Roy Race rarely scored ordinary goals for Melchester Rovers in the pages of the Tiger and Scorcher comic. Tap-ins were for others.
All Roy’s strikes seemed to involve stupendous volleys, powerful headers that would draw pangs of envy from Cristiano Ronaldo or mazy dribbles which would see half the opposition side left baffled and hopelessly beaten, perhaps with a voice bubble or two saying: “Where’d he go?”
And so to Australia where an 18-year-old schoolboy has just scored a try that saw countless defenders wondering what had just happened as the tall and rangy figure carrying the ball stepped and zigged and zagged over 60 metres before touching down.
