AFL Player #26: Kaine Baldwin - Out for extended period with stress fracture in foot - 16/2

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 33, Zach Package

 

[owen87]

This was my favorite bit to read - great that a young bloke is giving himself every chance of succeeding, exactly the kind of players you want at your club.

"He’s done a lot of extra work with coaches and by himself just watching vision and understanding our game-plan. Even when we’ve got VFL training on Monday night, you look around and he’s out there on the nets doing some extra hands and touch work by himself.

 

[Yoda_]

Looks like Grant Birchall

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Grant Birchall

Age

36

Ht

193cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.9

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

9.3

5star

M

5.8

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

250.0

4star

D

13.3

3star

K

9.2

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.3

2star

MG

250.0

4star

D

14.0

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

6.4

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

0.6

3star

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[Lore]

Played a half in the scratch match, will play 70 minutes game time next week

Yeah fantastic to see both of those boys [Baldwin and Caldwell] return, and the scratch match was actually played at a pretty high level with Sydney and the Gold Coast Suns all partnering up.

Balders' second game back from that ACL, he'll now look to play around 70 minutes after playing a half on the weekend. He'll just build, it's all a bonus for him going into the back end of this season

Injury news: Jones, Langford unavailable for Sunday

The latest on Harry Jones, Kyle Langford, Jye Caldwell and more.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Played a half in the scratch match, will play 70 minutes game time next week

Injury news: Jones, Langford unavailable for Sunday

The latest on Harry Jones, Kyle Langford, Jye Caldwell and more.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Surely 'Balders' is not his nickname? Come on!

 

[Lore]

Surely 'Balders' is not his nickname? Come on!

ikr

 

[RedmanWasHere]

It's Baldy or STFU.

 

[Ati Tude]

Surely 'Balders' is not his nickname? Come on!

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

It's Baldy or STFU.

Peanut.

 

[ant555]

Looks like the lid is off now. Got a decent mention in todays HS.

 

[WindyHillWarrior]

Looks like the lid is off now. Got a decent mention in todays HS.

balders did?

 

[ant555]

balders did?

Yep in the money ball wrap.

 

[yodellinhank]

Money Baldwin

 

[ghostdog]

Thought the HS was full of Balderdash.

 

[citizen-erased]

Mark (of Cain/Kaine)?

 

[Old Campaigner]

Yep in the money ball wrap.

Link?

 

[ant555]

Link?

I am old school. I actually read it in the newspaper
It quoted a lot of the stuff from our website article and a bit around him being touted as a early pick before his injuries .

 

[ghostdog]

This was my favorite bit to read - great that a young bloke is giving himself every chance of succeeding, exactly the kind of players you want at your club.

Hooksy retires after leaving nothing on the table. Balls turns up and starts leaving nothing on the table. Sustainability.

Yes, I think his nickname should be Balls.

 

[owen87]

Surely 'Balders' is not his nickname? Come on!

I believe they've misspelled boulders.

 

[Lore]

I believe they've misspelled boulders.

They didn’t spell anything, I had to type what I heard from the video. Could’ve been Boulders. Article only has Langford and Jones

 

[Nifft]

They didn’t spell anything, I had to type what I heard from the video. Could’ve been Boulders. Article only has Langford and Jones

I think that was a fly by....

 

[84859300]

So far, for nicknames we've had: Baulders, Baldy, Peanut, Balders, Money, Mark, Balls, Boulders and Link

My addition: Heady

 

[Nifft]

So far, for nicknames we've had: Baulders, Baldy, Peanut, Balders, Money, Mark, Balls, Boulders and Link

My addition: Heady

 

[Runk]

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Freak! Absolutely could play the football game.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Kaine Baldwin breaks down mental barriers in triumphant return to footy

After two ACL tears and two-and-a-half years away from competitive football, Kaine Baldwin made his triumphant return to the game on Sunday.

www.theinnersanctum.com.au

 

[ant555]

“It was a pretty draining kind of week in terms of my own mental battles, and being pretty nervous and pretty fearful after being out of the game for such a long time.

“I had a lot of support from our mental coach – our psychologist – Dave Reid, and he did a lot of work with me in the upcoming month. It was all throughout the season actually, just around how to manage those doubts and fears, and how to accept that those fears are going to be there and just trying to play with as much confidence as I could.”

Exactly my point on why him playing now was a good idea. Step one taken.