The seven PBC players out for revenge on 2020 Phil Hall Cup conquerors
A dirty day in September last year still sticks in the mind of Tom Weaver and some of his teammates - they want revenge this weekend.
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THE IGNOMINY of a loss few outside of Townsville saw coming still burns in the back of Tom Weaver’s mind.
The star half of Palm Beach Currumbin’s all-conquering Allan Langer Cup team from last year remembers vividly the heartache that came with a shock 24-20 loss to Kirwan State High School in the Phil Hall Cup decider.
On Saturday, alongside six of his PBC teammates from that fateful day, Weaver will return to Townsville, this time in Tweed colours, ready to make amends.
Because opposed to the Seagulls at Jack Manski Oval, in the Blackhawks’ black, white and green, will be six of the architects of PBC’s demise last September.
In total, 13 players from the state schools final will do battle again, this time in the Mal Meninga Cup decider.
“It’s definitely something that sits in the back of your mind going up there,” Weaver admitted.
“We were confident last year as PBC going up there but it just didn’t happen for us. We don’t want to have that same feeling we had in the state final last year.”
Against the unbeaten Blackhawks on their home patch the Seagulls will likely go in as underdogs.
Weaver and his teammates could not care less about expectation.
“We’ve had to do it the hard way to get here,” he said.
“We had to play Wynnum at their home ground and now travel up to Townsville for the grand final.
“We’ve had our starting front-rower (Jack Cullen) get suspended. Our backs are against the wall, but we like it that way.
“We like having the competition against us.”
The Blackhawks have conceded just 34 points in seven matches – 24 of those coming in the semi-final win over the Capras.
Defence wins premierships – a tried and tested creed that both Weaver and his coach Tim Maccan believe in.
But it’s a trio of talented Tweed playmakers that Weaver says will break the game open on Saturday.
“I think if (fullback) Jaylan De Groot and our two centres (Deine Mariner and Kaleb Ngamanu) really turn it on, we’ll be hard to stop,” he said.
“Kaleb and Deine have been outstanding for us all season. They’re always there when we need someone to take the tough carries.
“We give them the ball whenever we need something and they give you something special.”
Seagulls promise to ‘have the last laugh’ after star prop suspended for final
TWEED coach Tim Maccan has declared his side will “have the last laugh” after star front-rower Jack Cullen was suspended days out from the Mal Meninga Cup grand final against the Townsville Blackhawks.
In a massive blow to the travelling Seagulls, Cullen (pictured), whom Maccan believes has been the premiere front-rower in the statewide competition this season, was ruled out for Saturday’s clash little more than 24 hours before the team was to board a plane to Townsville.
“Found guilty of a crusher tackle, on probable cause – an absolute joke,” Maccan said.
“There’s no evidence he did a crusher tackle … he was found guilty of probable cause.
“So now one of our gun middles has been taken out of the game.
“He’s been the best front-rower in the competition in our opinion.
“He’s set the standard in the competition for how a representative front-rower should play.
“That’s just another kick in the guts, really. But we have quality players and good depth.
“We’ll accept it an move on. We’ll have the last laugh.”
It’s just another in a long line of slights Maccan says have gone against Tweed, this season and previous.
“Since I’ve coached this team, in either semi-finals or grand finals – any final we’ve played in – we’ve always had to travel,” he said.
“I don’t know if it’s that we’re a NSW team playing in a Queensland comp or just how it’s been drawn, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.
“It’s a bit like NSW versus Queensland in a way. We haven’t gone too much into that though.
“We always seem to get the raw end of the stick with games. Now we’re travelling to Townsville. But we’re ready.”
Curse conquered: How Tweed’s gritty win will shape ISC season
THE BURLEIGH bunny is no longer a cross for Tweed to bear, after the Seagulls produced their best effort of the season to end a six-year losing streak at the weekend.
The ignominy of eight straight losses to the Bears, predating every player who took the field on Saturday, was finally put to bed in Tweed’s gritty 16-12 victory at Piggabeen.
Joe Vuna put the hosts ahead with 10 minutes to play and the Seagulls held on in the face of a desperate Bears pack to record what could well be a season-defining win for Tweed.
“I think we were as physical as I’ve seen our team,” coach Ben Woolf said.
