Three years after returning to his small NSW hometown, former NRL player Josh McCrone led the Temora Dragons to their first minor premiership in nearly two decades.
But McCrone, a former Raiders player turned coach-captain for the local team, quickly shuts down any suggestion he might be a hero in the Riverina town of 6000 people.
Temora offers me a lot more than I offer Temora, there's no doubt about that, McCrone told AAP.
Temora is a pretty cool little town, it's a tight-knit community where your kids can walk down the street and you know everyone's name.
McCrone was living and training in Manchester, England, when...