Training 2026 Pre-Season Training - reports, pics etc

[WildmanOfCarlton]

Went along this morning to take a look at training. The Women were out first bit of running and even some dancing on the far side of the ground. With the match tomorrow they weren't going to do too much, couple running laps, Abby McKay, Lily Goss and Harriet Cordner. The group were in fine spirits and were really enjoying themselves, gave away some small footballs and signed stuff to finish up.

As the women were doing their signing session the first to fourth year players came out to begin their session. There was quite a large group training, including Lucas and Ben Camporeale, Charelson, Carroll, Wilson, Cowen, Motlop, Flynn Young, Evans, Moir, Lord, Boyd, O'Keeffe, Monahan and Duffy. Jagger Smith and Ollie Hollands were wearing the Yellow don't tackle me caps for some of the contact parts of the session. In addition there were senior players in Walsh, Cerra, Saad, Kemp, Newman, Pittonet and Lewis Young

33

Lewis Young

Age

26

Ht

202cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.6

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

197.9

3star

D

4.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

1.0

1star

M

3.0

3star

T

0.0

1star

MG

26.0

1star

D

14.4

4star

K

8.2

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

2.0

4star

MG

181.6

3star

. Jacob Weitering

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Jacob Weitering

Age

28

Ht

195cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.8

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

4.7

3star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.3

3star

MG

189.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

16.8

4star

K

10.8

4star

HB

6.0

4star

M

6.0

5star

T

0.8

3star

MG

263.4

4star

was doing his own thing, not training with the main group, kicking with a trainer and running laps on his own, not sure why as he didn't look injured or anything.

In addition recently traded players Chesser, Reidy, Hayward and Florent joined in with the main group. Plus some others including Ethan Phillips, Flynn Riley and Sam Paea from the VFL team this year. There was a bloke I couldn't ID looked a little like Harry Charelson, similar size and build wearing No. 39, didn't recognise him and thought it was Harry in the wrong number to start with. No sign of Elijah Hollands or Will White despite the talk about them being invited to train on.

They trained for a couple of hours. Drills varied from handball competition in small groups, to kicking and running to support and get the ball back. Even some limited match sim drills through the middle of the ground. Quite a few drills worked on outnumbering the opposition and moving the ball quickly. Heard the coaches telling them to move forward (not sideways or backward), which hopefully reflects a change in the game plan. Finished with some running, about half a lap at a time, to be completed within a time limit and then repeated with limited rest.

 

[Stamos]

Carlton’s AFLW and AFL programs train ahead of women’s semi-final weekend

VFL best and fairest Ethan Phillips was among the reserves players on the track along with wingman Taj Logan and ruck Flynn Riley.
Delisted pair Elijah Hollands and Will White are set to train later in the pre-season in search of a second chance via the supplementary selection period, but cannot resuming training at the club until after next week’s draft.

 

[CrippaTheGoat9]

 

[carltonsworld]

Training was held between 09:45am and 12:15pm


Senior players that were not present included:

Williams, Fogarty, Cripps, McKay, McGovern, Haynes, Hewett and Cottrell.


All the young players were at training

Please correct me if I am mistaken but Some train on players I identified were
45 Mirkov, 12 Paea, 31 Phillips and a red haired small forward wearing 39

All players took part in the training drills, which included:
Press formations
Fundamentals
Outnumber the evens
Attacking formations

In my view, the players that stood out were
Evans, Charleson ad their kicking and decision making skills were the highlight

The players that shifted in and out of rehab depending on the hardness of the drills included
Florent, Smith, Kemp, Cerra, Walsh and Newman.

A very slight concern when Motlop went away from the drills for a few minutes to address a finger injury

 

[marcmurphy3]

Went along this morning to take a look at training. The Women were out first bit of running and even some dancing on the far side of the ground. With the match tomorrow they weren't going to do too much, couple running laps, Abby McKay, Lily Goss and Harriet Cordner. The group were in fine spirits and were really enjoying themselves, gave away some small footballs and signed stuff to finish up.

As the women were doing their signing session the first to fourth year players came out to begin their session. There was quite a large group training, including Lucas and Ben Camporeale, Charelson, Carroll, Wilson, Cowen, Motlop, Flynn Young, Evans, Moir, Lord, Boyd, O'Keeffe, Monahan and Duffy. Jagger Smith and Ollie Hollands were wearing the Yellow don't tackle me caps for some of the contact parts of the session. In addition there were senior players in Walsh, Cerra, Saad, Kemp, Newman, Pittonet and Lewis Young. Jacob Weitering was doing his own thing, not training with the main group, kicking with a trainer and running laps on his own, not sure why as he didn't look injured or anything.

