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Mum still cheering from above PETER WALLACE
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Wallace’s Mum still cheering him on
from above
Blaxland boy and our Panthers Captain Peter Wallace opens up about his Mum, and how her sacrifice and determination has helped him during his darkest days.
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Mother’s love for her son is an impossible bond to break. That couldn’t be more true for Panthers Captain Peter Wallace and his Mum.
season, his task is to unlock the undoubted potential that exists in our young Penrith roster. Looking at the face of 32-yearold Peter Wallace, you wouldn’t think that he has overcome the challenges that he has.
When Wallace talks about his childhood, he remembers his Mum’s determination and the sacrifices she His journey has not been without made to give him everything she could to help him live out his dream its adversity. The 177cm Hooker describes 2015 as the most of being a professional footballer. challenging year of his life. This is “She was a massive driving factor in no surprise given that he was forced to face not only back-to-back knee my career and my life. Growing up, it was just her and me. I was an only reconstructions, but also the death of his Mum after she lost her battle child and from day one she raised with breast cancer. me on her own as a single working Mum.” Says Wallace. Recalling this time, Wallace says, “I was at the hospital the night my He recalls his Mum driving him all mother passed away. It’s the hardest over the state to attend football carnivals when he was a child. That, as well as the hours and hours of endless training certainly paid off. Wallace debuted for Panthers in 2005 and returned in 2014 after five years with the Brisbane Broncos. During this time, he made his State of Origin debut for New South Wales.
thing I’ve ever had to go through. Almost three years on, it still breaks me up to talk about it. I don’t think you ever get over something like that. It was a very emotional time. “It pushed my ability to deal with adversity way harder than it’s ever been pushed. Without my wife Madeleine’s fantastic love and support, I don’t know how I would’ve gotten through it.” For Wallace, his Mum is still the main one that keeps him inspired and positive through whatever life throws at him, both on and off the footy field. “I’m sure she’s still cheering me on from above.” He says.
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