Home and Away has teased the return of the River Boys in its latest Australian episode, as a new street car racing storyline begins.
In tonight’s episode, Rose (Kirsty Marillier) told Cash (Nicholas Cartwright) that she had received numerous noise complaints from residents of Mangrove River, informing her that the infamous River Boys gang had expanded their activities into street car racing.
Cash didn’t seem too surprised, pointing out that “with Mangrove River station closed, there’s nobody monitoring the boys.”
The closure of Mangrove River’s police station means that the infamous gang have become a problem for Yabbie Creek Police, and Senior Constable Rose has been left to deal with the mess.
Mangrove River station closed last year, after countless attacks by the River Boys
Cash was briefly taken aback when Rose pondered if she could talk him into heading to Mangrove River and checking out the situation himself, but she quickly clarified that she was joking.
“With your history with the boys, it’s best not to inflame things,” she added with a smile, leaving Cash wondering what had put her in such a cheery mood.
Cash was caught up in last year’s big River Boy drama, when he was transferred to Mangrove River Police Station and experienced first-hand the hold that the surf gang had over the town.
He was shocked to discover that his sister Felicity’s (Jacqui Purvis) new boyfriend Rory Templeton (Joshua Orpin) was in fact the gang’s current leader.
The story came to an end when Rory was arrested, after Cash and colleague Jo Devlin (Ariadne Sgouros) found evidence that Rory’s River Boy colleague Dingo (JK Kazzi) was responsible for the death of Franklin McGrath, one of Jo’s former colleagues.
In the end, Rory confessed that he was actually the one responsible for McGrath’s death, and was carted off. However, while their latest leader may be behind bars, the gang are still going strong.
Late last year, it was revealed that the whole of Mangrove River’s police force had been disbanded and redeployed elsewhere, as the town lost its battle with the gang and their constant attacks on their station.
Now, we’re about to see the gang make their return to Summer Bay.
The coming weeks will see the arrival of Lacey, played by Sophea Pennington, who is set to be Summer Bay’s newest River Girl.
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Lacey has been described as a “wild child” who will make “quite the entrance” when she arrives in Summer Bay in March.
A publicly-available audition tape for Lacey revealed that her character would be involved in organising a race day, confirming that Rose’s throwaway comments were setting up a big new storyline for the gang.
Sophea Pennington filming last year
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The dialogue from the tape sees Lacey talking to a ‘bad boy’ character who is planning a race day, but who runs into difficulties when one of the co-organisers lands himself in trouble after punching a cop.
