ANDREW ROGERS
06 Jul, 2012 04:00 AM
A MAGIC milestone awaits Leigh Coleman on Saturday.
With Tooleybuc Manangatang hosting Tyntynder, Coleman will run out for the 200th time for the Saints.
Coleman, or Nugget to his clubmates, has shown remarkable commitment to the club, after first signing with the Saints thanks to ties with an Assumption College school friend back in 1999.
That year, Coleman was playing with the Calder Cannons, and turning out for Tooleybuc Manangatang when the Cannons weren't playing.
He has commuted from Melbourne to represent the Saints the whole time.
Now 31, Coleman joked yesterday about the long hours behind the wheel.
"I've been travelling up from Melbourne the whole time, I worked out the other day that it's 57 days and 14 hours [driving to play football]," he laughed.
"But it's the people at the club that gets you going back every year."
For more on this story see Friday’s edition of The Guardian (6/07/12).
DEDICATED: Leigh Coleman will run out for Tooleybuc Manangatang for the 200th time against Tyntynder tomorrow.
Last Modified on 29/05/2013 11:56