Late News THE Brendan Fevola Show rolled in and out of Melbourne yester- day. Carlton won the scrappy AFL game against Brisbane 14.9 (93) to 12.8 (80), with Lions’ Fevola kicking 2.3 from six shots. Bird all set PUB:

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AGGRESSION: ’ , training at Richardson Park yesterday, will form a potent C halves partnership with Scott

M Prince. Picture: PATRINA MALONE Y K Cowboys boss wary of Gold Coast’s dangerous duo By GREGOR MACTAGGART and really adds a lot of strength to the moves we practised in Coffs Harbour Cowboys in 2009 and is under pressure NORTH coach Neil Titans,’’ Henry said. because of the slippery conditions and having not set the world on fire in the it doesn’t look too good for us here. club’s 28-6 loss to the Warriors in Henry knows first-hand what dam- ‘‘He was in great form in the Indigen- ous side I had and we all know Scotty ‘‘Combinations always take time to last week. age Greg Bird and Prince is a tremendous player.’’ work, but every trial is a good chance But Henry has kept faith in the (pictured right) can impose on Prince concurs with Henry’s to work on our cohesion ahead of 26-year-old and has backed him to opposition teams. thoughts about his new halves partner, Round 1.’’ shine on what looks set to be a typical A fortnight ago Henry was in charge who has made a good early impression While the Bird-Prince partnership Darwin wet season night. of the Indigenous All-Stars team that since arriving during the off-season. offers stability to the Titans, the Cow- ‘‘Grant’s a good player, he had an featured the star duo who tonight are ‘‘Greg’s a very good player — he boys are still trying to nail their halves unhappy game last week but that was the opposition as the Cowboys play the has really slotted straight in and pairing of and the his first trial and we didn’t have JT out Gold Coast Titans at Richardson Park. brings a lot of aggression to the team,’’ unheralded Grant Rovelli. there,’’ he said. ‘‘Greg’s a talented footballer, I think Prince said. Rovelli made only 12 first-grade he’ll slot straight back into the NRL ‘‘We couldn’t put on some of the appearances in his debut season for the Continued Page 83

NRL action in Darwin tonight v Gold Coast Titans

The Territory Government welcomes NRL back to the Territory. Tonight’s game is the [ rst of the new three year partnership with the Cowboys. This deal will see the Cowboys play two games in Darwin and one game in Alice Springs during the next three NRL pre-seasons. A free bus service will be operating to and from the venue. For more information and a timetable visit www.dpi.nt.gov.au/freebuses Cowboys v Titans 7.30pm – U18 NT Titans v 5.30pm - U16 NT Titans v Townsville 4.00pm. Gates open 3.00pm.

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