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The below is the OG faux training report from nearly 9 years ago - often imitated but never surpassed

Carbine Chaos said:
In the absence of Keys I went down for a trundle this morning to check them out on return. Just a few random notes I took down...

  • A lot of running work again, clearly a focus even in the heat.
  • Duggan looked on and was hitting targets left and right. Set for a huge 2017.
  • Giles went up against Vardy in the ruck contests and I'd say that Giles has the inside running at the moment.
  • Mitchell looked a class above the other midfielders bar Priddis. Just knew how to find the footy and wouldn't miss a target all session. Shuey was very quiet and seemed to be taking direction from Mitchell. Doesn't bode well for his captaincy credentials, maybe he doesn't want the gig?
  • Won't say too much about it in case I was just reading too much into it, but Rioli looked as though he'd enjoyed the Christmas break a bit too much. A few of the coaches pulled him aside and they were having quite an animated conversation before Rioli was sent to do laps for the rest of the session. Good news for Le Cras, I suppose.
  • Sheed kicked on his right foot for 80% of the session, I reckon. Nice to see players working on their non-preferred so readily.
  • Petrie looked like he was doing a great job 'coaching' the younger forwards in between the drills. Darling in particular seemed to be following him around.
  • Gee Venables has some skills. He mainly jogged laps before spending the last half hour or so on set shots - curled a few beauties from behind the boundary line at the end for a bit of fun. Hardly saw him miss a kick.
  • What interested me the most was that McGovern split his time between the defenders and the forwards, could be seeing a swingman role in 2017. He was his usual dominant self down back in some match simulation drills before going head-to-head with Mackenzie in a forward role.
  • Bayok is very fast - Cripps was in most of the drills with him and couldn't keep up.
  • Nelson is pale as buggery and still doesn't really have the body shape you'd expect of an AFL player.
  • There was a big bloke who pulled up next to me and I could have sworn it was Suma, but I'm sure I was wrong...
  • Masto was the player picked to kick the goal at the end today and nailed it. Celebrations were huge.
  • No sign of Cole, Parto or Hill. Couldn't tell you why.

Will upload pics later if I have time. Let me know if you have any questions!
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Harley and Yeo among the standouts from today’s training. Both look like they will be playing midfield next season.

‘Well, they would’ve had a big smile on Friday as both took part in the main session and were among the standouts.’

‘After missing all of last year with injury, Yeo looks trim and firing as he led from the front in several ball moving drills, while Reid matched him as he glided across the grass.’


Bo Allan trained as a wingman.

Starcevich, Baker and Duggan all trained with the backs. Article talks anbout how Baker would like to settle in a possie but happy to do what the team needs. It’s going to be stacked back there.

Nic Nat working with the rucks again.

Nothing about what line McCarthy trained with.
 
Hutch, Maric and Allan are three who I'm quite interested in for where they're training. Wing didn't seem to suit Hutch at all last year so I'm hoping they put him back at high half forward. I feel like down back is too crowded for Maric so would he play wing or forward? Allan didn't play enough last season to really settle in anywhere so I'm keen to see where they feel suits him best.
 

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Elite Pete said:



Harley and Yeo among the standouts from today’s training. Both look like they will be playing midfield next season.

‘Well, they would’ve had a big smile on Friday as both took part in the main session and were among the standouts.’

‘After missing all of last year with injury, Yeo looks trim and firing as he led from the front in several ball moving drills, while Reid matched him as he glided across the grass.’


Bo Allan trained as a wingman.

Starcevich, Baker and Duggan all trained with the backs. Article talks anbout how Baker would like to settle in a possie but happy to do what the team needs. It’s going to be stacked back there.

Nic Nat working with the rucks again.

Nothing about what line McCarthy trained with.
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Two specimens on the complete opposite ends of the spectrum
 
Elite Pete said:



Harley and Yeo among the standouts from today’s training. Both look like they will be playing midfield next season.

‘Well, they would’ve had a big smile on Friday as both took part in the main session and were among the standouts.’

‘After missing all of last year with injury, Yeo looks trim and firing as he led from the front in several ball moving drills, while Reid matched him as he glided across the grass.’


Bo Allan trained as a wingman.

Starcevich, Baker and Duggan all trained with the backs. Article talks anbout how Baker would like to settle in a possie but happy to do what the team needs. It’s going to be stacked back there.

Nic Nat working with the rucks again.

