Rejection fueled Tom Starling's NRL career after his brief stint with Newcastle Knights.
It's the rejection that helped fuel Canberra hooker Tom Starling's NRL career, and countless others as well, including some of his Raiders teammates.
Starling made his way through Newcastle's development system before making his NRL debut for the Knights at age 20 in the last round of the 2018 season.
It would be the Kincumber Colts junior's only first-grade game for the club.