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Petero Civoniceva surrounded by some of his young fans at the Red Ants clubhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 26, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rugby league superstar Petero Civoniceva was king of of the kids when he visited Kingaroy and Nanango on Thursday, but he had a very serious message for his young fans.<\/p>\n

The former Maroon and Kangaroo is now an Ambassador for the NRL One Community program and is pushing a simple message, there is no room for bullies, on or off the football field.<\/p>\n

The NRL has produced a “Tackle Bullying” DVD which features former NRL players, and ambassadors such as Petero are visiting schools and sports clubs to spread the positive message that “anyone can be a hero” to stop bullying.<\/p>\n

Petero has been kept busy with the program … last week he was in Darwin, next week he’ll be in Roma.<\/p>\n

On Thursday he visited Nanango State High School, Taabinga State School, Kingaroy State High School and the Kingaroy Red Ants clubhouse.<\/p>\n

He covers an area stretching from the Northern Territory through Queensland to northern NSW.<\/p>\n

“Bullying, unfortunately, is such a huge part of our society at all levels … in adult life as well,” Petero told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> today.<\/p>\n

He said the Tackle Bullying program was aimed to help young people understand exactly what bullying is and how to deal with it.<\/p>\n

Petero said a lot of people thought if they simply ignored bullying it would go away.<\/p>\n

“If anything it can get worse,” he said.<\/p>\n

He said children who felt they were being bullied should talk to someone they can trust: a parent, teacher or a friend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Petero said he was talking recently at a school where a Year 11 student had just committed suicide.<\/p>\n

“When you here stories like that it really hits home,” he said.<\/p>\n

He said friends could help by not being “a bystander” to bullying.<\/p>\n

“If you see bullying behaviour, something that makes you feel uncomfortable, you can be a hero,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Go to the person who is being bullied and be positive; tell a teacher or a parent.”<\/p>\n

Petero said the same thing applied to cyber-bullying.<\/p>\n

“If you get caught up in a bullying situation, report it right away,” he said.<\/p>\n

Petero played for the Brisbane Broncos from 1998 to 2007, and then after a stint with Penrith, was back with the Broncos in 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He announced his retirement from the NRL at the end of last season, but hasn’t hung up his footy boots yet.<\/p>\n

He’s now back playing for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup and by all reports<\/strong><\/a> had a good game for his old junior club last weekend.<\/p>\n

“It was an important win for us,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We are starting to string some good games together ahead of the semi-finals.”<\/p>\n

Petero said playing with the Dolphins was his way of repaying the club for all the help they had given him as a junior footballer.<\/p>\n

Does he have any thoughts about retiring?<\/p>\n

“My wife may let me play another season …” he joked.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n

Petero has more visits in the South Burnett planned.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today (July 26), he’ll be at Kingaroy State School, Wondai SS, Murgon SHS and the Murgon Mustangs at Murgon Sports Ground.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, August 1, he’ll visit Blackbutt SS, Yarraman P-10, Nanango SS and St Patrick\u2019s Catholic School in Nanango.<\/p>\n

On Monday, September 2, he’ll be at\u00a0Goomeri P-10, Murgon SS and Cherbourg SS.<\/p>\n

Petero’s visits to the South Burnett have been organised by the South Burnett Junior Rugby League.<\/p>\n

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Red Ants volunteers Peter Moss and Tracey Pomfret were hard at work cooking up the snags for the kids (and their parents) to enjoy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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