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Sia Soliola had no intention of playing again. Until his former Canberra Raiders teammate Sam Williams twisted him arm.
Now the Queanbeyan Kangaroos recruit will need to buy some new boots for next year's Canberra Raiders Cup.
Soliola retired from the NRL last year - with almost 350 senior games in the NRL and Super League to his name - and has been working as a well-being officer for the Green Machine.
Fallen NRL star Brett Finch has been spared going to jail after an attempt to buy drugs ended with him pleading guilty to child abuse charges.
Judge Phillip Mahony sentenced Finch to two years imprisonment, suspending it with a $1000 surety and conditions in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court on Wednesday.
Mr Mahony accepted there were “exceptional circumstances” to his offending, which was the result of Finch’s drug addiction and not motivated by a sexual interest in children.
The two-year sentence is suspended under a recognisance release order.
