By Matt Findlay Come kick-off at Rat Park on Saturday afternoon it will be just shy of two years to the day since Lachlan Ward’s sudden, tragic death during a fifth grade game at the same ground, 729 days to be exact. For Sam Ward and his family not one of those days will have passed without a thought of Lachlan, who was just 24 when he passed away, his death leaving not just the club and competition but indeed the entire sport in a state of shock, and mourning. More than one thought, actually, countless in fact. For the elder Ward brother and his family the thought of the former Barker College junior captain has been a constant since that fateful day on June 10, 2017, the memory of their beloved Lachlan an ever-present image in the forefront of their minds. The same goes for all of Lachlan’s friends too, no doubt. Speaking with Rugby News this week Sam, the Rats’ premiership-winning No.8, highlighted another constant in those years, one that played such an inte