Accept the challenge. Leigh Matthews. 2014.

In a playing and coaching career spanning four decades, Leigh achieved just about everything an individual can in the game.

Twelve AFL grand finals as player and coach, and eight premierships. Voted player of the 20th century, with his statue prominently displayed outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Extraordinary though they are, the bare facts of Leigh Matthews’ career only hint at his status within Australia’s indigenous football code.

Given the self-explanatory nickname ‘Lethal’ while still a teenager and considered one of the toughest players ever to don a guernsey, after more than four decades in the game Leigh finally tells his own story. Accept the Challenge offers rare insights into the life and learning experiences that have shaped the football icon during a phenomenally successful, occasionally turbulent journey.