Nothing about what line McCarthy trained with.
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Nic Nat has not been playing for any football club for more than 3 years, therefore he is qualified as our rookie B.
 
Elite Pete said:



Harley and Yeo among the standouts from today’s training. Both look like they will be playing midfield next season.

‘Well, they would’ve had a big smile on Friday as both took part in the main session and were among the standouts.’

‘After missing all of last year with injury, Yeo looks trim and firing as he led from the front in several ball moving drills, while Reid matched him as he glided across the grass.’


Bo Allan trained as a wingman.

Starcevich, Baker and Duggan all trained with the backs. Article talks anbout how Baker would like to settle in a possie but happy to do what the team needs. It’s going to be stacked back there.

Nic Nat working with the rucks again.

Nothing about what line McCarthy trained with.
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Good God man, at least give us a link we can read:

 
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The Official AFL Website of the West Coast Eagles
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theyve posted the last bit of "exclusive" content, this timer its Mini's adress to the players on the first day of everyone at preseason training.

very nothing clip imo, other than emphasising the 20 new people in the football department
 

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Seadog said:
Sad.
In the absence of everybody we have to rely on the West for news.
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A pretty big session to finish the week, with training lasting over 2 hours this morning and plenty of numbers on the track. Some skill work today but more of a focus on ball movement, though any contact in the drills was kept to a minimum.

The players came out just after 9:15 and got into their warm up, splitting into line groups at one stage before moving onto a couple of flow drills involving kicking and handballing at pace.

After this the focus of the session shifted more from skills to ball movement, starting with a drill which involved chipping the ball around in the backline and then changing gears into fast attacking ball movement up the ground. The players then split into three groups, with the backs going through positioning work with Shannon Hurn and the rest practising ball movement in a live play situation after the ball hits the deck.

They then did about 20 minutes of full-ground ball movement drills as one group, topped up with some runs through the centre of the ground which looked pretty gruelling. To finish the players split into smaller groups to work on fundamentals and they headed inside just before 11:30.

Details on who did/didn't train:
  • Gross was the only listed player I didn't spot - there was someone on the exercise bike who I thought might be him but I couldn't see for sure. Either way he didn't do any on-ground training today
  • Watt trained but I didn't see Johnson
  • Bailey Williams hardly trained, only coming out about an hour into the session to do a bit of kicking with the rehab group and spending the rest of the session spectating
  • Barnett's session consisted of about 45 minutes of run throughs and light skill work, followed by about 20 minutes of one-on-one tap work with Nic Nat
  • Allen and Tylah Williams trained away from the main group, doing run throughs and light skill work with the rehab group. Allen finished after about 30 minutes, Williams went a bit longer and wrapped up around 10:20
  • Ginbey did the first part of the warm up with the main group before splitting off and spending the next 45 minutes doing run throughs, kicking and agility work with a trainer. Finished up with about 15 minutes of laps, and in typical Ginbey fashion he looked like he was pushing himself to the limit with these
  • Waterman warmed up with the main group and then moved away from the main group, doing some run throughs, agility running and skill work with the rehab group before finishing up around 10:20
  • Kelly and Owies also did the warm up with the main group before going through a big running session off to the side. They spent about an hour doing a bunch of run throughs and some kicking, finishing up around 10:45
  • Young and Dewar did the first half hour with the main group before doing some run throughs with the rehab group. They were in and out of the session after that point, though Dewar probably trained a bit more than Young and finished with some agility work and run throughs.
  • Cripps, Duggan, Robertson and Jack Williams did about half of the session, though when they didn't participate in a drill they'd be running laps or doing sprint work off to the side.
  • In an encouraging sign Yeo did the most of the session with the main group, only splitting off about an hour into the session to do some run throughs, before re-joining for the full-ground ball movement drills. Don't think he did the extra running at the end but still good to see him ramping up his training load
  • The draftees (minus Allen and Tylah Williams) did most of the session but sat out a couple of drills, doing handball work or watching instead

