Greg arrived back in Aust in January 2020, after a number of years in South Africa. Still today, his wife and young family remain in South Africa - stuck there due to Covid, some 14 months later. And having 2 of his family’s flights cancelled in the past few months, this is the hardest thing he has ever had to deal with. (Btw - Greg is happy for us to share this story)

Coaching WPL in a regional town, is hardly a full time career and in support of Greg’s situation, the club offered him the opportunity to use the 3 nights and weekends to seek a higher paid role and grow his GK clinic business. Especially after he had to pay business class seats for all 4 family members - to secure their return. Greg accepted this offer for what it was - knowing we have his best interests at heart.

However, this offer meant he would need to stand back from coaching our WPL - but he remains our GK Technical Director. Greg is a valued and important member of our club.

Did the club do the right thing? I guess you will be judge and jury. But we did what we could to help him free up time in his week to earn as much as he could to be ready for his families return.