It was one of those beautiful moments that transcends the game of football.
Key points:
- Suns rookie Alex Davies had his grandfather, Kazuhiro, fly in from Tokyo to watch his most recent match
- Davies’s maiden start is a major milestone for Asian-Australians in the AFL
- Fewer than 20 players claim Asian descent across the AFL and AFLW
Late in the final quarter of Sunday’s match between Gold Coast and Adelaide young Suns gun Alex Davies coolly slotted a goal on the run.
After focusing on the celebration, the cameras turned to the crowd, capturing Davies’s sister and grandpa Kazuhiro gleefully cheering on.
Dressed in Gold Coast colours, the 74-year-old had travelled from Tokyo to see Davies’s first game of AFL and embrace his family for the first time in three years.
Kazuhiro was even invited to join the winning circle and sing the team song, although he didn’t really know any of the…
