Throughout,Peter had been dignified,fading into the background most of the time and letting his son walk his own path. He saw him upset as he wondered what might have been when the Magpies chose not to take the risk in 2018 and play him. On that occasion,the Magpies lost by five points. He looked Darcy in the eye when near him on the ground as the national anthem played and then let him do his thing.
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“The best moments for us both were the hug after the national anthem and the first moment I saw him on the ground after the siren,” Peter said.
His son,the most measured of players,stood in the rooms,hugging family and friends as he was asked whether the pair would sit back and say “a Moore has won a premiership”.
“Maybe tomorrow,” Darcy said.
“It’s not just Dad,but all those players he played with in the ’70s and ’80s who are heartbroken,lost so many grand finals,and all the fans who still come up to me and say they were heartbroken through that era,it’s ... I’ve finally done something he hasn’t.”