PHOTO of the Week: Andrew Johns and the Newcastle Knights

   This is a picture of some Andrew Johns memorabilia from the excellent climate controlled cabinets and Newcastle Museum!! The t-shirt is a 1997 Newcastle Knights Grand Final t-shirt. It reflects an amazing Grand Final victory for the Knights against Manly at a critical time in the Rugby League war between the game and News Ltd!!
   It also speaks volumes for the Knights, Newcastle people and the kind of spirit that saw huge crowds turn out this week for the #RISEFORALEX round to raise money for Alex McKinnon in the wake of his serious neck injury earlier in the year...
   The team spirit and the place of the Knights in Newcastle's sense of identity haven't been enough o see Wayne Bennett win a comp with this team [as I predicted at the outset] BUT there have been some positives around resourcing, home grown players etc...