The background to this story was that Gary Albett jnr transferred from the record breaking, champion and premiership Geelong side where the Ablett family is an institution, to the newest kid on the block, the first season AFL team, the Gold Coast Suns.
The first two matches Gary Ablett jnr was injured and the team's performances to say the least was something of an embarrassment to the AFL itself.
Everyone was waiting on tender hooks for the grand entrance of Gary Alblett jny and he didn't disappoint.
First he was put up front where a strategy of maintenance was a kind of an improvisation plan, then he was put in the middle and everything changed.
The Gold Coast Suns played their master stroke and Gary Ablett jnr controlled the plays and the strategy. The Gold Coast Suns worked their way from behind and took the lead three minutes from the end.
At the final whistle the Gold Coast Suns had won by a one-hand finger count of points but it didn't matter, they had their first win. Players and fans alike were delighted and overwhelmed. I dare say the AFL were pretty pleased too.
Yes, one player can make a difference. Today is ANZAC Day and we can look back at many a military battle where one person made a difference. A commander, a leader in the field, a sole machine gunner in a desperate defence, a medical volunteer who ran under fire to bring back a wounded man …. yes, one man can make a difference.
We've celebrated Easter this long weekend where we worship the man who made a difference to all mankind, Jesus Christ who took upon Himself the sin of the world, and died on the Cross for our sin.
Yes, one man did make a difference.