“The whole forward pack – the whole crew really – got stuck in and gave it to them on defence which helped decide the game.
“It was a really pleasing (win), especially the way we won. (Burleigh) turned up to play.
“It was a bit scrappy at times, but I think we only missed 11 tackles for the game. That showed how hard we worked and dug in for each other.”
Fetuli Talanoa’s try in the corner just minutes from the break, in his first game of the year, produced the only points of a first half that on balance the Bears should have won.
With Toby Sexton sent to the sin bin Tweed was forced to defend a man down during a key period in the first half and it was telling that Burleigh could not capitalise.
Conversely it was Tweed who failed to convert chances in the second half, and when Burleigh crossed through Cory Denniss and Kurtis Rowe the Bears appeared poised to continue the curse on Tweed.
That was until Sexton, returned from his stint on the sideline, won himself a poacher’s try before Vuna scored the go-ahead points.
“We had a lot of possession against us in the first half … to go up 4-nil was massive for our guys,” Woolf said.
“We ended up getting a couple of tries off kicks (but) I think it was through effort and willingness to defend that won us the game in the end.
“Joe Vuna was very physical. Sam McIntyre was our best – he played big minutes, was aggressive and willing and really took it to them.
“Fetuli Talanoa hadn’t played any footy this year so for him to come on a wing and have 20 carries … when we were under pressure he put his hand up for us.”
Woolf welcomed what the breakthrough win meant for the Seagulls’ season – and the end to Tweed’s Burleigh curse.
“In my time we hadn't beaten them. There’s been a few close games … it was definitely good to get the win over them,” he said.
“I’m sure it hurt them as well.”
Burleigh’s bunny: Can Tweed end six-year drought?
THE LAST time Tweed knocked off Burleigh in the Intrust Super Cup it was Jamal Fogarty steering the ship for the Seagulls.
The Gold Coast Titans co-captain and Bears premiership-winning halfback was pulling the strings against his future club when Tweed romped to a 50-4 win in Round 12, 2015.
Fogarty joined Burleigh the following season and the Bears went on to defeat Redcliffe in the grand final.
Since 2015 it’s been all one-way traffic in Burleigh’s favour – the Bears winning the next eight Cup encounters between the two fierce rivals.
It’s been a long time between drinks for the boys from Tweed, who have been swept by the Bears each year by an average margin of 19 points.
In the most recent full season, Burleigh’s 2019 premiership-winning campaign, the Bears rolled to 32-4 and 42-6 thrashings at Tweed’s expense.
That history and more makes for an enthralling narrative ahead of Saturday’s Rivalry Round meeting between the two clubs.
Tweed captain Lamar Liolevave laughed when told about the recent record between the two sides.
“They’ve had bragging rights since 2015 – that’s pretty funny, I didn’t know that,” he said.
“For as long as I’ve been at Tweed I’ve never beaten Burleigh and I think I’ve played every game since 2017.
“We’ve come close a few times. I just want to win one.
“I was even messaging some of their boys saying ‘give us the win’.”
Despite their recent dire record against the Bears, Tweed will enter the Round 4 clash as in-form favourites in the eyes of most pundits.
Ben Woolf’s side sits in fifth spot with a 2-1 record and feeling confident following last weekend’s 40-26 win over Souths Logan.
Conversely, Burleigh stumbled to 1-2 when left embarrassed by the previously winless Brisbane Tigers, falling 50-10 at Langlands Park in what was the club’s worst Intrust Super Cup loss since a 46-4 defeat to the Mackay Cutters in Round 19, 2015.
“I’ve played at Tweed for a while now and I know Burleigh – it doesn’t matter how they played the week before, they always turn up against us,” Liolevave said.
“They’ll come out and try to bully us. We’re a younger team.
“Hopefully we can play our game and go out there and get the result.”
Eyes will be on young Seagulls fullback Jayden Campbell, who swapped from Burleigh in pre-season.
Campbell had his best game of the season in the win against Souths Logan last weekend.
“He’s definitely a talent and one to look out for,” Liolevave said. “Now that he has his confidence we saw last week what he can do. He put on a display for us.”
Kick-off is 3.30pm at Piggabeen Sporting Complex.
Star Seagull’s fairytale comeback cruelled by injury setback
ONE of the great individual Intrust Super Cup campaigns was cut short when Brayden McGrady tore his ACL just seven games into the 2018 season.