Some other general notes:
  • When they split into line groups I noted down where some players of interest trained:
    • McCarthy, Duursma, Allan and Hutchinson were with the midfield group
    • Maric, Dewar, Hough, Baker, Grego, Lindsay and Watt with the backs
    • Johnston, Newton, Duff-Tytler and Archer Reid with the forwards
  • There was one stage where Nic Nat took the rucks through some tap work - this group consisted of Flynn, Duff-Tytler, Jack Williams and Archer Reid
  • Looks like Barnett has ditched the leg brace for good, though he was still wearing heavy strapping on his left leg
  • Duursma is a very smooth mover, did a couple of nice things in the full-ground ball movement drill.
  • Graham & Johnston (kicking), Davis (handballing), Archer Reid & Shanahan (set shots) stayed out around 10 minutes after the rest had gone inside to get some extra skill work in
  • There was a familiar face watching training today - Jackson Nelson! Was getting into some of the boys as they went about it and had a chat to some of them
 
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Solid session that ran through until almost 11.30 - I believe they started around 9.15 but I only arrived a bit before 9.45

Warmups were clearly finished by that time and they were working in line groups at various spots around the oval, with a group of about 6-8 players working with trainers away from everyone else

My initial watch was Naitanui working with a ruck quartet made up of Flynn, Reid, Jilliams and CDT on their ruck craft. Then wandered over to see who was in the rehab/modified program group

Not long after they did a skills drill as a group kicking to a leading player in a cross-cross pattern. Went for about 10 minutes and was very sharp with only a handful of balls hitting the grass

After that the session was mainly focused on moving the ball, with on emphasis on kicking, either in a confined space or the length of the ground. These were interspersed with other work in their line groups that again seemed focused on disposal by foot

To end the session a group of 20-25 players did some repeat sprint work with some words of encouragement from Mini as they were recovering at the end.

Wrapped up with players doing some skill work either individually or in small groups

All up it was a pretty good session, sharp for the most part with plenty of voice from the players. Good positive vibes

Going through the players individually:

1. Duursma - kid is a rolls Royce the way he moves. One little passage where he collected the ball off hands and hit a 40m kick was silk - one might say Bont like. As with all the first year players he was involved in only about half the drills
2. Waterman - modified program. Did some running but little else. Looked untroubled so more load management than anything sinister
3. Baker - trained with the backs when they split. Typical Baker session, plenty of voice and banter with the players
4. Starcevich - no midfield experiment yet. Looks a complete professional out there
5. Lindsay - that left foot is a thing of beauty and needs to be insured
6. Yeo - didn’t do all the drills but did most of them with some additional boundary running. Used his left foot predominantly early but was later using his right as well. Moving pretty freely in an encouraging outing
7. Ginbey - run, Rueben run. Spent the session running up and back along the boundary. Feel like they’ve put the handbrake on him to protect him from himself
8. Hewett - not super noticeable but looks to be covering the ground well. Was close to the front in the repeat sprints they did at the end
9. Reid - looks in great shape. Leaner than I’ve ever seen him without the sort of half puppy fat/half muscle he used to have. Now he’s just trim. At one point did a nice short kick and follow up chip scab handball receive before a longer launch into F50 which is a part of his game he can build with
10. Brockman - didn’t see much of him but looked like he did most of the session
11. Kelly - did a full modified program with Owies for company that was just running and repeat two thirds pace sprints which was exhausting to watch
12. Allen - was out there doing some low intensity rehab work early on but wasn’t out there for long
13. Long - another in good shape and used the ball well in drills. Bigger across and through the shoulders
14. Duggan - in and out of drills with a lot of extra running around the boundary. Is in very nice shape
15. Cripps - mainly running with Duggan and Robertson. Looks trimmer
16. Owies - see Kelly
17. Graham - not prominent but did the full session
18. McCarthy - seemed to be training with the mids. Finished the repeat sprints off well
19. Hough - looks like a senior player. Very composed and professional in everything he does. Trained with the backs
20. Young - modified program only. Reasonable amount of running as he looks to be eased into training
21. Duff-Tytler - not overly noticeable. Seems to be taking things in and adjusting to the pace of everything
22. Reid - did the whole session as far as I could tell without being a standout
23. Maric - back with the backs. Seem like they’re keen to get the ball in his hands still
24. Johnston - seems to be with the forwards. Didn’t see a lot of him
25. Flynn - full session. Not noticed much which is kinda what you want from a ruck in ball movement drills
26. Allan - with the mids. Covering the ground well and was up the front in the end of session sprints
27. Gross - unsighted
28. Cole - what you’d expect from a senior player at the start of another preseason. In good shape and professional in what he does
29. Hall - saw that white blond head of his consistently. Went well enough without being a standout
30. Barnett - knee still strapped but no brace. Some light running and a few kicks but not much else
31. Grego - still with the backs and had a solid session
32. Billiams - came out late, stood around and watched for a bit but little else. Have to assume he’s nursing something
33. Bazzo - right now the best case scenario for him is getting through a full preseason unscathed. So far, so good. Is moving nicely
34. Jilliams - did some of the drills but was primarily doing extra running. Does look in the best shape he’s been and was running well
35. Shanahan - didn’t see much of him but from what I did he hasn’t lost his ability to catch a footy
36. Tilliams - modified program only with minimal running
37. Champion - looks a bit bigger. Got involved in some good passages
38. Davis - running/covering territory won’t be an issue. Lead the sprint. Still needs to work on his kicking as he did miss a couple of targets
39. Rodriguez - didn’t see him much today unfortunately. In and out of drills as a first year didn’t help that
40. Robertson - did some running at good pace with Duggan and Cripps but nothing else. Got a decent number of kms in
41. Brock - defender obviously but they look the ball going through his hands
42. Edwards - full session which is a tick for Harry. Seem like they’re setting him up to be the deepest defender
43. Dewar - in and out of drills with a fair bit of running often with Jilliams as company. Looks in good shape Seems to be with the mids
44. Hutchinson - good shape and running well but looks to be with the mids rather than forwards though
45. Macrae - can’t say I really saw him. Assume he was out there
46. Newton - not as prominent as the other couple of sessions but did take a nice one handed mark. Looks ready to have an impact though
48. Schoenberg - bit like Macrae but I did see him at least
??. Watt - doesn’t look out of place so good signs for the WAFL side. Didn’t see Johnson

