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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Anna Falkenmire

'We are family': teammates lean on each other as they grieve fallen player

Newcastle and Hunter Community Rugby League secretary Nathan Errington and Aberglasslyn Ants president Kirsten Robinson with the Ants' number eight jersey. Picture by Peter Lorimer

AS THE sun set over the home ground of the Aberglasslyn Ants on what should have been a night of Friday football, loved ones and the league community were united in grief as they gathered to remember Brodie Pearson.

The young rugby league front-rower, known publicly by his jersey number eight, sadly died after suffering a serious on-field injury during a game in Fingal Bay on the afternoon of June 17.

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