In addition recently traded players Chesser, Reidy, Hayward and Florent joined in with the main group. Plus some others including Ethan Phillips, Flynn Riley and Sam Paea from the VFL team this year. There was a bloke I couldn't ID looked a little like Harry Charelson, similar size and build wearing No. 39, didn't recognise him and thought it was Harry in the wrong number to start with. No sign of Elijah Hollands or Will White despite the talk about them being invited to train on.

They trained for a couple of hours. Drills varied from handball competition in small groups, to kicking and running to support and get the ball back. Even some limited match sim drills through the middle of the ground. Quite a few drills worked on outnumbering the opposition and moving the ball quickly. Heard the coaches telling them to move forward (not sideways or backward), which hopefully reflects a change in the game plan. Finished with some running, about half a lap at a time, to be completed within a time limit and then repeated with limited rest.

Thanks for the insights. Any standouts?

Chesser looks a decent size for a young outside type.

 

[Stamos]

There was a bloke I couldn't ID looked a little like Harry Charelson, similar size and build wearing No. 39, didn't recognise him and thought it was Harry in the wrong number to start with.

and a red haired small forward wearing 39

Sounds like that's Taj Logan, mentioned in the Hun article

 

[Big Delut]

Please correct me if I am mistaken but Some train on players I identified were

45 Mirkov, 12 Paea, 31 Phillips and a red haired small forward wearing 39

Flynn Riley

 

[Opium]

Went along this morning to take a look at training. The Women were out first bit of running and even some dancing on the far side of the ground. With the match tomorrow they weren't going to do too much, couple running laps, Abby McKay, Lily Goss and Harriet Cordner. The group were in fine spirits and were really enjoying themselves, gave away some small footballs and signed stuff to finish up.

As the women were doing their signing session the first to fourth year players came out to begin their session. There was quite a large group training, including Lucas and Ben Camporeale, Charelson, Carroll, Wilson, Cowen, Motlop, Flynn Young, Evans, Moir, Lord, Boyd, O'Keeffe, Monahan and Duffy. Jagger Smith and Ollie Hollands were wearing the Yellow don't tackle me caps for some of the contact parts of the session. In addition there were senior players in Walsh, Cerra, Saad, Kemp, Newman, Pittonet and Lewis Young. Jacob Weitering was doing his own thing, not training with the main group, kicking with a trainer and running laps on his own, not sure why as he didn't look injured or anything.

In addition recently traded players Chesser, Reidy, Hayward and Florent joined in with the main group. Plus some others including Ethan Phillips, Flynn Riley and Sam Paea from the VFL team this year. There was a bloke I couldn't ID looked a little like Harry Charelson, similar size and build wearing No. 39, didn't recognise him and thought it was Harry in the wrong number to start with. No sign of Elijah Hollands or Will White despite the talk about them being invited to train on.

They trained for a couple of hours. Drills varied from handball competition in small groups, to kicking and running to support and get the ball back. Even some limited match sim drills through the middle of the ground. Quite a few drills worked on outnumbering the opposition and moving the ball quickly. Heard the coaches telling them to move forward (not sideways or backward), which hopefully reflects a change in the game plan. Finished with some running, about half a lap at a time, to be completed within a time limit and then repeated with limited rest.

Handball competition is what they did last pre season. Hopefully more of a focus on kicking skills this pre season.

 

[marcmurphy3]

Apparently, they did a time trial on Monday. I say it every year but would love if they published the results. Other clubs do but for some reason CFC keeps them mostly secret (or thinks nobody cares).

 

[passmark]

Sounds like that's Taj Logan, mentioned in the Hun article

Taj.

FMD

 

[Robertio]

Went along this morning to take a look at training. The Women were out first bit of running and even some dancing on the far side of the ground. With the match tomorrow they weren't going to do too much, couple running laps, Abby McKay, Lily Goss and Harriet Cordner. The group were in fine spirits and were really enjoying themselves, gave away some small footballs and signed stuff to finish up.

