welcome all
Afternoon sports fans,
Here we are. No further adieu. No more gilding of the lilly. And God help us, no more preview pieces. The NRL season is upon us. From Las Vegas no less, you might’ve heard about that one.
Rugby league meets Las Vegas.Credit: Getty Images
Rugby league has descended on Nevada and we’ve got Newcastle v North Queensland first up, followed by the Bulldogs and Dragons. Kick-off in the first one from 1:15pm AEDT, with team lists and gibber to come. Stand by.
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