Phillip Hughes and the news his home town didn't dare contemplate

By Christian Knight
Updated November 28 2014 - 8:57am, first published November 27 2014 - 12:00am
Phillip Huges. Image: SMH
Phillip Huges. Image: SMH

THE SMALL communities of the Nambucca Valley are renowned for their stoicism, and their ability to stare down and overpower adversity - but the noise of a falling pin would reverberate like a clatter as the townsfolk shoulder the news of the death of favourite son Phillip Hughes.

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