Firstly most sides have there inspirational player....and a moment from last nights Brisbane vs Sharks game got me thinking....with 10 minutes on the clock and Brisbane leading by 8, they were all over Sharks and won a dropout, with Sharks players heads down..bar 1 - Wade Graham.
As Sharks dropout, he was a man on a mission and forced 2 drops and when the ball bounced, he was the ONLY Shark within 10m and grabbed it and ran out to his 40m line.
3-4 plays later Sharks score in the corner Broncos heads are down and Cronulla score another 2 tries and win by 10, but make no mistake, without the Graham "play", Sharks lose by a margin.
Manly has Jake and forgive the Maroon and White glasses, have never seen a bloke with more desire and will to win and he only seems to own it more as he matures...revving the players up with the wild eyes and most importantly inspiring with his driving tackles and attempts to win every play ball....and in many of those close games where we have a hero in Walker scoring a try or DCE kicking a sweet Drop goal, there will almosr certainly be a few plays where Jake has charged down an opposition FG, or pressured a kicker, or forced an error with an enthusiastic tackle.
The importance of these inspirational moments deserves a mention and Wade Grahams moment last night, made me extra glad we have Jake T for those key moments and I have no doubt, we will see him "silently" win us plenty of games in years to come.
As Sharks dropout, he was a man on a mission and forced 2 drops and when the ball bounced, he was the ONLY Shark within 10m and grabbed it and ran out to his 40m line.
3-4 plays later Sharks score in the corner Broncos heads are down and Cronulla score another 2 tries and win by 10, but make no mistake, without the Graham "play", Sharks lose by a margin.
Manly has Jake and forgive the Maroon and White glasses, have never seen a bloke with more desire and will to win and he only seems to own it more as he matures...revving the players up with the wild eyes and most importantly inspiring with his driving tackles and attempts to win every play ball....and in many of those close games where we have a hero in Walker scoring a try or DCE kicking a sweet Drop goal, there will almosr certainly be a few plays where Jake has charged down an opposition FG, or pressured a kicker, or forced an error with an enthusiastic tackle.
The importance of these inspirational moments deserves a mention and Wade Grahams moment last night, made me extra glad we have Jake T for those key moments and I have no doubt, we will see him "silently" win us plenty of games in years to come.
