Meath prospect Conor Nash remains 100 per cent committed to Aussie Rules
a few minutes spent in Nash’s company makes it clear that he is determined to forge a career in Australia.
He returned from a serious hamstring injury this year to play ten games for the Box Hill Hawks, the Hawthorn reserves who play in the Victorian Football League, and reached the last four of that tournament.
“This is what I’m doing, it’s my job now,” Nash said. “I would say if you were kind of half-hearted and thinking, ‘what if I was at home playing with the boys?’ or ‘what if I went playing rugby, how would that have gone?’ then it’s not going to work for you, you need to be 100 per cent committed to the job.
“So I’m playing Aussie Rules. I’m completely focused on that until I’m told otherwise, that it’s not going to work.
“But I’m extremely happy. I fixed up a few issues with my body and my skills really went up another level because I could focus on them. They loved the way I attacked the rehab after the hamstring injury.
“I had the option of coming home for the first two weeks, maybe sulking here, because I couldn’t do anything for the first two weeks, but I decided to stay and just really attacked it from the start. That’s why it’s come back so good for me.”
a few minutes spent in Nash’s company makes it clear that he is determined to forge a career in Australia.
He returned from a serious hamstring injury this year to play ten games for the Box Hill Hawks, the Hawthorn reserves who play in the Victorian Football League, and reached the last four of that tournament.
“This is what I’m doing, it’s my job now,” Nash said. “I would say if you were kind of half-hearted and thinking, ‘what if I was at home playing with the boys?’ or ‘what if I went playing rugby, how would that have gone?’ then it’s not going to work for you, you need to be 100 per cent committed to the job.
“So I’m playing Aussie Rules. I’m completely focused on that until I’m told otherwise, that it’s not going to work.
“But I’m extremely happy. I fixed up a few issues with my body and my skills really went up another level because I could focus on them. They loved the way I attacked the rehab after the hamstring injury.
“I had the option of coming home for the first two weeks, maybe sulking here, because I couldn’t do anything for the first two weeks, but I decided to stay and just really attacked it from the start. That’s why it’s come back so good for me.”
