Bigman’s Training Reports (Update: 11th March)

[bigman]

Hey everyone,

I’ll post my report later and get to your questions.

Two quarters of match sim today which was interesting viewing. Rankine is fine, but Thilthorpe hobbled off after a marking contest and didn’t come back on. Looked either knee or ankle. Don’t think it was severe or anything, but yeah, what a week huh.

 

[lincsPJ]

https://comb.io/neYtSj

Reminds me of this scene…

 

[1970crow]

I have expressed this numerous times. It's not just the fact that Rankine wasn't in the best 22 on the day. It was the effect the Rankine scandal had on the group. It was the fact that this was compounded by our lack of finals experience (16 players first final). It was the fact that our captain had his worst day of the year in the Collingwood final.

And I am happy with Nicks getting a chance to coach us in 2026 - based of the entirety of the 2025 season. I thought he did a lot right. I have always been a big fan of what he has done with our culture and player retention. I saw some big improvements in 2025. As a club - we are in a much better spot with regards to our list. He is a slow learner, but he does learn.




I think we have a much better chance of winning if the Rankine saga doesn't happen.

Nicks was a part of the finals problem - not the entire problem.

We had a group make finals after their coach was murdered part way through the year. You're not painting a pretty picture of the mental toughness of the players or the club. Maybe we needed another camp because that resilience isn't going to have improved with everyone making excuses for them.

 

[dogs105]

If asked "who do we not want to hurt their knee in preseason", is there anyone who wouldn't answer "Curtin, Rankine and Thilthorpe"?

 

[AFC979810]

If asked "who do we not want to hurt their knee in preseason", is there anyone who wouldn't answer "Curtin, Rankine and Thilthorpe"?

I would put Rachele and Dawson ahead of Curtin.

 

[CrowinNT]

If asked "who do we not want to hurt their knee in preseason", is there anyone who wouldn't answer "Curtin, Rankine and Thilthorpe"?

Sadly all teams go through this
We were darn lucky last year and did not in one iota capitalise on it
Refreshing players
Building up those that could have assisted in our quest

 

[Scorpus]

Live footage of Football Park surface

 

[Apsaalooke]

Live footage of Football Park surface

Ironic

 

[AFC979810]

We had a group make finals after their coach was murdered part way through the year. You're not painting a pretty picture of the mental toughness of the players or the club. Maybe we needed another camp because that resilience isn't going to have improved with everyone making excuses for them.

That was a long time ago.

11 years ago Brian Taylor called a player a "big ****ter" and was on air next week. Now a player is reported by another player for saying a slur and gets a 5 game suspension.

Times are different. Most of our players were born after 2000. The club has a full time psychologist now.

Do you honestly believe that the Rankine saga had zero effect on the playing group?

 

[bigman]

Sorry about no report on Monday, but it was a pretty middling session until Curtin’s injury anyway and I’m not sure how much any of us were in the mood given what happened.

To add injury to insult, as I mentioned above, Thilthorpe went down with some sort of leg injury after competing in a pack. He got up pretty quickly and took himself to the bench, so can’t be too bad, but it’s not exactly ideal. He didn’t train the rest of the session, but did stop for a photo opportunity with some kids before heading into the into the rooms.

Thankfully, aside from Curtin, we had full numbers again today. Draper and Keays were still in rehab but Keays is now doing a decent chunk of main training. Draper has progressed to change of direction work. Hopefully sprinting isn’t too far away.

Michalanney has strapping above and below his knee, which I’ve also seen with players recovering from hamstring issues. So it’s one of those two which is the mystery injury. No fluro hat anymore though and he is doing full training.

For the first part of the session, the players split into their respective lines (defs, mids, fwds). Each would do two different drills:

Defenders - handball drills in tight with opponents trying to cut them off + ground ball contest, linking up by hand before kicking to half back.

Midfielders - boundary stoppages + ball ups.

Forwards - ground ball contest, feeding it out for a shot at goal on the run + set shot practice.

This was when Rankine hurt himself, doing something to his knee on the boundary. Luckily it was a non-event and he did the rest of the session. Safe to say I was relieved.

Then came the practice match. Two quarters of 20 minutes (plus time on). Teams changed slightly in the break and I’ll list them all below. The standard was pretty good especially in the first term, before it got quite windy (40km gusts) and players became fatigued.

