Hudson Young faces heartache from injury while aspiring to play for Australia, but aims for full recovery by Christmas.
It felt like he'd been hit in the back of the leg with a golf club and Hudson Young knew straight away what he'd done.
Then came the heartache.
Not only was he confident his beloved Canberra Raiders were about to make a charge to the NRL finals, but he's been waiting four years to play for Australia at a World Cup.
Then in the blink of an eye he went from being on top of the world, fresh from the high of helping NSW to an unlikely State of Origin win, to the lows of one of the toughest injuries to overcome.