Blake Austin

[Turbo]

Did anyone here about what Blake Austin did?

He was on his way to the Canberra game on the weekend and saw a disabled Canberra fan is a wheelchair freezing waiting in a bus shelter for a bus to get to the game. So what did he do he gave her a lift! What a great bloke!

 

[Beer buzzard]

Good to hear something nice for a change.

 

[qldeagle]

Mate he's one of my favourite players, good bloke as well. I wonder if he like the beach?

 

[Brooke]

I heard this as well. My son met him when he was playing for the Tigers and said he was great. Everything I hear about him is impressive. Imagine how much this gesture of his would have meant to that Raiders fan.

 

[Top End Eagle]

I struggle to get over that hair cut but yeah he seems like a decent bloke and a pretty handy footballer. Would look good in maroon and white.

 

[Brooke]

I think it would take a lot to get him away from Canberra. From all reports he and his family are very happy there.

 

[Kiwi Eagle]

Top class effort from Austin, didn't need to take a photo and champion himself about it like Slater did either

 

[Chip and Chase]

Yes I had a ironic laugh at Billy's nicely spun story in todays paper. Absolute grub on the field, all round good guy off it. Hard to criticise the sentiment behind his actions, but the old cynic in me wonders why he needs to "hashtag" it.

 

[Brookvale]

Great work by Mr Austin.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Yes I had a ironic laugh at Billy's nicely spun story in todays paper. Absolute grub on the field, all round good guy off it. Hard to criticise the sentiment behind his actions, but the old cynic in me wonders why he needs to "hashtag" it.

He's only " good off the field " when there's a photo opportunity, otherwise a grub on AND off !!

 

[Andrew..]

He's only " good off the field " when there's a photo opportunity, otherwise a grub on AND off !!

Yep, it kind of defeats the purpose of being genuinely thoughtful if you have to advertise it.

 

[Eagle1]

Yes blakes a really good bloke,my son and Blake played in the same team for doonside for the under 12vs but even as a young kid then he had total respect for everyone,and that came down to his parents.well done Blake.

 

[qldeagle]

Top class effort from Austin, didn't need to take a photo and champion himself about it like Slater did either

Just going about his business and not wanting to be the hero. That's what I like. With all the sheet these guys get acussed of when you here stories like this everyone should be reporting on it.

 

[pt73]

Ch9 did a story on Blake a few years ago when he was playing NSW Cup for Penrith. He was coaching some young guys from his local area to get them off the streets and funding it out of his own pocket.

 

[HoldenV8]

Yes I had a ironic laugh at Billy's nicely spun story in todays paper. Absolute grub on the field, all round good guy off it. Hard to criticise the sentiment behind his actions, but the old cynic in me wonders why he needs to "hashtag" it.

#itstrendytohashtag

 

[Under the Sticks]

I agree with all the sentiment shown here towards B Austin but how did the supporter get home or are they still at Bruce freezing their "you know whats" off waiting for the return trip?

 

[nightster]

I struggle to get over that hair cut but yeah he seems like a decent bloke and a pretty handy footballer. Would look good in maroon and white.

really? ... do people really worry about haircuts ... still! ... my mother uesd to tell me to get mine cut back in the sixties .... don't worry it will eventually fall out like mine has .... now where were we ?

 

[simon64]

If I had the choice of anyone in the NRL to come to Manly, he'd be up near the top of the list.

He'd complement DCE perfectly.

 

[master blaster]

Whenever He doesn't play or plays a Thursday or Friday night game,he always comes back up here as much as he can and always watches his junior club play,just blends in with all the crowd,doesn't big note himself

 

[mozgrame]

Ch9 did a story on Blake a few years ago when he was playing NSW Cup for Penrith. He was coaching some young guys from his local area to get them off the streets and funding it out of his own pocket.

Yes, that's true. Everything about the bloke is good. I read this article about him at the start of the year. Seems a level headed top Aussie!

RAIDERS star Blake Austin has revealed how winning a Footy Show competition helped his family out of housing commission when he was a youngster.

Austin grew up living in housing commission residences in the western Sydney suburb of Doonside.

His parents were unable to afford a deposit on their own house, until their nine-year-old son discovered a pot of gold.

Austin won Channel Nine’s The Footy Show segment “league of their own”, for which the prize was a brand new Holden Jackaroo.

This stroke of luck led to his family buying their first home.

“We lived in housing commission until I was 12,” Austin told The Locker Room podcast.

“I didn’t have a rough upbringing. I had great parents. They didn’t have much money but no money was spared for sport.

“I actually won a car on The Footy Show at nine (years old).

“It was a Holden Jackaroo and mum and dad sold that and we got out of housing commission and they bought a house in Mount Druitt.

“Mum and dad would never have come across the cash for a house deposit — (selling the car) that allowed us (to buy a house).

“It definitely wasn’t a flash house in Mount Druitt but being Aussie parents it was definitely one of their goals to own a house and we were able to do that.”

Austin has never forgotten his Doonside roots, and continues to work with junior rugby league players from the area.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...d/news-story/037d76fb1d60099a0033b080482d2753