The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is hallowed turf - the place where legends are made by Australian sportsmen - be it in Cricket or Australian Rules Football (AFL).
Last Saturday it was an AFL day and the Sydney Swans were taking on the Freemantle Dockers on a chilly afternoon in front of 25,000 people and a live TV audience of 1,000,000+.
James was part of the half-time match. His Manly Bombers team were selected to play the game. We arrived an hour early for the match so that the boys could receive their instructions - where to change, where to go etc. We got to watcht the 1st quarter of the game together and the the boys went to change into their special Sydney Swans match strips. At half-time they emerged onto the oval.
James is the one with the white boots who is doing a side step kind of run onto the pitch.
They quickly got into the game and James followed his dad's instructions. "Ignore the position they give you - just go for the ball all the time and enjoy this - this is the SCG!!"
I know I am biased but I think he took more marks (catching the ball) and had more kicks than any other player in the 15 minute game. An example follows:
James and his Dad had a great day......
Ken
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