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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Max McKinney

The young Kiwi who looms as Newcastle's potential back-up hooker in 2023

Imagine tearing your hamstring tendon off the bone, spending six months recovering and then finding out the surgical reattachment hadn't worked and you had to repeat the entire process.

That's what Temple Kalepo, a young hooker the Knights signed from the Warriors last year, has dealt with over the past 18 months.

"It's been a long journey," Kalepo told the Newcastle Herald of the injury ordeal.

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