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How Mitch Kenny went from cutting grass to cutting down defenders as Penrith's unlikely dummy half hero

It wasn't so long ago that Panthers forward Mitch Kenny knew as much about playing hooker as he did cutting grass.

As recently as 2019, Kenny hadn't started a single match at dummy half in his life and was working as a grounds keeper on the rolling green fields around Penrith's training base as he chased his NRL dream.

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