No more 'fat club' for Paulo as TheParraEels pack hits ground running. ✏ via CKennedy80
Paulo – a seemingly perennial member of the dreaded"fat club" at this stage of most pre-seasons at the Eels and Raiders – looked fit and lean on Tuesday as most of the club's NRL squad arrived at Westmead Children's Hospital to spread some Christmas cheer.
"It's good to get a couple of fresh faces and obviously Origin players as well, people in the mix, it's definitely helpful for us moving forward into next year and what we're trying to build here," he added. "He's come back off the back of elbow surgery so he needs to get some more k's in the legs and I'm sure he'll be ready to go once the season kicks off."
Another outcome of building a successful culture was the eagerness of so many of 2019s good performers to extend.
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