在这部逆境球生剧情/运动片中,17岁的问题少年塞缪尔辍学在家。文森佐刚刚丧妻，倍感孤独；任职的橄榄球俱乐部赛绩不佳，情绪低落。于是参与社工工作，正好辅导塞缪尔。塞缪尔对周遭充满了怨恨和不满，痛恨在农场的工作，痛恨自己住的小房间，自然也和文森佐经常争执。在一起斗殴中，文森佐将塞缪尔救了出来，决定让塞缪尔通过橄榄球将自己的愤恨宣泄出来。他甚至威胁塞缪尔：要么参加训练，要么回到监狱里去……
Samuel has spent the last few years in and out a juvenile detention center for the crimes of theft,assault and drug dealing. Without a real family, he is placed in a rehabilitation program and under the supervision of Vincenzo, a social worker undergoing a profound existential crisis: having lost his wife in a car crash, Vincenzo is convinced his work is pointless and he is frustrated by the performance of the down and out rugby team that he coaches after work. When Vincenzo catches the boy in a scuffle, he becomes convinced that Samuel, despite never having played rugby, is the only hope for salvaging the team.
