It’s been a big week for Leichhardt Oval and on the Wayne Pearce Hill on Saturday, the true believers were daring to dream again.
On paper, the match should have been a dud. The wooden spooners versus the second last in the comp. Instead, Saturday afternoon’s wintry NRL match-up between the Wests Tigers and the Gold Coast Titans at a muddy Leichhardt Oval had the air of a carnival. Something magical was in the wind. All the Tigers had to do was step into their power and take what was rightfully theirs.
The injection of cash into Leichhardt Oval will be a boon for the Tigers and the local schools that use the grounds. But it’s also a win for women’s sport. As Inner West mayor Darcy Byrnelast week: “When the ground is renovated, our goal will be for 50 per cent of all of the content here to be women’s and girls’ sports.”
Crammed on the Hill under the Wayne Pearce scoreboard, kids and parents and aunts and fanatics stood in awe, and sometimes mass frustration, as they watched their beloved Tigers claw their way back into the match. The grey skies grew darker, rain threatened but never really arrived, and the misted breaths grew more pronounced as the final siren grew closer.
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