As the women were doing their signing session the first to fourth year players came out to begin their session. There was quite a large group training, including Lucas and Ben Camporeale, Charelson, Carroll, Wilson, Cowen, Motlop, Flynn Young, Evans, Moir, Lord, Boyd, O'Keeffe, Monahan and Duffy. Jagger Smith and Ollie Hollands were wearing the Yellow don't tackle me caps for some of the contact parts of the session. In addition there were senior players in Walsh, Cerra, Saad, Kemp, Newman, Pittonet and Lewis Young. Jacob Weitering was doing his own thing, not training with the main group, kicking with a trainer and running laps on his own, not sure why as he didn't look injured or anything.

In addition recently traded players Chesser, Reidy, Hayward and Florent joined in with the main group. Plus some others including Ethan Phillips, Flynn Riley and Sam Paea from the VFL team this year. There was a bloke I couldn't ID looked a little like Harry Charelson, similar size and build wearing No. 39, didn't recognise him and thought it was Harry in the wrong number to start with. No sign of Elijah Hollands or Will White despite the talk about them being invited to train on.

They trained for a couple of hours. Drills varied from handball competition in small groups, to kicking and running to support and get the ball back. Even some limited match sim drills through the middle of the ground. Quite a few drills worked on outnumbering the opposition and moving the ball quickly. Heard the coaches telling them to move forward (not sideways or backward), which hopefully reflects a change in the game plan. Finished with some running, about half a lap at a time, to be completed within a time limit and then repeated with limited rest.

Thanks for the report mate.

 

[Robertio]

Training was held between 09:45am and 12:15pm



Senior players that were not present included:

Williams, Fogarty, Cripps, McKay, McGovern, Haynes, Hewett and Cottrell.



All the young players were at training

Please correct me if I am mistaken but Some train on players I identified were

45 Mirkov, 12 Paea, 31 Phillips and a red haired small forward wearing 39



All players took part in the training drills, which included:

Press formations

Fundamentals

Outnumber the evens

Attacking formations



In my view, the players that stood out were

Evans, Charleson ad their kicking and decision making skills were the highlight



The players that shifted in and out of rehab depending on the hardness of the drills included

Florent, Smith, Kemp, Cerra, Walsh and Newman.



A very slight concern when Motlop went away from the drills for a few minutes to address a finger injury

Thanks mate.

 

[Dramoth]

As much as I love it from a teambuilding and bonding perspective, how cooked is the rental market if 5 professional footballers have to do a flatshare in a terrace apartment lmao

Who knows... Moir might own it already

 

[Aphrodite]

Flynn’s in: Mid-season recruit’s insight into first week back

His first-first week: Flynn Young speaks with Carlton Media about the opening few days of his maiden pre-season.

www.carltonfc.com.au

 

[Dramoth]

Geezuz... Kemp spent his non-running rehab working his upper body... reminds me of Mil Hanna after he did his ACL. Came back looking like the hulk.

 

[AndyLucimitis]

Apparently, they did a time trial on Monday. I say it every year but would love if they published the results. Other clubs do but for some reason CFC keeps them mostly secret (or thinks nobody cares).

Keep it on the quiet but I think Pitto came last

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

Jagga looks to have added from last season a little to his upper body region, shoulders & arms, thighs too..

 

[WildmanOfCarlton]

Sounds like that's Taj Logan, mentioned in the Hun article

OK that makes sense, I thought I heard one of the Coaches call him Taj when he did well in one of the drills.

 

[tragic]

Geezuz... Kemp spent his non-running rehab working his upper body... reminds me of Mil Hanna after he did his ACL. Came back looking like the hulk.

Apparently just an after gym pump..

 

[carltonsworld]

Geezuz... Kemp spent his non-running rehab working his upper body... reminds me of Mil Hanna after he did his ACL. Came back looking like the hulk.

Yes. It’s noticeable

 

[carltonsworld]

Flynn Riley

Thanks for the clarification

 

[tarczonandjane]

Oooohhhh…. Wildmanofcarlton talking speedy ball movement and Carltonsworld talking fundamentals. Keep talking dirty to me…

 

[Christou2Kouta]

Gee Chesser looks like a quality athlete.
It’s rare to have the power/speed + endurance combo that he possesses. I hope he has an uninterrupted preseason and can show his best in 2026.

 

[Dramoth]

Jagga looks to have added from last season a little to his upper body region, shoulders & arms, thighs too..

Jagga still has a couple more years of filling out to do. He'll be a unit once his finished growing. Hopefully HOF is going to spend the next 12 months doing some serious upper body work.

 

[COBALT BLUE]

Geezuz... Kemp spent his non-running rehab working his upper body... reminds me of Mil Hanna after he did his ACL. Came back looking like the hulk.

this guy has elite potential
Also a powerful unit.......very