Around The Traps: Double bookings, Vale Kelly, helping Reegs and a little dig

PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ME THIS isn’t true - Around The Traps is hearing that the Shute Shield grand final may be played on Saturday September 3, the very same day that the Wallabies take on South Africa. A venue is yet to be decided upon but my people tell me that Sydney and the brand spanking new footy stadium in Moore Park are in the mix. Noooooooooooooooo! ******* I had a ringside seat to the power and skill of Kelly Meafua one day at North Sydney Oval when he just about single handedly dismantled the Northern Suburbs pack back in 2017. So it was tragic to hear the news earlier this week that he had passed away after what appeared to be some sort of misadventure following the end of Montabaum’s season in France. Meafua had spiders on him that day and it was a gross injustice that the game ended in a draw. He was much loved by all in the Shute Shield and I think his coach from that day at West Harbour Todd Louden best summed things up this week. “Kelly was always at the centr
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