The fleet of foot flyer had put Tweed’s tryscoring load on his back, leading the competition with 12 tries through seven rounds, before he was cruelled by injury.
Almost three years later, after a stint at the Penrith Panthers, McGrady is back in the black and white and ready to flash his prodigious talent once again – or so it was hoped.
The 23-year-old had been named on the wing by Tweed boss Ben Woolf for Saturday’s clash with Souths Logan at Tugun, replacing Ryland Jacobs who had been ruled out indefinitely with a compound fracture of the finger.
However on Friday Tweed declared McGrady’s troublesome hamstring, which kept him out of the opening two rounds, was not quite ready to go for the Magpies blockbuster.
Instead, Ethan O’Neill will come into the side.
The Seagulls were left scrambling for late inclusions in Round 2 when their Gold Coast Titans players were pulled from the matchday squad just 24 hours before the clash with Wynnum Manly in Brisbane, eventually losing 36-24.
But with their slate of Titans restored to the line-up, it shapes as a mouth-watering match-up against a potent Souths Logan outfit.
Tweed welcomed Darius Farmer, Jayden Campbell, Jai Whitbread, Toby Sexton and Treymain Spry into the side midweek, and were further boosted by the inclusions of Herman Ese’ese and Sam McIntyre on Friday.
It is the Magpies’ right edge which will raise eyebrows on Saturday, with the visitors fielding former household names Kevin Locke and Karmichael Hunt in the two and three respectively.
Former Titan Albert Kelly will captain Souths Logan, in a veritable who’s-who of NRL stars from the mid-2010s.
Coast footy clubs caught up in Brisbane lockdown protocols
Burleigh Bears CEO Damian Driscoll has confirmed the club has cancelled all training for the rest of the week, in line with a directive from the QRL.
“(The QRL) has put a blanket on all Intrust Super Cup clubs training, based on the fact that all teams have been in the Greater Brisbane region at some stage in the past two weeks,” Driscoll said.
“We aim to start (training again) next week if everything goes back to normality.”
EARLIER: TWEEDSeagulls players and staff have been told to prepare to enter the same three-day lockdown protocol that will come into effect in the Greater Brisbane area from 5pm Monday, March 29.
Tweed CEO Matt Francis confirmed the club was waiting on confirmation from the QRL as to what measures would need to be taken, after its Intrust Super Cup and Mal Meninga Cup teams played matches in the Greater Brisbane area over the weekend.
The ISC team played at Iona College on Sunday, while the Mal Meninga Cup side played at North Ipswich Reserve, also on Sunday.
“Because we’ve been in the Greater Brisbane area our players and staff have been told to prepare to go into lockdown for the next three days,” Francis said.
“We’re still waiting for official confirmation, but we’ve notified our players in terms of that, just like everybody else, we need to follow our social responsibilities.
“We’ve cancelled all training and this point. The QRL have told us they’re waiting for official notification (from Queensland Health) and they will inform us.”
It comes after the Tweed team was decimated at the final hour for its clash with Wynnum Manly on Sunday, losing six Gold Coast Titans-affiliated players, after the NRL moved to remove all NRL-listed players from state league matches played in Brisbane over the weekend.
There are no Queensland Rugby League fixtures scheduled to be played this weekend, due to the Easter holiday period, so at this stage the state league competitions have not been impacted.
Burleigh Bears’ Harvey Norman U19s and Mal Meninga Cup U18s teams played at Grosvenor Park, Browns Plains, on Saturday – also within the Greater Brisbane area.
The Bulletin has contacted the club for comment.
CUP CRISIS: Titans players told not to play for Tweed
TWEED Seagulls have been left scrambling to fill a team for their Intrust Super Cup Round 2 clash with Wynnum Manly on Sunday afternoon, with five key players pulled from the squad at the final hour.
Gold Coast Titans players Jayden Campbell, Treymain Spry, Toby Sexton, Jai Whitbread and Darius Farmer have all been told not to travel to Brisbane to face Wynnum at Iona College in Brisbane.
In a statement released on Saturday, Queensland Rugby League revealed the NRL’s Project Apollo had met on Friday and ruled all NRL top-30 contracted players be removed from Intrust Super Cup matches played in Brisbane or involving Brisbane-based teams.
