Selwyn Cobbo will debut for Queensland tonight, joining a long line of Cherbourg-born players on the sport's biggest stage.
"They start off very, very little, running around with a football in their hands.Cherbourg is a rugby league hotbed.Watching Cobbo, whose strong but lanky frame is surprisingly graceful, it's hard not to compare him to a few rare gems from the past who played with such elan: the likes of Greg Inglis and Israel Folau. He's that joyous to see in liquid motion.
Ryan Brown runs the Murgon Clontarf Academy, a program designed to keep local boys in school and give them pathways to work after school."He was a leader as soon as he stepped into the academy. Quiet, humble, shy, but always led from the front. Ms Brown, whose husband coached Cobbo until under-12s, says you can't necessarily pick the great players when they are little kids, but Selwyn's personality and attitude have never changed.
Another committee member, Kimberley Barrett, says Cobbo never gave up on his dreams, despite never being picked for representative football through the junior ranks."And he is a big inspiration. Not just here in Cherbourg, but to everybody."
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