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Hull of a rise for coach Willie
The Gazette
|June 04, 2025
RUGBY LEAGUE Hull KR head coach Willie Peters is no stranger to hard choices and believes his willingness to embrace adversity has helped equip him for the task of ending a 40-year wait for a trophy at Craven Park in Saturday's Betfred Challenge Cup final.
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Peters was just 20 years old when he made the decision to jet halfway around the world in 1999 to escape the suffocating expectations of Australia's NRL and link up with Gateshead Thunder for their first and only top-tier campaign.
This story is from the June 04, 2025 edition of The Gazette.
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