You suddenly remember that people are watching this debacle and then pride is at stake as well as your own. Its surprising the number of tunes Mallacoota has risen like the Phoenix from its own ashes to snatch victory under seemingly impossible circumstances.

To run out in the colours of any town is a tremendously adrenalis- mg thing. In the country it is mighty important. You are playing under the town’s name, in its colours, against some neighbouring town and the pride and integrity of the district is at stake.