Mason won't be getting away

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Ben Kennedy
Mason won't be getting away
We have all heard the story of how Willie Mason slipped through the Knights fingers after he trialled without success for a place in the clubs junior representative teams.

The rest, as they say, is history.Well ,don't expect it to happen twice.
Willie's younger brother Rodney ,17, was one of almost 160 triallists for the Harold Matthews under-16 and SG Ball under-18 teams last weekend.
The young Mason,a front or second rower ,wasn't the only name player to trial.
Former Knights first graders Steve Fulmer and Tony Herman's sons Hadden and Matt both trialled for the ball team as well as federal Minister for Defence and former Cessnock winger Joel Fitxgibbon's son Jack.

Another former knight,Tim Morrison's son Josh has only played two seasons of league after being a convert from soccer but did well in the matthews trial while the grandson of of Scone's former test winger Don 'bandy' Adams,Adam Clydsdale,made the trip down from the upper hunter.

In the best indication yet that the club's recent policy of recruiting juniors outside the area is over,91% of the triallists were locals.
Recruitment boss Keith Onslow can take a lot of the credit for that.
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by barry toohey :sunday telegraph
 
Meanwhile, how ever garbage they might be, other kids who are simply better will miss out because of their 'names' arent a Mason or Sargent.
 
AussieKnight said:
Meanwhile, how ever garbage they might be, other kids who are simply better will miss out because of their 'names' arent a Mason or Sargent.
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Exactly, i would hate for a future star to miss out because he go pipped by the relative of a former 1st grader, even when they were better. Hopefully the selectors dont even know the peoples names who are trying out, go by a numbers system or something. They once they have got their shortlist then they can do a little more background research.
 
mozza said:
Blasphemy
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Haha.

He is the former headgeared hero to millions of Hunter Valley citizens.

Position: Centre/wing

Matches: 48

Tries: 3

Points: 12

Try-scoring strikerate: 0.0625 tries per game

Most memorable moment: Staying on the field after being knocked out in 19-18 semi-final win over Cronulla in 1995.

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Tim Morrison don't they mean Maddison I don't recall a Morrison ever playing for the Knights (great surname though)
 
mozza said:
Tim Morrison don't they mean Maddison I don't recall a Morrison ever playing for the Knights (great surname though)
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I think I misread it as Maddison the first time I read the article. There hasn't been a Morrison that I remember.
 
jamesgould said:
Haha.

He is the former headgeared hero to millions of Hunter Valley citizens.

Position: Centre/wing

Matches: 48

Tries: 3

Points: 12

Try-scoring strikerate: 0.0625 tries per game

Most memorable moment: Staying on the field after being knocked out in 19-18 semi-final win over Cronulla in 1995.

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Must have been our strike Winger/Centre :lol:

BTW is that Menzies in the pic?

EDIT: I think it is, looking back at the game we had a pretty good side and only just missed out on the 1995 GF,
 
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