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Mon February 27, 2012
Source: www.cqnrlbid.com.auLast Friday night some of the greatest players to ever play the great game of rugby league came together to show their support for the CQ NRL Bid. The CQ Leagues Club played host to the 2012 CQ NRL Bid Season Launch which over 200 people attended. A special part of the night included the presentation of the 11 QR National Scholarship Recipients and their mentors.
Gary Larson, Jason Hetherington, Alan McIndoe, Steve Bell, Matt Sing, PJ Marsh, Justin Loomans, Kevin Campion and Mark Hohn were part of a star-studded line up all in attendance on the night.
Larson, Hetherington, McIndoe, Bell, Sing, Marsh and Loomans will provide mentoring and guidance to the young Scholarship Recipients along with Rhys Wesser, Mark Graham, Nick Kenny and Sid Domic who were unable to make it on the night. Meanwhile Kevin Campion and Mark Hohn were present on the night representing their cleaning services business TJS Cleaning Services which is one of 150 Corporate Partners of the CQ NRL Bid.
CEO Denis Keeffe was delighted with the show of support on the night. "To have so many great NRL players present to our biggest function of the year is a ringing endorsement of the work we are doing for the CQ NRL Bid. We did some quick sums in the lead-up to the night and the 9 former greats we had attend on Friday night collectively have played over 1700 NRL & Super League Games, 88 State of Origins and 32 International games. I think the important thing to note is that all bar one of these players is born and bred in Central Queensland. CQ is a production line for great rugby league players and the NRL knows this."
Guest Speaker for the Season Launch was Gold Coast Titans Chairman Paul Broughton who gave the football-savvy attendees a real insight into the machinations of the NRL and the challenges of securing an NRL license. Gold Coast Titans were the latest NRL Team to be granted a license in 2007.
The CQ NRL Bid continues to go from strength-to-strength and is providing some real outcomes for the region through a myriad of community programs aimed at engaging and developing the grassroots of the game. The QR National Scholarship Program is just one of those programs that provides three-way support to young aspiring athletes in the region to chase their dreams in rugby league. Financial Support with schooling and sporting costs, Player Welfare Education and Mentoring from a former NRL great are all key elements of a program that shows the CQ NRL Bid's commitment to Grassroots Development.
Sun October 1, 2006
by Matthew O'Neill
Former New Zealand Warriors captain Kevin Campion has today launched a scathing attack on former Warriors coach Daniel Anderson and revealed one of the reasons why the Warriors lost their way in their only Grand Final appearance in 2002.
Campion was lock and captain of the Warriors in 2002 in the year they made their only Grand Final where they took on the inform Sydney Roosters outfit. The Warriors were down 6-2 at half-time when Anderson arrived in the sheds to what Campion and the players thought would be addressing the side.
Speaking to the Sunday News in New Zealand, Campion said,
"That halftime speech goes down as one of the worst things I have ever heard - it was just ridiculous.
"I am not too sure what he was thinking. He made us this tape of a mock commentary and must have thought the Broncos would make the Grand Final.
"He never addressed us at halftime.
"He brought a tape recorder in, said, 'Boys I want you to listen to this', and then walked out.
"It starts playing, 'Welcome to the 2002 grand final, the Warriors versus the Broncos.'
"I flipped out and thought, "What is this?"
"I was just going, 'Turn that s*** off'.
"I was screaming, 'What the **** is this?'"Included on Anderson's pre-recorded tape was the Warriors scoring the match-winning try against Brisbane in the Grand Final. The week before the decider, the Roosters defeated Brisbane in a controversial match at Aussie Stadium where the Broncos couldn't buy a penalty until the final two minutes. The following day the Warriors defeated Cronulla in a triller at Telstra Stadium to setup the Grand Final showdown.
Stacey Jones scored a brilliant individual try straight after the break but from where it was all the Roosters as the Warriors lost their way and composure. The Roosters piled on four unanswered tries to runaway with the match 30-8.
Anderson lost the support of the Warriors players and was sacked from his position as coach in 2004. Anderson is now coaching English Super League club St Helens where on Friday night they qualified for the Grand Final defeating Hull FC 12-8 in an absolute classic at Knowsley Road. Hull FC will now take on Bradford at KC Stadium this coming Friday night to determine who'll play the Saints in the decider at Old Trafford on Saturday 14th October.
Campion enjoyed a good career where he played in Grand Finals for three different clubs with only Phil Sigsworth, Genn Lazarus and Anthony Mundine also achieving that feat. Campion was a member of the St George 1996 Grand Final side, played in Premiership victories with Brisbane in 1998 and 2000 and of course was co-captain of the Warriors in 2002. Campion also had stints with Gold Coast, Adelaide and finished his career at North Queensland in 2004.
The timing of Campion's attack on Anderson is very odd that it has taken four years for this to get out and comes out on the eve of the 2006 Grand Final between Melbourne and Brisbane.
What brought about this sudden out burst and why it has taken four years for Anderson's apparent half-time talk to now be revealed?
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 2004 NRL Telstra Premiership
North Queensland Cowboys
1 games; [View] Round 1 [13 Mar 04] L 20-24 v Sea Eagles (H). [SR]
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