Positive session and the first non-Wednesday one I’ve been to. Encouraging signs overall
 
Keys said:
Solid session that ran through until almost 11.30 - I believe they started around 9.15 but I only arrived a bit before 9.45

Warmups were clearly finished by that time and they were working in line groups at various spots around the oval, with a group of about 6-8 players working with trainers away from everyone else

My initial watch was Naitanui working with a ruck quartet made up of Flynn, Reid, Jilliams and CDT on their ruck craft. Then wandered over to see who was in the rehab/modified program group

Not long after they did a skills drill as a group kicking to a leading player in a cross-cross pattern. Went for about 10 minutes and was very sharp with only a handful of balls hitting the grass

After that the session was mainly focused on moving the ball, with on emphasis on kicking, either in a confined space or the length of the ground. These were interspersed with other work in their line groups that again seemed focused on disposal by foot

To end the session a group of 20-25 players did some repeat sprint work with some words of encouragement from Mini as they were recovering at the end.

Wrapped up with players doing some skill work either individually or in small groups

All up it was a pretty good session, sharp for the most part with plenty of voice from the players. Good positive vibes

Going through the players individually:

1. Duursma - kid is a rolls Royce the way he moves. One little passage where he collected the ball off hands and hit a 40m kick was silk - one might say Bont like. As with all the first year players he was involved in only about half the drills
2. Waterman - modified program. Did some running but little else. Looked untroubled so more load management than anything sinister
3. Baker - trained with the backs when they split. Typical Baker session, plenty of voice and banter with the players
4. Starcevich - no midfield experiment yet. Looks a complete professional out there
5. Lindsay - that left foot is a thing of beauty and needs to be insured
6. Yeo - didn’t do all the drills but did most of them with some additional boundary running. Used his left foot predominantly early but was later using his right as well. Moving pretty freely in an encouraging outing
7. Ginbey - run, Rueben run. Spent the session running up and back along the boundary. Feel like they’ve put the handbrake on him to protect him from himself
8. Hewett - not super noticeable but looks to be covering the ground well. Was close to the front in the repeat sprints they did at the end
9. Reid - looks in great shape. Leaner than I’ve ever seen him without the sort of half puppy fat/half muscle he used to have. Now he’s just trim. At one point did a nice short kick and follow up chip scab handball receive before a longer launch into F50 which is a part of his game he can build with
10. Brockman - didn’t see much of him but looked like he did most of the session
11. Kelly - did a full modified program with Owies for company that was just running and repeat two thirds pace sprints which was exhausting to watch
12. Allen - was out there doing some low intensity rehab work early on but wasn’t out there for long
13. Long - another in good shape and used the ball well in drills. Bigger across and through the shoulders
14. Duggan - in and out of drills with a lot of extra running around the boundary. Is in very nice shape
15. Cripps - mainly running with Duggan and Robertson. Looks trimmer
16. Owies - see Kelly
17. Graham - not prominent but did the full session
18. McCarthy - seemed to be training with the mids. Finished the repeat sprints off well
19. Hough - looks like a senior player. Very composed and professional in everything he does. Trained with the backs
20. Young - modified program only. Reasonable amount of running as he looks to be eased into training
21. Duff-Tytler - not overly noticeable. Seems to be taking things in and adjusting to the pace of everything
22. Reid - did the whole session as far as I could tell without being a standout
