David Carter has no problem recalling where he was mid-afternoon on September 6 this year.

It was a fine and hot spring day, and the former Wallabies back-rower was in the lounge room of his cropping and grazing farm - the heartbeat of his family for some 120 years and located 63 kilometres south-west of Quirindi.

On his TV was a live broadcast of the Wallabies' clash against Argentina in Townsville, while on his iPad was a live stream of the Quirindi Lions' grand final showdown against the Moree Bulls in Moree.

The Lions were attempting to win their first premiership in 33 years. Carter, who played five Tests for Australia in the late '80s, captained the Lions in 1992 when they last won the title.

"And I was actually more intent on the Quirindi game than I was the Test match, to be

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