Joey to walk to Sydney for Black dog walk

[~knightsgirljess~]

http://www.nibandrewjohnswalk.com.au/

was on the news tonight!! you can pay to join him!!!

 

[Ms.Nobody]

Sounds like a very nice gesture. Hopefully people get out and join him!

 

[U23]

Good effort and a great cause. *thumbsup*

 

[Sammyyy]

Good on him i'd love to join him

 

[Newcastle Forever]

what a legend

 

[knight-no-7]

Quite a walk!

Good on him!

 

[Joey]

good on him

 

[Gidleys-my-knight08]

Good work Joey
Hopefully i can find the date hes on the coast & go

 

[Denno]

Deadset best cause. I hate it when people underestimate what he went through.

 

[Lefty]

It is wonderful that Joey is doing this.

 

[Pumba]

Great work Joey. Great Cause!

 

[Newcastle Forever]

Good work Joey
Hopefully i can find the date hes on the coast & go

as if hed have a day on the coast :razz:

 

[Sammyyy]

Ninemsn Video
9RAW: Joey talks bipolar

September 5, 2008: Johns, who said his enforced retirement from the sport a year ago came as a relief, said he continues to battle daily with manic depression and will probably remain on medication for the rest of his life.

Ninemsn Videos

 

[mozza]

It's pretty random but
I had a dream last night that Joey came back for next year and we beat the Bulldogs by 40 in our 1st game of the year then he retired so he could play 250 games

 

[Theknightsrule7]

Good luck Joey!!!!

 

[Sammyyy]

Bid for Andrew’s last match boots and support…

Game-used football boots worn by Andrew Johns in his 249th and last NRL match. Round 3 2007 - Newcastle Knights v Canberra Raiders. (No Buyer’s premium)

Starting bid is: $4999

Woah, huge sum of money there

 

[Ms.Nobody]

We got smashed that evening, not exactly memorable

 

[Frizzed]

5k isn't all that expensive compared to other sporting memorabilia.

 

[Joey]

We got smashed that evening, not exactly memorable

True. But I would get the boots for the sake of having the boots.

 

[Sammyyy]

Rudd pledges $2m as Johns kicks off depression walk

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has pledged an extra $2 million in funding for research into depression and bipolar disorder.

Mr Rudd joined former rugby league player Andrew Johns this morning on the first leg of a six-day walk from Newcastle to Sydney to raise awareness of the illnesses.

Mr Rudd commended Johns for speaking publicly about his personal experiences.

"It's about levelling with the Australian people about a big problem out there," he said.
"It's levelling about the real problem, that is depression.

"What we are doing today and what Andrew has been doing for a long time is removing that last great Australian taboo - talking publicly and openly about mental illness."

ABC