Tyrone Peachey began dreaming of becoming an NRL star after watching his uncle David play for Cronulla in the 1999 grand final qualifier and now the Titans utility wants to inspire other young Indigenous kids from his home town of Wellington to do the same.
Peachey - a member of NSW’s successful 2018 State of Origin team who is set to make his sixth appearance for the Indigenous All Stars in the February 20 fixture in Townsville - still clearly recalls the impact the time spent with David and attending the match had on him as a 10-year-old.
It was the first time Peachey had been to Sydney and he had never seen the sea or even a two-storey house before.
Enough s enough : Troubled Wellington demands change after another tragedy
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Two children were killed by an out-of-control car on Tuesday. It would be a heart-rending tragedy anywhere. In Wellington, it s the latest in a long line of heart-rending tragedies.
People in the NSW Central West town have felt more than their fair share of pain. Pain inflicted by poverty, by violence, by drugs.
The deaths of Sheldon and Shane Shorey have hit Wellington hard.
Credit:Dominic Lorrimer