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Even though his birth certificate says he was born under a boree tree some seven miles from the Betoota City Limits, a polite, smooth-palmed Diamantina expat has looked himself in the mirror this morning and told lies.
Since 2013, Connor Halleford has called the beachside Sydney suburb of Bondi home.
His youth in our state’s great South West is a distant memory; so distant that he’s turned his back on the Cowboys and has let his soft heart be stolen by the Sydney Roosters.
Never the less, the lie he told himself this morning, just after he brushed his comically white teeth, was that the Roosters still have a chance of beating the Storm this Sunday now that Billy Slater has been cleared to play.
The 31-year-old spoke to The Advocate this morning via telephone where he continued to lie to himself repeatedly.
“We are probably actually equal favourites at the moment,” he said.
“We’ve got the home ground advantage and Latrell Mitchell is the greatest player in the whole competition. Cooper Cronk is on the bench. It’s like Friday Night Lights except we’ll win,”
“It doesn’t matter that Billy ‘Protected Species’ Slater is playing, [Boyd] Cordner will neutralise him all game. Do you think I sound worried? Ha!”
Our reporter did think Conor sounded worried but admired his ability to stay positive in such a dark time for himself.
More to come.
