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Toohey's News, The Podcast: How Matty Parsons cheated death

Listen to the latest episode of Toohey's News: The Podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen.

There hasn't been too many greater characters come through the Knights ranks than premiership-winning frontrower Matt Parsons. A country boy from Werris Creek, his life has been touched by tragedy with the sudden deaths of his mother and father but no-one would be prouder of the man he has become than them. A real favourite among the club's Old Boys, Parso made great use of talent to win a Dally M prop of the year award at South Sydney before becoming an unsung hero of the Knights 2002 premiership win over Parramatta.

An unsung hero

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Toohey will bring a new episode to all your favourite podcasting apps every week, complementing his premium and exclusive Knights reporting and analysis in the pages of the Newcastle Herald.

Episode 20 of Toohey's News will publish next week.

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