IT is hard growing up different.

Especially when a big part of your life is sport.

Cosimo Cirillo’s chance to shine with Pararoos Sport has been my life – I’ve played it since I could and now, at age 29, I still adhere to playing cricket in summer and football in winter.

I write about sport every day in my job, and most of my free time is spent following various sporting teams.

I was...