Recruit dared to dream before the reality struck

By Caroline Wilson
Updated May 12 2017 - 9:03pm, first published 8:59pm

Johann Wagner works nightshift these days in the Roxby Downs mines. He embarks on the six-hour drive from Port Lincoln for the seven-day shift on a week-on, week-off basis that makes even country football virtually impossible apart from the odd cameo.

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