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where, in limited action he was the club's leading scorer. Hercus played with the USA Eagles during the 2009 summer internationals, including the Eagles against Canada and
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Hercus is married to TV presenter
Natalie Michaels.
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1160:Categories
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980:Bloomfield
778:Liddington
492:References
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533:2013
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