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- Fletcher Sharpe returned to the Newcastle Knights after surgery for a ruptured spleen and lacerated kidney.
- More than 12,000 fans gathered at McDonald Jones Stadium for a training session honoring Sharpe.
- Recruiter Alex McKinnon said Sharpe can play wing, centre, five-eighth, fullback and merits World Cup selection.
- His greyhound Cessnock Curtain, with 47 starts, 10 wins, earned $29,360 in prize money, boosting his hometown appeal.