Ex-NRL player David Shillington's sees tragedy and triumph in Cobargo

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'I said to Blake if he's got aspirations to play for Australia one day he's going to need a jersey to play in and here's a good one to hold him over until he gets one of his own,' David Shillington.

David Shillington saw incredible strength and kindness shine through unfathomable pain on a trip to the bushfire-ravaged NSW town of Cobargo last weekend.

Shillington and Toopi also met Tim Salway, whose father and brother were killed on New Year's Eve while attempting to protect their farm. "I said to Blake if he's got aspirations to play for Australia one day he's going to need a jersey to play in and here's a good one to hold him over until he gets one of his own."Despite what they'd all been through they were tough, resilient people determined to push on and rebuild their property and not stand still and let things get worse than they'd already been.

However, as Salway told Shillington, one of the great things to come from such a disaster has been the community spirit.

 

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