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Thursday 22 August 2013 | Published in League

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Cook Islands league player Isaac John owes his NRL career to Ivan Cleary, though his gratitude goes only so far because the Penrith Panthers standoff has resisted the temptation to help the Kiwis out of a potential bind at the October World Cup.

Cook Islands league player Isaac John owes his NRL career to Ivan Cleary, though his gratitude goes only so far because the Penrith Panthers standoff has resisted the temptation to help the Kiwis out of a potential bind at the October World Cup.


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