Jayden Broome

For example, rugby was probably the over –

bearing like thing I put my life into and then probably under that was probably like kabake oh yeah I quite loved that um it's called like my social life so I'm up with my mates I'm making sure that you know I'm having a laugh with my mates and then also my mental health all that type of stuff and um

Yeah, I've kind of had to really look at that recently.

You know, with my brain injury, I probably can't fly into uni next year.

I've got to like, you know, take the necessarily steps back, step backs.

Yeah.

Because, yeah, I know.

So I'm trying to like study, one cup, my social life, mental health, all that type of stuff.

Make sure they're all full, not like sticking my study and then leaving little for men to wear out and all that stuff.

Yeah, it was unbelievable.

I actually...

i remember a little bit from that like from selection which was tough i remember i was just on the phone with the coach actually i was just asking him about like um some information i might have missed and stuff like that but actually it's quite funny i remember i was going to the training i was still training for the first thing and i got a phone call and it was a coach and he was saying like hey mate do you have like time to speak and

And I was like, oh, no, I said, I'm going for training.

He said, after training, call me.

So I was like, oh, jeez, why is he ringing me?

Yeah, and then after the training, it was me and mum, we were together in a room, and then I put on my speaker, and he said, show away, congratulations.

And I was like, oh, jeez.

Jeez, I just couldn't believe it.

A kid from a little school, like a little rugby school, is now on the national stage with people from all sorts of schools around the country.

I was like, I was pretty like, I don't know how many times they had to explain in that team where our goal was.