A massive night for rugby league in Townsville. Forget Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth … the first game every year should go to a major regional centre in either NSW or Queensland as long as the state governments are prepared to pay for it. Make it Newcastle next year.
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LOWLIGHT As predicted no Gus Gould or Fatty Vautin in the Channel 9 commentary box for the match call. It wasn t the same without the two Origin legends and their madness alongside Rabs.
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Sport by James Matthey  Rugby league icon Wally Lewis is in a new relationship with volunteer worker and writer Lynda Adams, it has been revealed, after The King announced his shock marriage split this week. The Queensland Origin legend confirmed he has separated from wife of 36 years, Jacqui, in a statement released by Channel 9, where he works as a sports presenter. Wally and Jacqui Lewis separated last year after 36 years of marriage. It has been a difficult time for everyone in the family and they are still working through the details of the separation, the statement read. Lewis, who shares three children - Mitchell, Lincoln and Jamie-Lee - with Jacqui, admitted the separation had taken a heavy toll on his family and confirmed he is in a new relationship.
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Premium Content  Wally Lewis once referred to his estranged wife as a a tower of strength he leant heavily on during his sporting career and health battles, admitting he didn t know what he d do without her. In his runaway bestseller, My Life: Wally Lewis, released just two months ago, the rugby league great wrote effusively about being blessed by his 36-year-marriage to Jackie Lewis, who he fell in love with at first sight at a birthday party in 1983, dedicating the book to her and his children. Wally Lewis and his now estranged wife Jacqueline at their home at Birkdale. Picture: Jamie Hanson