Creating an A-League round

On the back of what was happening to mum I kept on asking myself how can I make a difference? 

I was really passionate about doing something because if I’m going through this then there have to be more families going through the same ordeal. Hopefully they don’t have to go through what we went through in terms of waiting for a diagnosis or finding out that there's nothing they can do about it.

Speaking to the Cure Brain Cancer Association got me thinking that football has been a massive part of my life and the community has been unbelievable in how they treated my situation.

So, I have been working behind the scenes quite strongly with the Cure Brain Cancer foundation and Belinda Woolford, the CEO of Ronald McDonald House - who’s a big football fan - and their response has been fantastic.   

I have spoken to Head of the A-League Greg O’Rourke and he was very welcoming and so was David Gallop. So was John Didulica from the PFA who was excellent in getting the players involved about getting a Football for Cancer Round happening in the A-League and having spoken to them, they are all on board.

I just think it’s a really good message. There are so many different forms of cancer and so many people have their own stories.

Obviously Liam Miller died from pancreatic cancer over the weekend as well. It’s just a horrible, horrible disease.

My goal is to have the Football for Cancer Round in the last round of this A-League season. That’s the aim and having that happen year in and year out.

We've got so many issues within the game and I think with something like this, we really have the ability to bring people closer together.