“I consider Amanda [Green’s wife] and the children. It simply breaks my coronary heart.”
On Thursday, Thurston was travelling to Sydney for his Channel 9 duties when he heard the information of Inexperienced’s demise.
Paul Inexperienced celebrates the 2015 premiership win with Cowboys talisman Johnathan Thurston.Credit score:Getty
The godfather of his kids, who was additionally an in depth mate of Inexperienced, referred to as Thurston to ship the gut-wrenching information.
Channel 9 bosses gave Thurston the weekend off and booked him a direct flight again house.
Thurston revealed 2015 grand remaining teammate Gavin Cooper had chatted to Inexperienced on the cellphone the evening earlier than his demise.
“He was nonetheless just like the rock for everybody else,” Thurston mentioned.
“He was saying, ‘Give me a name if you could chat. You’ve received a lot to dwell for. You’ve received well being, household, youngsters’.
“So it simply doesn’t make sense.”
However Thurston can be remembering the nice instances.
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“He’d get just a few underneath his belt and begin singing Ice Ice Child,” he mentioned with fun.
“(That) was his go-to. He liked bringing folks collectively.”
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