Dunghutti connection to Randwick Rugby Club's Indigenous Round for Triston Reilly

"Triston approached his grandfather to see if someone could do the design and he brought the boots up to me," Uncle Richard told the Argus.

"I was pretty busy at the time with other artwork and work for Kinchela Boys Home so it took me a while to do it."

"His grandfather kept asking if I'd done it yet but once I started getting into it it took me about two weeks.

"I'd previously helped design the inner sole of boots for Triston's older brother (Kieran Reilly) who was into skateboarding and BMX and travelled around the world."

Reilly, who has represented Australia in Rugby Sevens and played for the Junior Wallabies in the Under 20s World Cup, is a former South West Rocks resident and played for various local clubs as a junior.

He is currently contracted to the NSW Waratahs and plays outside centre for Randwick. With seven tries he sits in equal third on the try-scorers list in the Shute Shield competition.

This week Randwick Rugby Club will be celebrating their indigenous round, playing in indigenous jerseys with Reilly to wear the specially designed boots.

"The two main features are the two totems on the left and right boot," Reilly said in a NSW Waratahs video.

"The right boot has the praying mantis which is my spiritual totem and important to the Dunghutti people as it looks after us all no matter if we're on country or not.

"On the left boot I have the goanna which represents my grandmother from the Wiradjuri tribe.

"I'll be wearing them on the weekend and have the spiritual connection to my grandmother and grandfather.

"The dot painting on the front represents the Dunghutti country and the blue on the inside represents the rivers and oceans that I'm from, the Macleay Valley river and the oceans at South West Rocks, Crescent Head and Hat Head.

"That all combines and connects myself to my culture and the Dunghutti nation."

For Uncle Richard Campbell he feels incredibly proud to see his artwork feature in the match.

"I feel very honoured to do something like this and very important to be involved in the shoe design," he said.

"I didn't realise how far Triston's career had gone and now seeing him in videos with the Waratahs it makes me feel good and it's an amazing achievement for him."

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