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To rescue his failing football team, coach J.J. Forbes and assistant Wally recruit the powerful but reluctant Achilles Jones from the country. They manipulate his rivalry with neighbors to keep him playing, until he learns of their lies and chooses to return to the farm after the team forces a drawn grand final.
An Australian family is divided by the Vietnam War. Hopgood said he wrote from the Australian point of view to examine the national character under stress amid morally unclear issues.
To rescue his failing football team, coach J.J. Forbes and assistant Wally recruit the powerful but reluctant Achilles Jones from the country. They manipulate his rivalry with neighbors to keep him playing, until he learns of their lies and chooses to return to the farm after the team forces a drawn grand final.
An Australian family is divided by the Vietnam War. Hopgood said he wrote from the Australian point of view to examine the national character under stress amid morally unclear issues.