JUBILATION flowed from Wentworth's Tristan Parker as he realised he'd actually completed the boyhood dream.

Saturday, April 20 this year, the 22-year-old nailed a set shot after the siren to down Imperials by two points at Brian Weightman Oval, and was mobbed teammates and supporters wearing red, white and blue.

Few would have known it would be the only time the Green Machine would taste defeat ...