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Josh Papali'i found support in the coach's box while struggling to understand his son's needs.
Imagine not knowing what's wrong with your three-year-old son.
And, as parents, being unable to communicate with him and understand what he's going through.
Thankfully, for Canberra Raiders legend Josh Papali'i he only had to look to the coach's box for help.
In early 2021, Alan Jones met with Souths leaders to discuss their exclusion from the NRL competition.
It was late 2000 or early 2021 when radio king Alan Jones picked up the phone to South Sydney icon George Piggins and called a meeting.
Souths had just lost their Federal Court case against News Limited after claiming they had been wrongfully excluded from the new 14-team NRL competition.
Jones had an idea, and invited Piggins, South Sydney's lawyer Nick Pappas, and News Limited boss John Hartigan to his penthouse apartment in Newtown, inner-western Sydney, to outline his plan.
Josh Papalii's experience is vital for Canberra Raiders' hopes of winning their first premiership in decades.
Ahead of becoming Canberra's most-capped NRL player, Josh Papalii has been heralded as the key to a long-awaited title for his beloved Raiders.
Sia Soliola, Papalii's former Raiders teammate on the field and long-term friend off it, says the young Raiders squad have what it takes to win the club's first premiership in more than three decades.
And Big Papa's experience will be crucial.