The decision came in response to the ongoing COVID-19 community transmission scare in Brisbane – the measure made to minimise the risk of exposure to players who would have contact with NRL players.
However The Bulletin understands Tweed has since been told that all NRL-affiliated players, not just those among the top-30, are not to play.
That leaves the Seagulls short of their first-choice fullback (Campbell), winger (Spry), halfback (Sexton), prop (Whitbread) and second-row cover (Farmer).
It comes after Herman Ese’ese and Sam McIntyre were made unavailable for selection to Tweed by the Titans, after both players travelled with the NRL side as cover for Sunday’s clash with the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville.
Saturday’s Intrust Super Cup match between Burleigh Bears and Mackay Cutters at Pizzey Park was not impacted by the Project Apollo directive, as the match was played outside of Brisbane and contested by two non-Brisbane teams.
Kick-off for Sunday’s Tweed versus Wynnum ‘Flockbuster’ is 3pm.
Updated Tweed Seagulls squad:
1. Talor Walters 2. Caleb Hodges 3. Ethan O’Neil 4. Lee Turner 5. Ryland Jacobs 6. Will Brimson 7. Lindon McGrady 8. JJ Collins 9. Brent Woolf 10. Harrison Muller 11. Lamar Lioilevave 12. Jaleel Seve 13. Braden Robson 14. Faitotoa Faitotoa 15. Kirk Murphy 16. Liam Hampson 17. Stuart Mason EMERGENCIES: 18. Jack Glossop 19. Jack Cook
Titanic talents: Sexton, Campbell get Intrust Super Cup debuts
From March 19, 2021 – Callum Dick
GOLD Coast Titans young guns Toby Sexton and Jayden Campbell will make their Intrust Super Cup debuts on Saturday when the pair start for Tweed Seagulls against the Central Queensland Capras at Tugun.
Seagulls junior Sexton has been handed the keys to the car by coach Ben Woolf, named at seven to run the show paired alongside talented pivot Lindon McGrady, while Campbell will start at fullback against the Capras.
Sexton was one of Tweed's best in the trial against Burleigh and is poised for the breakout Cup season he would have had last year, if not for COVID-19.
“Toby’s had a good pre-season. He was close to playing for us at the start of last year but we thought he could do with a couple of weeks in the 20s … then the competition fell over,” Woolf said.
“He’s been really good since coming in and taking control. This week will be a big step up for him in his Queensland Cup debut, but he’s shown all the signs so far.”
Campbell joins the Seagulls after three years at Burleigh, where he starred at U16 and U18 level but is still yet to prove himself in the seniors.
Campbell was good without being great in the Bears trial – something Woolf put down to a combination of nerves and inexperience – but the Tweed coach expects his speedy number one to adapt quickly.
“I expect he’ll be used a bit more this week, now that he’s had a couple of trials against men,” Woolf said.
“We’re expecting a bit more from him this week – getting around the ball a bit more and to be a bit more creative in attack.”
The Seagulls open their 2021 campaign with a new-look team to years past, boasting a plethora of Titans in their midst.
Joining Sexton and Campbell in the team on Saturday will be Treymain Spry, Jai Whitbread, Sam McIntyre, Darius Farmer and Herman Ese’ese.
On paper the odds seem stacked against the Capras, who managed just one win from 23 games in 2019. But Woolf is less convinced.
“Their trial form has been pretty good actually – they beat the Sunny Coast 30-10 in a trial and looked really good,” he said.
“They competed hard and were really enthusiastic, so we’re expecting a good run.”
Kick-off at Tugun Rugby League Club is at 3pm.
Tweed Seagulls: 1. Jayden Campbell 2. Talor Walters 3. Tremain Spry 4. Lee Turner 5. Ryland Jacobs 6. Lindon McGrady 7. Toby Sexton 8. Jai Whitbread 9. Brent Woolf 10. JJ Collins 11. Lamar Liolevave 12. Joe Vuna 13. Sam McIntyre. Interchange: 14. Liam Hampson 15. Darius Farmer 16. Harrison Muller 17. Braden Robson.
Jayden Campbell flashes class in Tweed Seagulls debut
From March 7, 2021 – Callum Dick
JAYDEN Campbell’s Intrust Super Cup defection has been cemented.
