Shillington gets in behind threatened All Stars gameWhen Canberra Raiders enforcer David Shillington ran out in the inaugural 2010 All Stars clash, he looked forward to a ''cruisey'' game.
How times have changed.
Three years later the Queensland star forward has not only backed the game's relevance ahead of this weekend's unofficial NRL season opener in Brisbane but also its timing.
Shillington was mobbed along with NRL and Indigenous All Stars team members in Ipswich west of Brisbane on Monday at the countdown to Saturday night's showcase event at Suncorp Stadium.
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