23. Maric - back with the backs. Seem like they’re keen to get the ball in his hands still
24. Johnston - seems to be with the forwards. Didn’t see a lot of him
25. Flynn - full session. Not noticed much which is kinda what you want from a ruck in ball movement drills
26. Allan - with the mids. Covering the ground well and was up the front in the end of session sprints
27. Gross - unsighted
28. Cole - what you’d expect from a senior player at the start of another preseason. In good shape and professional in what he does
29. Hall - saw that white blond head of his consistently. Went well enough without being a standout
30. Barnett - knee still strapped but no brace. Some light running and a few kicks but not much else
31. Grego - still with the backs and had a solid session
32. Billiams - came out late, stood around and watched for a bit but little else. Have to assume he’s nursing something
33. Bazzo - right now the best case scenario for him is getting through a full preseason unscathed. So far, so good. Is moving nicely
34. Jilliams - did some of the drills but was primarily doing extra running. Does look in the best shape he’s been and was running well
35. Shanahan - didn’t see much of him but from what I did he hasn’t lost his ability to catch a footy
36. Tilliams - modified program only with minimal running
37. Champion - looks a bit bigger. Got involved in some good passages
38. Davis - running/covering territory won’t be an issue. Lead the sprint. Still needs to work on his kicking as he did miss a couple of targets
39. Rodriguez - didn’t see him much today unfortunately. In and out of drills as a first year didn’t help that
40. Robertson - did some running at good pace with Duggan and Cripps but nothing else. Got a decent number of kms in
41. Brock - defender obviously but they look the ball going through his hands
42. Edwards - full session which is a tick for Harry. Seem like they’re setting him up to be the deepest defender
43. Dewar - in and out of drills with a fair bit of running often with Jilliams as company. Looks in good shape Seems to be with the mids
44. Hutchinson - good shape and running well but looks to be with the mids rather than forwards though
45. Macrae - can’t say I really saw him. Assume he was out there
46. Newton - not as prominent as the other couple of sessions but did take a nice one handed mark. Looks ready to have an impact though
48. Schoenberg - bit like Macrae but I did see him at least
??. Watt - doesn’t look out of place so good signs for the WAFL side. Didn’t see Johnson

Positive session and the first non-Wednesday one I’ve been to. Encouraging signs overall
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Pretty standard 193 cm 18 year old I would have thought
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I weighed ~78kegs from 17-23 at a very similar height. I looked like an extra in a holocaust flick. Duursma is at least several kilos heavier than that.

I got fat though eventually. Much fat.
 
Keys said:
Solid session that ran through until almost 11.30 - I believe they started around 9.15 but I only arrived a bit before 9.45

Warmups were clearly finished by that time and they were working in line groups at various spots around the oval, with a group of about 6-8 players working with trainers away from everyone else

My initial watch was Naitanui working with a ruck quartet made up of Flynn, Reid, Jilliams and CDT on their ruck craft. Then wandered over to see who was in the rehab/modified program group

Not long after they did a skills drill as a group kicking to a leading player in a cross-cross pattern. Went for about 10 minutes and was very sharp with only a handful of balls hitting the grass

After that the session was mainly focused on moving the ball, with on emphasis on kicking, either in a confined space or the length of the ground. These were interspersed with other work in their line groups that again seemed focused on disposal by foot

To end the session a group of 20-25 players did some repeat sprint work with some words of encouragement from Mini as they were recovering at the end.

