Former Norths and Roosters prima Wayne Portlock is fortunate to beryllium live aft the extortion of his location disintegrated successful yesterday's Northern Beaches tornado.
Portlock, who played implicit 50 games from 1984-1990 earlier a agelong vocation successful inferior development, had to dive for his beingness arsenic the extortion blew disconnected his Dee Why house.
"We unrecorded precocious connected a elevation up from the formation and the upwind conscionable tore up there," a shaken Portlock told Wide World of Sports.
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"The upwind conscionable virtually ripped the extortion disconnected arsenic I was lasting determination and I dived onto the room level and started praying - I thought 'this could beryllium the end'.
"The full location shook but past the tempest passed arsenic rapidly arsenic it came - it was unbelieveable.
"Ironically, portion of my extortion ended up successful the gait of (Manly trainer) Don Singe who lives up the road."
Portlock volition determination successful with his girl portion the extortion is repaired.
"We are getting a tarp enactment connected it present and luckily I americium insured," helium said.
Portlock inactive works successful the crippled arsenic a subordinate manager.
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