By Steve Jancetic
October 8th 2008 @ 2:17am
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Double joy for Stewart brothers
Manly backrower Glenn Stewart says he can’t wait to celebrate his and brother Brett’s selection in the Australian World Cup squad. He’s just got to find him first.
“I haven’t seen him yet, he’s gone MIA,” Glenn Stewart said, Manly’s ongoing grand final celebrations having apparently claimed their first victim.
“I’m just rapt, just to be playing [...]
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oikee said | October 8th 2008 @ 9:55am | Report comment
Good for them, really pleased to see 2 brothers involved and the wolfman, i really cant fault the selections this year, whats going on with the selectors, have they woken up from a deep sleep or something. Every player involved has the right to be there, and now looking forward to see them play as a unit.