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Why Eels prop Junior Paulo is as skilful as any halfback – at 123kg – Sydney Morning Herald

Rugby league’s big little man is a dying breed. Under Brad Arthur and Andrew Johns, Paulo is finally being allowed to become the halfback he was always supposed to be.

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Its easy to admire the little big man the fearless footballer who punches above his weight.
The pint-sized playmaker who forgets his jersey size and gleefully hunts down the oppositions biggest player, ready to upend him to prove a point. Players like Geoff Toovey and Terry Lamb.
Long before Trevor Gillmeister, Roosters lock Barry “Bunny” Reilly was known as “The Axe”. He was 163cm tall and weighed 79kg.
Forget all that. Im more interested…

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