‘Goal is to play NRL’: Inside Westfields’ footy factory
The Westfields juggernaut is in yet another NRL Schoolboys quarterfinal. Here we look inside the school’s prolific rugby league production line. Catch them LIVE at 11.15am on Wednesday.
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