Luke Hodge

So, look, it's going to be a quality game Thursday night.

That's a non-negotiable.

Wharfie time will rock up.

There's no sure thing.

All right.

Hodgey terrific.

Thank you, Gerard.

I think so.

More so the fact that what he's been able to handle, and leadership comes on field, off field, and being able to focus on certain things when things aren't going your way in a personal life, and then you add on what

He's gone through, and that's just to another extent, which no one, you couldn't even dream, you couldn't even think about what he and his family have gone through.

To show his mental strength, to be able to handle himself how he did.

We were lucky enough on Channel 7 last week to sit down and Haim interviewed him.

You can see the pain post-game.

You can see when he talks how much hurt he is.

But footy's that freedom for him just to go and release himself.

So for him to be able to perform how he has with what he's gone through, I think everyone would stand back and just say he's definitely one of the better leaders that we've seen over the years.

And I interviewed Bont on the same night and sort of mentioned

how much admiration and how much do you admire him?

And he spoke that highly of him that we need to do something on field because he's just got that mental strength and they weren't able to.

He had three goals in the first quarter and went and did what he did.