This trade, a “Houdini act” that netted Goldman $4 billion in profit, has featured in other books about the crisis, such as Gregory Zuckerman's “The Greatest Trade Ever” (2009) and Michael Lewis's “The Big Short” (2010).
But the 28-year-old knows that a similar Houdiniact is unlikely as The Dragons would need to win all of their remaining games to survive and hope the teams above them continue losing.
On an emotionally charged night, which marked the club's last league game at their 120-year-old home, Saints looked to have thrown it away by conceding three tries in the last 10 minutes, until they countered with a Houdiniact.