WIZ: Dragons must fire or face wooden spoon
We are back to a full premiership round after all the excitement of Origin 1 and there are some big games happening this weekend…
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Gary “Wiz” Freeman is one of the great halfbacks in New Zealand rugby league history. Now an outspoken and popular media personality, he joined TheRoar.com.au in April 2012 as an expert rugby league columnist.
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