Longing for the day ...

Proud dad moment

I usually try to keep my family out of this blog and focus on the music industry stuff that matters - but I just have to gush for a minute.

Last Sunday my son Eddie played for the wonderful West Brisbane Panthers Junior Rugby League U18s at the club's inaugural Indigenous Day celebrations. West played Redcliffe, who gave Eddie a development contract earlier this year then disappointed us badly, in the match of the day.

It was a very warm day for July in Brisbane and both teams played some wonderful footy, with Wests winning 46-8 in the end. The score does not reflect how good Redcliffe were - they toughed it out and kept trying for the whole game despite a small squad and some injuries. Here's the two teams after the game:

On the occasion, Wests put up the Tonie Currie Medal for player of the match - as judged by three legends of the game. In a stunning performance, my Eddie won it! Here he is with Tonie Currie (left) and Adrian Coolwell, two of the judges:

So, that's my proud dad moment. Just had to put it on record.