Liam Paro

They couldn't do it.

I can't remember the numbers off the top of my head, but one of the scorecards, I was like, that's too close, man.

And then when they won 16-111, I was like, nah, that's us.

We've got it.

But right until you're here, honestly, you don't know.

I knew I'd won the fight.

Everyone knew I'd run it, but...

Oh, man, you could hear a pin drop, you know, like it just felt like it took forever to hear that decision and hear the words NU and fuck.

That was just childhood dream, you know, like everything I've put in, all the sacrifice of real worth.

That's what I say is if you could bottle up that feeling, you'd sell it for millions and millions of dollars.

Yeah, yeah.

So he lost his battle with mental illness.

But yeah, like he was a gun.

He would have been an absolute superstar in the NRL.

There's no doubt about it.

You know, like 17, he's like 6'3", 100 kilos, run 11 second, 100, just a freak athlete, you know.

And we grew up together.

Yeah, good mates, best mates.

And yeah, unfortunately...

Yeah, that, that's, that's what happened.