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A post shared by Tyrone Peachey (@tyronepeachey) on Feb 19, 2018 at 12:15am PST . Tyrone Peachey of Gold Coast Titans contract information, NRL news, stats and rumours. … © 2020 Western Sydney Publishing Group NO matter what Tyrone Peachey achieves on the football field, he always remembers where he comes from.It’s why you’ll regularly see Peachey roaming the sidelines at Wellington home games giving advice to the local kids, even during the NRL season.The Penrith star is held in high regard in the Central West of NSW — not only as a player but as a person.It’s a privileged position Peachey certainly understands and appreciates, according to his uncle Mick.“Tyrone talks to the young fellas back home all the time,” Mick told The Sunday Telegraph from Wellington this week.“If the Panthers play on a Friday, he’ll make the effort to travel out to Wellington for our home games.“He’ll just wander around the crowd talking to the kids.“Tyrone has played alongside most of them in the Aboriginal knockouts and he coached the Wellington side last year.“He has mixed with these kids, not only on the field, but off the field.“They are seeing what he has achieved and are now aiming to achieve for themselves.“This is not put in papers or anything — this is just Tyrone being himself.”Peachey may not be receiving the headlines, but his effort to make a difference certainly hasn’t gone unnoticed in his hometown.Wellington, a population of just 4500 people, has faced serious unemployment and drug usage problems in recent times.Despite these hurdles, it’s people like Peachey who strive to make a difference in the small regional community.The rising Penrith star knows his actions, on and off the field, can make a positive impact on his people.According to uncle Mick, this is why Peachey felt so bad when he got dropped for being late to training earlier this year.“That made him think just because you are playing first grade doesn’t mean you’re safe,” he said.“You’ve still got to work at things and he tells that to the young kids as well.“He has got a good head on his shoulders and he is very humble.“I think that’s something his parents have done a good job with.“Just like his uncle Dave, he wants to help his community back home.”Those same people travelled to GIO Stadium on Saturday to watch Peachey’s Panthers take on the Raiders in the nation’s capital.“Tyrone’s father and a few of our nephews got a bus to go down from Sydney.“There was also a crew from Dubbo and Orange and there is already a mob of them down in Canberra.“Tyrone has always got support no matter where goes and plays footy — everyone in the family is very proud of him.“All his cousins, uncles and aunties, which he has got a few of, always wish him well.“Tyrone’s father has got seven brothers and five sisters, besides all our other cousins.It’s why uncle Mick says Peachey is regularly the last Penrith player to leave the field after matches.“Tyrone takes the time to slap the kid’s hands on his way out, because he remembers where he comes from.” My parents moved up there when I was pretty young so I didn't get homesick and want to go home so that was a good thing. Nathan is an award-winning journalist, who has worked at the Weekender for nearly a decade. Tyrone Peachey with his daughter Penelope Before Penelope’s birth earlier this year, Panthers insiders say the livewire backrower was your typical young NRL star – living life as if the world revolved around them. “Tyrone’s father has got seven brothers and five sisters, besides all our other cousins. Tyrone Peachey’s brief stint at the Gold Coast Titans could be over in the coming weeks as Penrith prepare to lure the former NSW representative back to the club before June 30.