![Big night: Chad Townsend arrives to join Jack Bird and Valentine Holmes celebrating Holmes' try.](/web/20160923144842im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/n/h/f/y/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.grnekq.png/1474636558958.jpg)
In Chad we trust: Townsend taunts JT, Coote to bury demons
Chad Townsend received a text message shortly after the ignominy of being a halfback hooked against Canberra in the second match of the finals. It read: "Good luck mate, we're all behind you." It is still unknown whether its origin was Lachlan Coote.