Australia bids final farewell to Hughes

Everyone knew Phillip Hughes was much more than just a cricketer.

Australia bids final farewell  to Hughes

But it was his mother Virginia’s uncontrollable grief and his father Greg’s tears as he carried his son’s coffin that really drove it home.

He was a son. He was a brother. He was a cousin. He was a friend.

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