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That's the story of his career really, because he has done the hard yards to get here, and have moments like this for the first time at the age of 32.

"There are hard yards here ahead of us this weekend but we are committed to making sure everyone's on by Monday night," he said.

Labour hopes desperately that doing the hard yards will pay off, restore their popularity, and they will be able to improve the country in at least some of the ways they promised you back in July.

He was cute in the link-up play but when his team really needed him, he did the hard yards defensively.

And then the hope - yes, of course they have thought this far - is that as the next general election approaches, they can prove the hard yards of 2024 and 2025 were worth it.