Footy fans and players will rejoice as senior rugby league finally makes its return to Coast fields following an 18-month wait on the sidelines. Despite best efforts, Rugby League Sunshine Coast was forced to cancel last year s senior competitions as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. While Beerwah managed to slip into a Brisbane competition and still hit the field, the rest of the clubs were left to call it a year. Having not played since August 2019, clubs will lace up to get their 2021 campaigns underway this weekend. The
DRAW The draw is out with the first round to be played solely on Saturday this week out of respect for the Maroochydore Swans, who will gather to farewell player Dale Best.
It s tremendous for them, they deserve their shot, Hinson said. I d love to have them play for us, but it will be a week to week thing. Club stalwarts Tom Hearn, Joel Fitzgerald and Travis and Devlin Long are all confirmed as starters for 2021 as is gun outside back Dakota Tolhurst. The season kicks off in early March meaning the club will have one month of pre-season to go before games. Some of those guys are Kawana through and through, it s great to have them back, he said. The Long boys and Joel (Fitzgerald), they ve been here forever and a day and are the backbone of the club.
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welcome to news4 this week. hello, everyone. we re going to show you some of more interesting local stories that made news this week. among them, the nasty reality of office germs. we ll show you how easy it is to catch the flu and other bugs at work. i m not a hamburger fan but you that you was good. see if mcdonald s can top the flavor. sesame street celebrates 40 years on the air. we ll look back at the celebrated show s humble beginnings occurred right here in our studios. first a scene that normally plays out on the discovery channel played out in front of a big crowd at the national zoo. visitors saw firsthand what happens when a wild animal ends up in the lion s den. elaine spoke to zoo officials and the man who capturedhis video. reporter: look over to the left and you see this hit the top of the guardrail and fell straight into the water. everybody thought it was a kid. reporter: it wasn t a child but a deer. and rob happened to have his camera ready as t