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Cashmere, Ray; 1st Grade No: 1063
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Ray Cashmere

Date Of Birth: 12 Jan 1980

Nickname: Razor

Height: 195cm

Weight: 115kg

Position: Prop

Junior Club: MacCarthur Saints, Western Suburbs, Magpies, Parramatta Eels

Career high point: First Grade Debut

Senior clubs: Western Suburbs Magpies 1999, Wests Tigers 2005, North Queensland Cowboys 2006 - 07, Wests Tigers 2012

NRL Debut - Wests Magpies v Bulldogs, Campbelltown Stadium, July 24, 1999
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The return of Ray Cashmere has helped put spark back into Tigers

Tyson Otto
The Daily Telegraph
April 16, 2012 5:32PM

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Ray Cashmere has added some starch to the Tigers forward pack. Picture: Gregg Porteous Source: The Daily Telegraph

TIGERS veteran Ray Cashmere thought his NRL career was over just a few weeks ago.

Probably a fair estimate, given he was working night shifts in a coal mine at the time.

He has become the club's most unlikely saviour.

The Tigers' five match losing streak was snapped when the 32-year-old former Salford front-rower made his debut for the club in yesterday's win over the Panthers.

Cashmere was by no means the catalyst for the win, but his move to the Tigers has certainly bolstered the club's decimated forward pack.

Star five-eighth Benji Marshall singled him out for praise on Sunday.

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Having signed a one-year-deal, Cashmere is playing with the enthusiasm of a rookie teenager - and it's rubbing off on teammates.

"I'm loving it, enjoying it while it lasts," Cashmere said at the Tigers' paddle-boarding recovery session at Watson's Bay this morning.

"It'll be good to have a break (this week), but I'd be keen to play again this week, being back in first grade.

"I thought it was done and dusted pretty much at the start of this year. I was looking at a career in coal mining and getting stuck into that. Always in the back of your mind you think it might happen. I thought it probably wasn't realistic, but now it has happened I'm going to try and make it last as long as possible.

"It's been a whirlwind of emotions for my wife and I over the last few weeks. Over the last few months there's been a lot of changes and that, but it's for the better and we're really enjoying where we are at at the moment."

Cashmere signed with St George Illawarra's NSW Cup feeder side at the end of last year and was lucky to join the Tigers two weeks ago after his former team initially refused to release him from his contract.

The Dragons reportedly refused to grant him a release as pay-back for the Tigers breaking a deal for Tigers fullback Tim Moltzen to be traded to the Dragons at the end of 2011.

However, Cashmere said he was not sure what prompted the change of heart that allowed him to link-up with the club he began his career with as a Western Suburbs Magpie in 1999.

He said his 13 seasons of playing rugby league were the key to him hitting the ground running at the Tigers.

"I've been playing Super League for the last three years, obviously I did notice the step up yesterday though, the pace is the biggest thing you notice, but I've played a few games in the past so it wasn't too daunting," he said.

"I got used to it pretty quickly.

"I've been playing rugby league pretty much my whole life. I like to think you improve as you get older. The longer you're around you pick things up. You get older and wiser. I'm not doing anything special. It's a pretty simple role I've got. Hopefully I can stay in there and do it for as long as possible."
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