Dyldam Parramatta Eels five-eighth Corey Norman found his Nines hopes in jeopardy in the lead up to the 2016 Auckland Nines, almost missing the chance to take out the tournament as captain of the Blue and Gold.
The Eels five-eighth's Australian passport found its way into the washing machine on the Tuesday night before the tournament, and with the team scheduled to depart on Thursday morning for the 2016 Downer NRL Auckland Nines, Norman spent Wednesday - his twenty-fifth birthday - waiting on a replacement.
The Eels’ Nines Captain fronted for the side's morning fieldwork session, running straight from the sheds at the Eels Training Centre to the passport office to lodge his paperwork, and collect his new travel papers just four hours later.
While both Semi Radradra and David Gower jokingly put their hands up to captain the side and step in as playmaker, Norman touched down on Thursday afternoon in Auckland with all the required documentation, going on to captain the Eels to their first ever victory in the pre-season competition.
http://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2016/02/08/norman_s_great_escap.html
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Maybe Semi as captain is what Kenny Edwards was referring to on Instagram?
Yeah, I reckon Semi or David would have done their duty and got the boys home. Corey does not want to give them too many chances though--they will sneak under his guard and find himself back as one of the boys under Cap Semi or Cat Gower or both!!
Its just lucky that Norman knows how to play Footy because if he relied on his other skills he'd be in deep shit.
BA mentions that on the rush hour, he was like lucky he can play because he is a hand full haha.
"His only young?".
FFS some people need to never use spellcheck.
It isn't a great escape and I didn't LOL.
Apart from that the title of this blog is unrool.
Someone's grumpy... and spell check would not have picked up his error. On a serious note though, it would be a full time job being the spelling/grammar police around here.
I've actually done it as a young bloke. Throw all the travel laundry in the wash without checking. Massive pain in the arse organising a new one.
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