Peter Siddle a North supporter

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Interesting article on Peter Siddle today in the Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/cricket/siddles-swing-shift/2009/04/24/1240079865099.html

Didn't realize he was a North supporter.

He is using the enforced rest to lay the foundations for his first Ashes series, get home to his family and mates in Morwell and see as many North Melbourne games as he can. The latter proved an instant ice-breaker with Australian captain and fellow Kangaroos fanatic Ricky Ponting, who during the South African tour declared that the 24-year-old "typifies everything that it is to be an Australian cricketer and to wear a baggy green cap".
"It gets me a game, anyway," smiled Siddle about the shared football allegiance. In truth, it was the young fast bowler's appealing mix of aggression and honest effort, not to mention his willingness to bowl through pain, that won the skipper over; the way he relished trading blows with the South Africans while he was sledged by their crowds.