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    THE BARGAIN FARMHOUSE

    Dec 19, 2019 4 minutes
    by TAMARA SIMONEAU,
    photography JOHN DOWNS

    Michelle Roper was a city girl when she met Kris Kahler — a rising football star who was drafted by the Brisbane Broncos as a teenager. Marrying him meant living life on the move, as they traded a brief stay in Canberra where Kris played for the Raiders for the more temperate climes of the Gold Coast when Kris signed up to be on the inaugural Titans squad. Then there were stints in France and England. “We moved to Gateshead in the UK when the season in France ended,” Michelle recalls. “Kris played for the

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