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Facing financial ruin, packer and his team take radical steps to win over the public and players. Kerry packers war all the ingredients of a classic. Kerry packers war tells the story of the bitter twoyear conflict between packer, with his highly paid bestofthebest professionals, and the cricket establishment doing its best to protect the 100year legacy of pride in the traditional nature of the poorly paid game. Melissa standish 1 episode, 2010 the laundromat short 2010 amy as elizer. Offhand, i cant say that i have seen a better piece of australian drama in recent years.
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