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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2716814, member: 1899"] Every fixture starts off as an exhibition. Origin itself was written off as one as critics believe players would take it easy on their club team mates. It wasn't until the first game when Queensland started taking it seriously that people took notice and eventually both states were able to make it into the biggest sporting event on the Australian calender. I doubt the Indigenous All-Stars game will ever get that big, but coaches selecting fringe first graders does more harm than good. Darius Boyd, Kade Snowden, Beau Scott & Jeremy Smith were playing representative football when they signed. Then there were the likes of Gagai, Leilua and McKinnon who were all break-out stars. Not to mention all the juniors coming through who joined Newcastle from other clubs to play under Bennett. Attracting players has never been much of an issue for Bennett. He didn't have to make do, he chose to as he was trying to build a culture (which is why he signed so many ex-Knights players). [/QUOTE]

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