The Gold Coast Titans’ son of a gun has been kicked from Burleigh’s WhatsApp chat and on Saturday night, making his Tweed Seagulls debut, the 21-year-old went toe-to-toe with his former club for the second time in as many months.
Campbell’s move between the bitter state league rivals was engineered by the Titans to give the classy youngster more time at fullback – and it was there he started, opposed to the Bears whom he previously played 18s and 20s for.
“Being at the Bears last year I understood how much – not hate – but how big the rivalry is between Burleigh and Tweed, and how serious Burleigh takes it, so putting on a Tweed jumper I was a bit nervous,” Campbell said.
Former Tweed fullback turned Titans superstar AJ Brimson watched from the crowd as his Seagulls heir-apparent played his first minutes in the black and white – and the signs were promising.
Burleigh tested Campbell early and often under the high ball, but the son of Titans great Preston Campbell was up to task each time.
Still relatively new to the rigours of senior football, Campbell took time to settle into the contest but after a pep talk from Tweed boss Ben Woolf at half time, started to show glimpses of his potential.
“In the first half I was just missing the jump when the hookers were playing out of dummy half. Woolfy just told me to back myself, play eyes-up footy and if the hooker is going to go, be right up his (backside),” Campbell said.
“In the second half I tried to get engaged a bit more and back my skill.
“This is my first time playing 80 minutes … my body is still taking some time to adjust, but physicality-wise I feel like I’m all right, I feel like I can play at the level. For me that’s a big thing.”
With halfback Toby Sexton pulling the strings for the Seagulls, Saturday night was a glimpse into the future for Titans fans as he and Campbell worked on a combination that could one day be a feature in the NRL.
“Having Sexy there is really good,” Campbell said.
“He’s a great organiser and can steer the boys around the park, which makes it easier to play my style of footy.
“I’m really glad to have Toby there and hopefully that combination gets a little better in the weeks to come.”
Burleigh, Tweed name 14 Titans for blockbuster trial
From February March 4, 2021 – Callum Dick
BURLEIGH and Tweed will do battle on Saturday armed to the teeth with full-time Gold Coast Titans players, as the rival Intrust Super Cup clubs put the finishing touches on their pre-season preparations.
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In total 14 Titans-contracted players will line up in Saturday’s trial at Pizzey Park; eight for Tweed and six for Burleigh.
Greg Marzhew and Jonus Pearson combined for five tries in the Titans’ 36-34 trial loss to Burleigh two weeks ago, and will now start for the Bears against Tweed.
“They’re both game breakers at this level,” Burleigh boss Rick Stone said.
“They’re both classy finishers in a little bit of a different mould; Greg is powerful and Jonus is super quick. We’ll get some benefit out of both those boys. If they play with us at any stage this year that will be a good boost for us.”
Erin Clark and Tanah Boyd, who both played for Burleigh in the club's only Intrust Super Cup clash last year, have been named alongside forwards Beau Fermor and Sam Stone.
“Tanah played round one last year; so did Erin, at hooker, and Greg Marzhew as well,” Stone said.
“(Boyd) will probably play in the halves, considering we have Erin as well as Pat (Politoni at hooker). Erin plays a bit of lock as well.
“My young bloke (Sam Stone) is back with us, he played a few games with us a few years ago, and I’ve known Beau Fermor for a while – he’s a backrower with some serious line-breaking ability.”
Stone confirmed Burleigh would be without star centre Sami Sauiluma for at least six weeks, after scans revealed a full dislocation of his shoulder in the trial win over the Titans.
Prop Lloyd Perrett (wrist) and lock Jeff Lynch (shoulder) have also been ruled out.
Stone said Burleigh would usually get its Titans players back for just one training session before the opening round of the season; the chance to play a trial with them before round one was a huge benefit.
“The key advantage for us is getting them back for the last trial … actually getting to play a game with some of them (before round one) so we can flip them around a bit and trial them in different positions,” he said.
For the Seagulls, son of a gun Jayden Campbell will make his first appearance since The Bulletin revealed he would switch allegiances from Burleigh to Tweed in search of my game time at fullback this season.
Treymain Spry returns to the Seagulls after playing every game for the club in 2019, while former Tweed U18s half Toby Sexton has also rejoined the club.
