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Subscriber only AFTER adding another big match medal to his premiership collection, powerhouse performer Ramon Filipine shared the Ipswich All Stars winning edge. While he expected to be among the players with sore bodies today, Filipine said his teammates were better prepared to secure a 36-12 victory over the Ipswich Indigenous All Stars. The Indigenous boys, they came out strong like we knew they would, Filipine said. But I think they were expecting to play quarters and then it really kind of played into our hands because a lot of boys here are still in pre-season. I know a lot of the Indigenous boys hadn t been at a club.
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Subscriber only HAVING put his hand up early to play, popular footballer Ricky Bird is eagerly awaiting today s Ipswich Indigenous All Stars encounter. The former Ipswich Jets half was among the first players to accept when the call went out to line up against the Ipswich All Stars at the North Ipswich Reserve. It s for a good cause so I said I d get out on the paddock and have a bit of a gallop around, Bird said. Just allow the respected footballer some time off after the hotly anticipated showdown. Bird, who turns 44 in two weeks, last played for a memorial team in an Indigenous carnival two years ago.
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Subscriber only THE countdown is on. Some of the fastest and toughest players in Ipswich rugby league are set to play in next month s gala match at the North Ipswich Reserve. The Ipswich Indigenous All-Stars will take on an Ipswich All-Stars combination in the 5.50pm encounter at the North Ipswich Reserve on March 6. Preliminary squads have been released with a smorgasbord of speed and skill among the former Ipswich Jets and Ipswich rugby league club stars. Former Tongan international and NRL player Willie Tonga may also line up for the Indigenous All-Stars after being a guest speaker at the Friday night function.