Contact sport is the purest form of mindfulness. People spend hours seeking 'presence' in peaceful environments, forgetting that violence is the quickest way to the moment. Light some scented candles, concentrate on your breathing, and try slip into a meditative state, or just run the ball at a 100kg butcher’s apprentice with anger management issues and a penchant for the shoulder charge; only one guarantees you’ll forget Karen from Accounts. The sole worry is you may forget her permanently, if the apprentice from Bowral wanders a bit high ...
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Gary "Lucky" Grace's life is on a downward spiral. When his former coach and mentor drops dead in his hometown, it sets off a series of events that see him publicly humiliated, badly injured, and finally, more at peace than he ever thought he could be.