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AFLW Player #25: Alex Morcom - Interview in the paper - 8/11

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I knew Nanscawen was on the injury list but didn't know about Eloise.

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Available for selection after being helped off the ground last weekend
Follow Alex’s collision on Friday, she suffered a cut to the eye but returned to the field for the second half. Alex will train fully this week and be available for selection.
 
Back in training after an ankle injury

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Interesting article in The West Australian from Friday about her work as our AFL Operations Coordinator alongside playing for our AFLW team.

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But Morcom, 28, juggles her playing career with her professional one: as Essendon's AFL operations coordinator.

"The men's players return on Monday, so this week, we've been prepping for them to come back," Morcom said.

"Just throughout this it's obviously probably a good thing for me that the seasons don't exactly cross over."

Her responsibilities include taking charge of the AFL players' schedules, booking their flights and organising their match tickets.

"There's a lot of perks as well, working and playing for the same club," she said.

"I get to see the behind the scenes of their program and the way that they go about their football.

"There's some great takeaways from that as well, just seeing the professionalism that they attack their football with - I definitely am able to take that into my own game.

"But there's also probably things that we could teach them as well."

"It's really good. The club are very supportive, both with my work and my football. I am very appreciative of that," she said.

"It does take a little bit of a balance, and sometimes you've got to keep switching the headspace to be like, 'OK, now's work time versus football time'.

"But all in all, I do a pretty good job of balancing it, but I couldn't do that without the support of everyone around me. I really enjoy it as well, which makes it easy."

"She's here all the time. She'll always just put on a smile and just get to training, because she just loves her footy," teammate Maddi Gay told AAP.

"She's one player that just gets the job done week in, week out. I love playing alongside her. I tell her every week.

"I just really wish people on the outside saw the work that the girls have to put in.

"Because it's just inspiring, being their teammate, seeing them work all day and then put it on the track as well."
 

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