Chris Fagan

You only have to look at their numbers to identify who they are.

I thought we got a bit of confidence back in the last quarter, but there seemed to be a lot of lack of confidence in the first three.

So there's a positive there.

Yeah.

Too many of our really good players down.

You only have to look at their numbers to identify who they are.

And that's obvious.

What he's done is he's taught us all in a very real way how to deal with adversity in a positive way, to not give up, to keep fighting.

such wonderful attributes to have.

And, you know, he's lived that all the way through.

It's just been amazing to watch it and witness it.

Obviously, I'm a good friend of his, and I knew what he was like when he was healthy, and I watched the degeneration of his body and everything over the last 11 or 12 years.

It's been incredible to witness that, but to see the spirit inside the bloke,

Never ever changed, never ever felt sorry for himself.

Always looking out for others.

I know for me, while he could still talk, he'd ring me and have a chat to see how the team was going and to give me a bit of advice.

When he couldn't talk, there were the texts and the words of encouragement.

He was just relentless with all that.

So I'm ever so grateful that, you know, I've known Neil Danaher since sort of the end of 1997 and he's been a real constant in my life.

And so it was very sad yesterday when Jan gave me a call to say that he passed.