at the end of 2021, the 33-year-old teamed up with another former NRL prop, Ben Matulino, this year to form a company specialising in temporary fencing for construction sites – rekindling a partnership which existed for most of their careers as members of the Warriors, Wests Tigers and Kiwis.
“It’s work kind of like doing the first run from a kick-off... it’s not for everyone,” Packer tells NRL.com. “I did a bit of study at the Warriors, but I was too young. I picked up the university again at the Dragons and I had decent marks. “It took about four years part time for me to complete and it was a lot of mahi , balancing it with rugby league.
“We have both done some challenging stuff together in footy over the years, so it’s just applying those lessons and principals again really.
Look, good on him for turning his life around, I suppose. But completely whitewashing his horrendously brutal assault - and subsequent prison sentence - from history, and pretending like it never happened by not even mentioning it in this article, is just plain wrong.
Fantastic read, more of these kinds of stories please nrl.
Didn’t this dude piss on the field
Who gives a fuck about this guy, he stomped on someone's head. Less we hear about him the better.
He will always hold a special place in my heart for knocking Ryan Mutterson into the next galaxy.