Forwards Sam Lisone, Herman Ese’ese, Sam McIntyre, Jai Whitbread and Darius Farmer will also see minutes for Tweed against the Bears on Saturday.
“Jayden will play at fullback this weekend,” Tweed coach Ben Woolf confirmed.
“We’ll get a good look at him to see how he fits into our system.
“It’s particularly (important) for the guys in key positions like Toby Sexton and Jayden Campbell (to play in the trial). Front-rowers can normally fall into it … but for the key service guys it’s really important that they understand how we play and what we want them to do.”
Tweed will be without the injured Brandon Russell, Brayden McGrady and Luke Jurd, but welcome back Will Brimson, Brent Woolf and JJ Collins.
Pizzey Park will host six games in total on Saturday, beginning with the Cyril Connel Cup game at 11.45am.
The Intrust Super Cup clash kicks off at 7pm.
How wantaway NRL star was lured back to footy by Tweed
From February 22, 2021 – Callum Dick
JJ COLLINS is not conceding his NRL dream – he’s just taking the scenic route.
In May last year the twice-capped Raiders prop declared he was leaving Canberra to return home to Queensland, ostensibly throwing away his place in the NRL but really, just prioritising family over footy at a time he felt it was necessary.
When his partner Aleisha gave birth to their son Emil in February last year, Collins first felt the pull to return to the Gold Coast and be with family; COVID-19’s impact on the NRL season then produced too many uncertainties and, with no reserve grade footy to prove his wares, the 24-year-old made his decision.
“COVID happened and everyone was taking pay cuts. I had a long chat to my manager and my partner and we just thought the best thing for us was to move back home and pick up work, rather than stay in Canberra not knowing what was going to happen,” Collins said.
“I didn’t want to put my family through that.”
And so it came to be that he and Aleisha were married in a small ceremony at Mudgeeraba in September last year, surrounded by immediate family, with footy no longer at the forefront of Collins’s mind.
Not at the forefront, but certainly still there.
“That dream is still there and that drive. The motivation is still there to play NRL. Just at the time, when everything happened, me and my wife thought this was the best thing for my family,” Collins said.
“I don’t regret any decisions I’ve made. I’m happy that we’re happy and in a good space.
“I’m a big believer in, if everything off the field is working out, it will handle itself on the field. As long as work and family life is all good I know I’ll take care of what needs to be done on the field.”
With Collins settled on the Coast and working at a lumberyard, Tweed Seagulls coach Ben Woolf got in touch with his former Keebra Park pupil and asked the obvious question.
“Ben, or Mr Woolf as he was referred to back in the day – I’ve known him for a long time. At one stage he was my maths teacher,” Collins said.
“I have a good relationship with Woolfy and we kept that going after school as well, so when I moved back home he hit me up and asked me what I wanted to do with footy and just kept checking in with work and everyday life.
“Knowing Woolfy, I knew what he was capable of as a coach and felt he was the best person and fit for me to make my run back into the NRL. It was a pretty easy decision for me.”
Thus Collins’s rugby league hiatus was cut short, and he joined a handful of his former Keebra Park teammates at Piggabeen Sports Complex for a Seagulls pre-season.
That was November. On Friday night, Collins was one of four Seagulls to turn out for the Gold Coast Titans in their pre-season trial against Burleigh Bears at Pizzey Park.
Still very much on the Titans’ NRL periphery for now, Collins is happy to make his mark for Tweed in the Intrust Super Cup this year and, as he says, let the on-field stuff work itself out.
“I’ve learnt some things off some pretty good players and if I can bring some of that experience to Tweed and help us strengthen, I think we can go on a good run,” Collins said.
Under Woolf – “Mr Woolf”- Collins is excited at what the Seagulls can produce in season 2021.
“He’s probably the same (person) now as he was back then,” Collins said of his coach.
“He still has the same hand gestures he had back in the day in maths, which is good to see.
“(At school) he wasn’t always about footy – he wanted the boys to get something out of school. He really looked after us on and off the field.
“The good thing about Woolfy is his communication skills. You can see that everyone respects what he says and everyone listens when he speaks.
“I didn’t know what to expect at first because I only knew Woolfy as a schoolteacher, but at Tweed he’s doing a really good job. I think we’ll do big things this year.”
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