Mantis
30-03-2010, 06:32 PM
By Jennifer Witham 12:00 PM
Tue 30 March, 2010
Throughout the past two years, Ryan Griffen could have been forgiven for asking the Bulldogs to trade him back across the border to where his football career began.
His family life in Goolwa, South Australia, had been turned upside down following his father John's cancer diagnosis in February, 2008.
After surgery and initial belief the disease had been curbed, the Griffens were told their worst fears would soon be realised. The cancer was terminal.
A year later, as Ryan was preparing to take on Essendon in the NAB Cup opener, he received the phone call he had been dreading.
Link (http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/season2010/news/newsarticle/tabid/4112/newsid/91317/default.aspx) to the rest of the article.
Tue 30 March, 2010
Throughout the past two years, Ryan Griffen could have been forgiven for asking the Bulldogs to trade him back across the border to where his football career began.
His family life in Goolwa, South Australia, had been turned upside down following his father John's cancer diagnosis in February, 2008.
After surgery and initial belief the disease had been curbed, the Griffens were told their worst fears would soon be realised. The cancer was terminal.
A year later, as Ryan was preparing to take on Essendon in the NAB Cup opener, he received the phone call he had been dreading.
Link (http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/season2010/news/newsarticle/tabid/4112/newsid/91317/default.aspx) to the rest of the article.