All eyes are on for the 9-year-old Australian boy Quaden Bayles who had experienced extreme bullying for his dwarfism has led out rugby league team in an exhibition match in Queensland against New Zealand Maoris.
Quaden, who dreamt of being a rugby league star was invited by the entire team in a video posted online, in which captain Latrell Mitchell told him: "We've got your back and just want to make sure that you are doing alright... we want you around, we want you to lead us out on the weekend," he said.
Quaden leads out the Indigenous all stars ๐ #NRLAllStars pic.twitter.com/tJpJt2cdG6
— NRL (@NRL) February 22, 2020
Crowd roars with cheers, while Quaden came out holding hand with team captain Joel Thompson.
Quaden's video went viral over the week when his mother Yarraka posted a heartbreaking Facebook Live to raise awareness of the impact of bullying. In the video, she said her son had previously attempted suicide.
"This is what bullying does," she said in the video. "Can you please educate your children, your families, your friends?" Yarraka said.
"We are losing way too many people because of bullying, because of discrimination, because of racism. There's so many factors of bullying," she continued.
"On top of that, being an Aboriginal boy with a disability, people don't understand that's a double-edged sword. There's racism and then there's discrimination because of the disability," She explained.
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