The Final Winter(2007)

a drama with balls that's unafraid to show heart and soul

The Final Winter is a drama set in 1980s Sydney that captures rugby league at a pivotal moment. As the sport transforms from a semi-professional suburban pastime into a fully professional international business, players, supporters, and the game itself face seismic change. For decades, rugby league has been a weekend escape for working-class men living hard lives off the field. Now big money threatens that world. Matt Nable, a former player, leads a cast of footballers and established actors in a gritty, realistic portrait of people watching their game slip away. The Final Winter explores what's gained and lost when tradition collides with commercialism, told through the eyes of those clinging to the old ways.