Working in the NRL, coach Ben Gardiner knew all about the Mark Hughes Foundation.

But it was in his family’s darkest hour, when sister Sandra was diagnosed with brain cancer, he truly realised its worth.

Sandra died in 2023, choosing to donate her brain to the Mark Hughes Foundation biobank to help with critical research.

Now Ben’s fighting hard alongside footy legend Mark Hughes to find a cure.

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