Neil Sweeney
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Neil SweeneyNeil Sweeney (born 9 September 1977 in Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle, New South Wales
The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...

 is an Australia
Australia
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n professional rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 player. His position of choice is on the wing. He previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys
North Queensland Cowboys
The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

 and Newcastle Knights
Newcastle Knights
The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

.
Neil was raised in the Lake Macquarie Suburb of Teralba and attended local primary and high schools. Neil demonstrated outstanding skills playing all codes of football from a young age. Neils Teacher John Sidney explained at his year six graduation that by year 3 Neil was as capable as any of the boys at Teralba Public School playing soccer and rugby league.
Neil and numerous men in his family are known by one common pseudonym- Panko.

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