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    St George Illawarra Dragons Cody Ramsey spent seven months in hospital and lost 28kg. 896 days later, he’s back

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    Cody Ramsey spent seven months in hospital and lost 28kg. 896 days later, he’s back

    Like a lot of good things in rugby league, the scene was Henson Park.
    On a sun-drenched Saturday at the fabled suburban ground in Marrickville, Cody Ramsey taking bombs, carrying into contact and then trying, and failing, to keep his emotions in check, was as good as rugby league gets.
     
    The Dragons fullback had waited 896 days to do so.
    Seven months were spent in a hospital bed across the course of half a dozen surgeries after Ramsey was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a bowel disease that causes inflammation of the digestive tract.
    He lost 28 kilograms in just seven weeks. He was told not only that his footy career was over, but that his numerous operations had left him facing potentially life-threatening sepsis complications on three separate occasions.
    The chances of Ramsey and his partner Tahlia not being able to have children because of his condition was also raised.
    Which is why, on his 25th birthday, the returning No.1 was overcome when greeted on the sidelines by his daughters Mia (one year old) and Ella, born less than three weeks ago.
    Ramsey started the second half of the Dragons’ pre-season NSW Cup trial against the Roosters when he punted the kick-off downfield, and summed up his 30-minute cameo aptly when he later trudged towards the Henson sheds.
    Ramsey’s entire family turned out for his long-awaited return, along with Dragons teammates led by prop Blake Lawrie and joined by new Eels flyer Zac Lomax.
    It was Lawrie, who has been by Ramsey’s side and hospital bed throughout his recovery, in the young fullback’s sights first once he was called from the field.
    “I walked over to ‘Blocka’ [Lawrie] first and he got me going a little bit,” Ramsey told the Dragons website.
    “I was already a little bit emotional walking off, and then as soon as I saw my partner and my little girl on the side of the field, you know, you can’t really contain it. I never thought that they’d be able to watch me play a game of football, and today they got the opportunity to.
    “Every day that I sat in hospital, I thought about getting out on that field and today I got the opportunity.
    “My whole family’s here. It was very emotional, but I feel like I’m well-prepared. I wouldn’t put myself out there if I didn’t think I was in the right position.”
    Ramsey is still short of the 90 kilograms he weighed in late 2022, when he first pulled up in agonising pain from a nine-kilometre run during pre-season training.
    Late last year he knocked off a significant milestone when he reached 78 kilograms, his playing weight when he made his NRL debut in 2020.
    The Dragons have been incredibly careful with his return to contact and match training. The final year of his contract was split across the 2024 and 2025 seasons to ensure Ramsey wasn’t rushing to try and keep his career alive.
    The bombs taken under pressure and carries into defence on Saturday were just the latest in a summer of stern examination from his teammates.
    Ramsey has been adamant throughout his 896-day absence that he will play in the NRL again.
    “I’ve had so many messages from kids that have had this happen to them,” Ramsey told this masthead in December. “And I’m in a position now where we’re like, Cody Ramsey’s got the same condition as you, but he’s medically retired, or he’s given up.
    “That’s not the Cody Ramsey I want to be. I want to be the first person in the NRL who has played with a small bowel… I don’t want to play the victim. I just want to get on with life.”
    On sun-drenched Saturday at Henson Park, life was pretty good for Cody Ramsey.
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    NFL Tipping Competition Superbowl

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    On 27/01/2025 at 22:06, Irish Saint said:

    Super Bowl

    9th Februay 2025

    Philadelphia Eagles@Kansas City Chiefs

    Our comp is over R L Winger is our winner and should have received his prize by email.

    Thanks to all who played. Hopefully, come September we will do it all again. 

    I'll be off to Graham's excellent NRL tipping competition on the Australian part of the forum.

    Look after yourselves and Be Kind it aint really that hard.

    Yep Mate I got the Email and thanks again.

    NFL Tipping Competition Final Standings

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    2 hours ago, Irish Saint said:

    Week 21

    1. R L Winger                         212

    2. WestsTigers Rule           210

    3. The Red Rooster             207

    4. redsi42                               203

    4. Dee Deuce                         203

    6. Cherry and White            200

    7 . Gerrumonside ref           192

    8. Irish Saint                            188

    9. Maximus Decimus           186

    10. Matt Santos                      139

    11. Llangennech                        8

    Congratulations to R L Winger. His victory parade will be from Kogarah to Woolongong on his Harley D.

    CHEERS MATE, & THANKS IRISH SAINT FOR RUNNING THE BEST NFL TIPPING COMP ON THE NET. 

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    On this day...

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    Posted · Edited by R L Winger

    1547

    Ivan the Terrible was crowned “tsar and grand prince of all Russia.”

    1899

    American gangster Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York.

    1942

    American professional boxer Cassius Clay who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky.

    1971 

    Super Bowl 5, Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida: Baltimore Colts 16 Defeat Dallas Cowboys 13

    2021

    American record producer Phil Spector, who scored a number of hits with his unique take on pop music but who was later convicted of second-degree murder, died at age 80

     

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