Home resonates differently Sometimes, home is not found beneath stadium lights. It is found in the changing sheds before anyone else arrives. Cold concrete. Muddy mirrors. Grass across the floor. The old smell of liniment in the air, the kind that hits you the moment you walk in and tells you exactly where you are. A sideways beanie pulled low, holding off a Christchurch winter. Old tackle pads marked by years of contact, indented by generations of shoulders, each one leaving something behind. Some carried the dream beyond the local ground. Others returned to give the next generation somewhere to begin. Those pads hold more than impact. They hold the first lessons of the game. How to run harder. How to catch the ball properly. How to respect the teammates beside you. How to share the ball. How to play for something bigger than yourself. Most importantly, they teach you how to fall. Again and again. Up and down. Up and down. Until getting back up becomes part of who you are. That is where you learn to turn up for yourself. In these images, Shane aka Clubber sits inside the Riccarton Knights sheds with the LETHAL TESTIMONIAL™ 4 IT. Clubber does not just sit in that room. He symbolises it. The way he played. The way he carried himself. The person you looked across the field and wanted beside you. The one who gave you confidence without needing to say much. The one you wanted in the trenches beside you. Players like Clubber are the heartbeat of grassroots rugby league. The soul of the changing sheds. The spirit of the jersey. The reason a club feels like family. This is grassroots rugby league. Service over spotlight. Belonging over recognition. This boot is for them. For the kids. For the volunteers. For the scarred ankles and hometown legends who built the game. Before the big stage, there is always a local ground. A shed. A jersey. A coach. Someone who believed. The HOME boot carries the roots of the game, the people who keep it alive, and every young player learning that where they start can carry them further than they imagined. The LETHAL TESTIMONIAL™ 4 IT @earlscollection x @asicsfootball_au RAFFLE OPEN NOW www.earlscollection.com