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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.
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