The game may not have gone the way he would've hoped, but Chris Coulton still notched up a special achievement in the Forster Tuncurry Hawks' loss to the Macleay Valley Mustangs over the weekend.
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The hard-hitting front-rower played his 150th first-grade game for the Hawks, becoming one of an elite few to have reached the elusive milestone with the club.
Coach Phil Adamson praised Coulton and his achievement, describing the Hawks' stalwart as both a hard-worker and a calming influence on his team-mates.
"It's a big deal for any player to reach 150 first-grade games," he said.
For the big fella himself, the achievement is something he's been aiming for, with the 31-year-old hoping to crack the magic number last year until a bicep tear slowed him down.
He was proud of the milestone and happy with his own game on Sunday, but admitted he had no plans to play on past this season.
With three daughters who'll soon be requiring him to attend their own sporting endeavours, he's happy to hang up the boots on a long and fruitful career.
He started with the Forster Tuncurry club as a seven-year-old and has only missed one season since.
Among the achievements he was proudest of were his two grand final wins, first with the under-18s back in 2005 and then at first-grade level in 2011.
