The proud Bundjalung man will run out in the Indigenous strip for the first time in five years; a stretch wracked by injury and bad luck.
You could forgive veteran forward Ryan James for getting a touch emotional when he speaks about his long-awaited return to the All Stars arena.
"It's been a long time – last time I was available was that Melbourne game and then I did my medial," James told NRL.com. "Growing up I knew I was of Aboriginal descent, my mother always drilled it into us but we didn't practice a lot of what our culture did but once you come into camp and you realise how much you're missing out on, you start to go back and ask those questions and practise those cultural things you want to do," James said.
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