Wrapped up with players doing some skill work either individually or in small groups

All up it was a pretty good session, sharp for the most part with plenty of voice from the players. Good positive vibes

Going through the players individually:

1. Duursma - kid is a rolls Royce the way he moves. One little passage where he collected the ball off hands and hit a 40m kick was silk - one might say Bont like. As with all the first year players he was involved in only about half the drills
2. Waterman - modified program. Did some running but little else. Looked untroubled so more load management than anything sinister
3. Baker - trained with the backs when they split. Typical Baker session, plenty of voice and banter with the players
4. Starcevich - no midfield experiment yet. Looks a complete professional out there
5. Lindsay - that left foot is a thing of beauty and needs to be insured
6. Yeo - didn’t do all the drills but did most of them with some additional boundary running. Used his left foot predominantly early but was later using his right as well. Moving pretty freely in an encouraging outing
7. Ginbey - run, Rueben run. Spent the session running up and back along the boundary. Feel like they’ve put the handbrake on him to protect him from himself
8. Hewett - not super noticeable but looks to be covering the ground well. Was close to the front in the repeat sprints they did at the end
9. Reid - looks in great shape. Leaner than I’ve ever seen him without the sort of half puppy fat/half muscle he used to have. Now he’s just trim. At one point did a nice short kick and follow up chip scab handball receive before a longer launch into F50 which is a part of his game he can build with
10. Brockman - didn’t see much of him but looked like he did most of the session
11. Kelly - did a full modified program with Owies for company that was just running and repeat two thirds pace sprints which was exhausting to watch
12. Allen - was out there doing some low intensity rehab work early on but wasn’t out there for long
13. Long - another in good shape and used the ball well in drills. Bigger across and through the shoulders
14. Duggan - in and out of drills with a lot of extra running around the boundary. Is in very nice shape
15. Cripps - mainly running with Duggan and Robertson. Looks trimmer
16. Owies - see Kelly
17. Graham - not prominent but did the full session
18. McCarthy - seemed to be training with the mids. Finished the repeat sprints off well
19. Hough - looks like a senior player. Very composed and professional in everything he does. Trained with the backs
20. Young - modified program only. Reasonable amount of running as he looks to be eased into training
21. Duff-Tytler - not overly noticeable. Seems to be taking things in and adjusting to the pace of everything
22. Reid - did the whole session as far as I could tell without being a standout
23. Maric - back with the backs. Seem like they’re keen to get the ball in his hands still
24. Johnston - seems to be with the forwards. Didn’t see a lot of him
25. Flynn - full session. Not noticed much which is kinda what you want from a ruck in ball movement drills
26. Allan - with the mids. Covering the ground well and was up the front in the end of session sprints
27. Gross - unsighted
28. Cole - what you’d expect from a senior player at the start of another preseason. In good shape and professional in what he does
29. Hall - saw that white blond head of his consistently. Went well enough without being a standout
30. Barnett - knee still strapped but no brace. Some light running and a few kicks but not much else
31. Grego - still with the backs and had a solid session
32. Billiams - came out late, stood around and watched for a bit but little else. Have to assume he’s nursing something
33. Bazzo - right now the best case scenario for him is getting through a full preseason unscathed. So far, so good. Is moving nicely
34. Jilliams - did some of the drills but was primarily doing extra running. Does look in the best shape he’s been and was running well
35. Shanahan - didn’t see much of him but from what I did he hasn’t lost his ability to catch a footy
36. Tilliams - modified program only with minimal running
37. Champion - looks a bit bigger. Got involved in some good passages
38. Davis - running/covering territory won’t be an issue. Lead the sprint. Still needs to work on his kicking as he did miss a couple of targets
39. Rodriguez - didn’t see him much today unfortunately. In and out of drills as a first year didn’t help that
40. Robertson - did some running at good pace with Duggan and Cripps but nothing else. Got a decent number of kms in
41. Brock - defender obviously but they look the ball going through his hands
42. Edwards - full session which is a tick for Harry. Seem like they’re setting him up to be the deepest defender
43. Dewar - in and out of drills with a fair bit of running often with Jilliams as company. Looks in good shape Seems to be with the mids
44. Hutchinson - good shape and running well but looks to be with the mids rather than forwards though
45. Macrae - can’t say I really saw him. Assume he was out there
46. Newton - not as prominent as the other couple of sessions but did take a nice one handed mark. Looks ready to have an impact though
48. Schoenberg - bit like Macrae but I did see him at least
??. Watt - doesn’t look out of place so good signs for the WAFL side. Didn’t see Johnson

Positive session and the first non-Wednesday one I’ve been to. Encouraging signs overall
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Mighty effort from all reporters. Thanks
 

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