by my tv broke Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:40 am
Finger Puppet Mafia wrote:Just saw an interview with David Fifita on NRL.com, and he seems like a well mannered young man with a good head on his shoulders. Gives me hope that the next generation of NRL players may bring the game back out of the gutters.
Seems like a committed kid -
From Year 10 to Year 12, Fifita - who still lives at home in the Ipswich suburb of Redbank Plains with his parents Gwen and Siaosi - would set the alarm for 4am, get a lift to Altandi train station with his mum and arrive at the Gold Coast where a maxicab would take him to the school’s 6.30am training on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
"It all started for me when I went to school at Keebra Park. That school has been a big thing in my journey and got me ready to play first grade physically and mentally with the tough training we did down there,” Fifita told NRL.com
"I would travel all the way from my home at Redbank Plains to Southport where my school is based.
"Training days I’d get up at 4am catch that 4.57am train and that is where I think I got my dedication from. I’ve always enjoyed my training and loved playing footy since then."
Fifita's schoolboy coach, Glen Campbell, told NRL.com he was "never late once".
"I checked it out and David didn’t miss a day of school for those two years," Campbell told NRL.com.
Fifita said the self-discipline of that train travel "is why I am here now".
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