have a ball

Kelly: What are your first memories of football and having a ball at your feet?

“I just have a ball! It’s time I spend with myself, being creative,” he adds.

“It’s nothing scandalous, but we’re having a ball with this. The media, their heads are exploding. ‘What is the secret?’”

At that time, Greg Matus said his son was “obviously upset” and “disappointed that he had a ball in his hands and some guy took it away from him.”

He had watched the 2013 Six Nations from his hospital bed and having a ball in his hands again instantly felt natural.