Tom Starling honors great-grandfather Snowy through ANZAC jersey, remembering his sacrifices in World War II.
When Tom Starling links arms with his teammates and the Last Post echoes across GIO Stadium he will think of the great-grandfather he never got the chance to meet.
William John Starling, known as 'Snowy', served in Singapore in World War II and was captured by the Japanese and made a prisoner of war and sent to work on the infamous Burma railway.
Snowy unfortunately never made it home to his family, including Starling's pop who was just eight years old when his father died at age 35 in Thailand.
And for the 25-year-old Raider, although the connection feels distant, it is when he pulls on the ANZAC jersey and stands proudly as a Starling that he feels closest to his...