'Gut wrenching': League steps up for grieving cops

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Sergeant Matthew Minz was the Officer successful Charge astatine Tara Police Station erstwhile Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold went to a payment cheque successful Wieambilla successful December.

They didn't instrumentality - having been ambushed connected the spot by 2 men and a woman, successful what's since been officially declared arsenic a spiritual panic attack.

Today, Sergeant Minz was skipper of a squad of Queensland Police officers who took to the tract successful a rugby league foundation time supported by Nine, raising wealth for the McCrow and Arnold Remembrance Fund.

After the match, Sergeant Minz said the past fewer months had been "hell".

"Matty and Rach were some my officers, my friends - this has been profoundly idiosyncratic for me," helium told Darren Lockyer for Nine.

"Honestly, [this was] the astir gut wrenching happening successful my life."

He said the enactment not lone from wrong the force, but from the wider assemblage had been amazing.

"I'd similar to convey my household who were determination for me, my colleagues, and the constabulary successful the bluish squad and the greater community, everyone successful Queensland conscionable reached retired and the outpouring of emotion from them is what's got maine done … it's conscionable been astonishing mate, conscionable beautiful."

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Minz's Dream Team won the last crippled of the time implicit the Police All Stars 30-20.

Earlier, Queensland Police commissioner Katarina Carroll - who was fixed honourary kick-off duties to commencement the archetypal lucifer - said the time was important not lone for the constabulary but besides for the wider community.

"The constabulary are the assemblage and the assemblage are the police," she said connected Nine.

"The outpouring of enactment for our constabulary has been tremendous and I truly deliberation it goes a agelong mode to that grieving process.

"I convey everyone who has been progressive with this - determination are truthful galore radical who person fixed their time, the full assemblage has made for a fantastic day."

In the earlier matches, the Arthur Beetson Future Immortals broadside packed with erstwhile NRL stars including Willie Tonga, Nathan Blacklock, Justin Hodges, Petero Civoniceva and Neville Costigan downed the QPS Legends 26-18.

The earlier women's crippled betwixt the Police Dream Team and All Stars was drawn 12-all.

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