TOO often NRL players are branded as knuckleheads who are handed everything on a platter and don’t give much back.

Today Blake Austin proved that’s not always the case with an incredible and rare act of kindness just hours before he was due to lace up his boots for the Raiders’ clash with the Knights.

Just prior to kick off on Sunday afternoon a story started to filter through social media that Austin had seen a disabled girl wearing a Raiders top waiting for the bus on her way to the game on a freezing Canberra day.

Austin was driving himself to the game at the time and decided he could make life just a little bit easier for the Raiders fan by picking her up and personally driving her to the game.

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It’s a story that was soon verified, with Fox Sports NRL commentators Joel Caine and Kevin Walters commending Austin for his generosity moments before the game got under way.

“What about this fellow here?” Caine asked as the camera captured Austin giving a football to a member of the crowd.

“Driving to the game he sees a young lady waiting in the bus shelter, freezing cold here in Canberra. A picture could tell a thousand words well it’s missing three here ‘it’s very cold’.

“He picks her up. He sees the Canberra jacket and drives her to the ground. What a man.”

Walters was equally as impressed as Caine.

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“Oh, what a man, a kind man,” the Queensland coach commented.

“We know how cold it can be down here in Canberra.”

The story got plenty of appreciation on Twitter and karma may have gave back to the star five-eighth by the end of the 80 minutes, with Austin kicking a late field-goal that looked set to seal a thrilling comeback for his side before his deflected effort in golden point was scooped up by Jordan Rapana after a kind bounce that won the game for the home side.

@Erin_Molan Blake Austin doing your Raiders proud. Sees a disabled fan whilst driving to the ground, pulls over and gives her a lift to game — Jason Piet (@piet_jason) July 3, 2016

Well done Blake Austin!



Has a young girl in a wheelchair waited for a bus to the game, Blake pulled over and gave her a lift — Rugby League Stats16 (@RLS_2015) July 3, 2016

What a human. Blake Austin spots a Raiders fan freezing at the bus stop and gives her a lift to the ground 👏🏽👏🏽 #NRLRaidersKnights — Big League (@bigleaguemag) July 3, 2016

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