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He was the shy kid who had never thought of playing rugby league. A couple of the other Fijian boys from Woy Woy Roosters had invited him to play touch at training. He showed up, without boots, played and signed his first contract with the club then and there.

Aku Uate, arguably the best winger the Newcastle Knights have ever sent onto the field, played 161 NRL games over nine seasons, a crowd favourite, and is still the Knights' leading try scorer.

Uate joins Barry Toohey in episode 19 of Toohey's News: The Podcast.

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Episode 30 of Toohey's News will publish next week.

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