Friday night was a bittersweet affair for Mitchell Moses after the Eels superstar missed the birth of his first child to help guide Parramatta into the NRL grand final.
In a week that also included a funeral for Moses’ grandmother, the Eels halfback was sensational in his side’s controversial 24-20 preliminary final victory over the Cowboys in Townsville.Moses’s partner Bri Gardoni went into labour on Thursday evening, with the Parramatta star making the brutally difficult call to stay in Queensland with his team, rather than fly back to Sydney to be present for the birth of the couple’s first child
Gardoni gave birth to their baby girl on the Friday before the game, with Moses revealing after the match that he met his daughter for the first time on FaceTime.
“The whole week has been a rollercoaster,” Moses told Channel Nine after the game.
“I lost my grandmother last week and we laid her to rest on Monday. Then I am welcoming my first child deadset over Facebook four hours ago. Now I am playing in a grand final next week
