Coach’s Corner: Jai Arrow Shows Some Fights Go Beyond the Field

The Toughness of Rugby League Rugby league has always celebrated toughness. Players are admired for getting up injured, playing through pain and putting their bodies on the line for their teammates. Legends are built around resilience, grit and the determination of athletes who refuse to stay down.

Coach’s Corner: Jai Arrow Shows Some Fights Go Beyond the Field. The Toughness of Rugby League Rugby league has always celebrated toughness. Players are admired for getting up injured, playing through pain and putting their bodies on the line for their teammates. Legends are built around resilience, grit and the determination of athletes who refuse to stay down. But every now and then, something happens that reminds us there are battles even the toughest footballers can’t simply “fight through.” The news surrounding Jai Arrow last week hit differently for many people across the rugby league community. Not just because he is an elite athlete still in the prime years of his life, but because Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is one of those illnesses that instantly changes the atmosphere around a story. Football suddenly feels very small. For man...