Ipswich Grammar School

The whole offer's off the table.

Now, the reason we are talking about this on a rugby podcast is because there are now reports and speculation connecting Rugby Australia to Sam Walker, who has a history in rugby, played schoolboy rugby at Ipswich Grammar up in Queensland.

And naturally, when any rugby league star becomes available or is their contract or their future's up in the air, someone poses the question, would Rugby Australia be interested?

Yeah, so you're right.

Any update on Mark Nwong and Itawase? Anyway, rugby Australia boss Phil Waugh said the code is open to discussing a sensational code switch for free agent Sam Walker.

He played 10 for Ipswich Grammar.

He's got rugby background.

Right.

Okay.

One of my roommates at Ipswich Grammar School boarding house was a swimmer.

And I used to get up at like 5.30 every morning to go.

I was a cross-country runner in the middle.

You know, it takes a village to raise a child, and I knew that Tony had been the primary caregiver, that these were young boys, and they needed strong people around them, and the boys' school was fantastic.

Ipswich Grammar School, honestly, their pastoral care.

I went and sat with the principal, and I just went, "I don't know how to do this.

I don't." And he just went, "We'll help you." And the Friday was the funeral, and they all, th- all his mates...

And I'd put it out because Tony had been the P&C president at their primary school, and, um, I'd put it out to anyone that children were absolutely welcome, and Tony would've loved that, but that was at the parents' discretion, and I was so stoked to see so many kids came.

But Finn, you know, Ipswich Grammar School has a red and white striped blazer, and the, you know, the candy stripes, and there was one image at the end of the funeral because the boys, I didn't want this to happen, but one of the requests from Tony's family was that they walk the coffin out.

So it was the boys and I f- out front, and then, um, Tony's coffin came behind, and it was just so traumatic.

And then the coffin was put into the hearse, and there is one photo of just the, these little faces just devastated.