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After guiding Newcastle to NRLW premiership glory, Millie Boyle is the toast of the town and now her fiance and Knights recruit Adam Elliott wants a piece of the action.
Elliott, who has agreed to a three-year deal with the club, made headlines when he was overcome with tears of joy watching Boyle lead the Knights to victory over Parramatta in October.
That triumph has helped Boyle quickly become one of the most recognised and loved figures in Newcastle.
And it’s spurred the best kind of jealousy from her soon-to-be husband.
“I think the coolest thing was not just grand final day but the weeks before, I would come up and visit her and people would be stopping her in the streets saying how proud they are of the girls and how they are going,” Elliott said.
“It was so cool to see the town get behind them.
“I’d signed at that point too so for me it was like ‘when I get here I want to roll my sleeves up and have a go’ because I want that to happen to me.” The engaged couple will eventually be wearing matching wedding bans but for now the sporting duo have had to settle for matching playing kits.
“I was very excited to get the kit last week and Millie and I were wearing it around the house,” Elliott laughed.
“I’m pretty excited. It’s great to meet all the boys and everyone has turned up in real good nick too.” GETTING BACK TO FULL FITNESS Elliott officially reported to the first day of pre-season on Monday but the 28-year-old is still on a modified program and will be eased back into full training over the summer.
The forward suffered an osteitis pubis injury playing for Canberra in week one of last year’s finals series.
“It’s probably my first off season in my career where I just relaxed. I was in contact with the physios but it was about having a mental unwind and kicking up the feet,” Elliott said.
“I’ve had to be patient. We’re seeing some good progression with the injury so I‘ll be able to start training real hard again soon.”
Elliot isn’t the only recruit in rehab. Former Bulldogs firebrand Jack Hetherington suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in March but is pushing to be ready for round one. But I think a lot of people underestimate how smart of a footballer he is. He is coming back from injury himself. “Once we are both up and running, we’ll be pushing each other to be fit for round one.”
