Phillip Hughes has passed away at the age of 25

[Danish]

Awful dusty in my office right now

 

[ellskimore]

Beautiful speech by Clarke.

 

[madunit]

Unbelievable speech by Clarke

 

[Timbo]

Ok, I'm losing it again. This is crushing.

 

[hineyrulz]

"forever young" being played, ohh gosh this is so sad

It was played at my fathers funeral as well, very very sad


His brother and sister were very strong, but Clarkey's speech was quite beautiful.

 

[hineyrulz]

So bloody sad

 

[some11]

A father carrying his son's casket.. brutal.

 

[hineyrulz]

A father carrying his son's casket.. brutal.

Yep

Not how things should be.

 

[Danish]

Anyone know what the go is with all the ties the cricketers are wearing?

They have a little emblem embroidered on them. Don't look like an aussie team tie, almost like a school tie or something.

 

[jargan83]

Still can't believe all this has happened.

 

[ellskimore]

Still can't believe all this has happened.

I feel exactly the same way. It just doesn't feel real. Seeing the videos of him laughing and enjoying his time with the players and then the camera panning back to those same players in tears really hit home for me. It was a wonderful tribute to him today with some amazing stories shared.

 

[chigurh]

I never really get upset when famous people I don't know die. Never. I feel a little sympathy for those that knew them, but otherwise it doesn't affect me.

So the fact that I've just stopped sobbing uncontrollably is a new one for me, affecting me in ways no death other than those of people in my immediate family haveZ

So, so sad.

Yeah, came in to post the same thoughts. Still haven't got my head around the fact that he is actually gone.

RIP Phillip

 

[lockyno1]

Good service and now we can do what Phillip would have wanted- hug your family tonight. Remember that everyone you never know when your time is up

 

[hineyrulz]

Tony Abbott waving at the crowd, didn't know this was a photo opportunity dickhead :?


No one else was waving, what a merkin.

 

[lockyno1]

Let's get the cricket back on Tuesday though

 

[BunniesMan]

It was a beautiful funeral. I got tears at Forever Young and Clarke's speech. Clarke has shown in the last week what a top class bloke he is. He has always been harshly compared to Border and Waugh but this puts him up there in that category as a leader of men and an inspiration in the toughest of times.

 

[mattyg]

Was tearing up massively when his family and Clarke were talking. James Sutherland has done a great job throughout all of this and deserves to be given credit. Looking forward to the first test. I dare say that Clarke will be doing whatever he can to get out there and if he was to get a century it would be something quite special I think. Almost considering taking Tuesday off work to fly down to Adelaide for it..

 

[magpie4ever]

So very, very sad. If you didn't feel your heart breaking when you see the grief of his family (especially, his poor mum) you are not human,

Well done Mick (great speech), Les and Deb would be more proud of you today than at any time during your great cricketing career.

 

[Joely01]

Anyway of seeing a full replay anywhere?

Didn't get the chance to watch it

 

[jargan83]

Not sure about a full replay but some of the speech's are here

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricke...ricket-community/story-fndpt0dy-1227142921706

You need to scroll down the live updates part at the bottom.