BASK: Kruger relishes prospect of Sydney tussle

AAP Sports News (Australia), January, 2002

00-00-0000 BASK: Kruger relishes prospect of Sydney tussle

By James Dampney

SYDNEY, Jan 31 AAP - Wollongong's Grant Kruger has built a reputation getting his hands dirty battling the national basketball league's best big men.

And the NBL veteran, playing his 14th season, loves nothing more than combating long-term rival Sydney's much vaunted frontline, a task he will again face tomorrow.

The teams had two fiery pre-season clashes last year, with Kruger suspended for one game and fined $1,500 after a scuffle with Kings captain Shane Heal in October.

Heal and Hawks guard Mat Campbell also came to blows in a pre-season game the previous month, with Heal and Wollongong coach Brendan Joyce eventually ejected.

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