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Warning: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are advised this article contains the name of a deceased Aboriginal person
The Rabbitohs threw their arms around a young Indigenous boy this week, one who has probably had the worst week of his life.
When he was hurting, they left the decision up to him. He said, “I’ll play”. When all the eyes were on him, the cameras trailing him, almost to a man, they mobbed him, just to let him know how important he was to them. By turning up, it was all his mates needed to see to know how committed he was to them.
He put the ball down, looked upwards at the sky, kissed the black bands around the strapping on his wrists, and thought, ‘that’s for you, Mum’.
The young teenage Indigenous boy, Tyrone …