Q1 - Teams

Blue
FB: Bond Keane Worrell
HB: Laird Butts Milera
_C: Cumming Dawson Jones
HF: N-Bullen Thilthorpe Rankine
FF: Pedlar Fogarty Walker
_R: O’Brien Berry Rachele
IN: Ah Chee Soligo Hinge Cook

Yellow
FB: Ryan Borlase Michalanney
HB: Nankervis Murray Sholl
_C: Drury Dowling Marsh
HF: Taylor Welsh Cotton
FF: Murray Maley Ludowyke
_R: McAndrew Peatling Edwards
IN: Foot Bell McGuane Strachan

Q1 - Goals
Blue - Thilthorpe, Fogarty, Dawson, Neal-Bullen, Berry
Yellow - Marsh, Strachan

Q1 - Centre Bounce Attendences (8 total)
O’Brien/McAndrew/Edwards: 8
Dowling: 7
Dawson/Rachele/Peatling: 6
Soligo: 5
Rankine: 4
Berry/Foot: 3

Q2 - Teams

Blue
FB: Bond Murray Worrell
HB: Laird Murray Milera
_C: Cumming Dawson Marsh
HF: N-Bullen Thilthorpe Rankine
FF: Pedlar Fogarty Walker
_R: McAndrew Berry Rachele
IN: Ah Chee Soligo Hinge Nankervis

Yellow
FB: Ryan Butts Michalanney
HB: Cook Borlase Sholl
_C: Drury Dowling Jones
HF: Taylor Welsh Cotton
FF: Murray Maley Ludowyke
_R: O’Brien Peatling Edwards
IN: Foot Bell McGuane Strachan

Q2 - Goals
Blue - Neal-Bullen 2, Ah Chee 2, Pedlar 2, Marsh, Hinge, McAndrew
Yellow - none

Q2 - Centre Bounce Attendances (10 total)
McAndrew: 10
Rachele/O’Brien: 9
Soligo/Peatling/Foot: 8
Dowling/Edwards: 7
Berry: 5
Dawson/Rankine: 4
T.Murray: 1

As you can see, it was very much an A vs B scenario in both quarters. The only changes were in areas of contention - Butts vs Murray, Cook vs Nankervis, Jones vs Marsh and O’Brien vs McAndrew. No Keays, of course, plus each had no 23rd man.

Centre bounce numbers were also interesting. Rachele had the most of any non-rucks (15 of 18) for the Blue, which rotated an extra mid compared to the Yellow team. Rankine and Dawson weren’t given as much as usual (10 and eight respectively).

Guess this is a better time than any to talk rucks. McAndrew pantsed ROB in the centre, simple as that. In the 18 centre contest, McAndrew won 12 taps to ROB’s three. For the other three, one was indiscriminate while on two occasions Rob gave away a free to McAndrew.

Around the ground it was much more even - Rob probably had the edge at boundary throw ins - but it was quite stark at centre bounce. McAndrew would just jump too high for Rob almost every time.

A bunch of player thoughts:

1. Jones - got the A team wing spot first-up but didn’t do much with it. Very quiet across both quarters, which isn’t rare for Chayce unfortunately.

3. Berry - similar to last Friday, was pretty solid. Had one poor inside 50 but buttered up later on with a nice assist to Ah Chee. Also kicked a snap goal courtesy of a lovely pass from Thilthorpe. Used his pace a couple of times to burst out of traffic, including a centre clearance straight to Tex on the lead.

4. Ah Chee - game time was slightly restricted but he was typically sharp when on the ground. Bagged two goals and would’ve had a couple more if not for some near misses. Handed off to Neal-Bullen for one of his goals as well.

8. Rachele - I thought he was the standout today, and he was great on Monday as well. Seems in really good touch. Work-rate was excellent and won a few centre clearances where he used his agility to make his own space. Set up several goals with excellent forward entries.

10. Pedlar - didn’t really get into it until late where he bagged a couple of majors, but I thought his pressure game was good today and was unlucky on a couple of occasions. Did an excellent run down tackle on Ryan.

11. Edwards - won a couple of hard balls but otherwise was a bit of a non-entity despite getting a lot of midfield time. Seemed a bit fumbly and went to ground too much in the centre. Needs to do better going forward.

12. Dawson - uncharacteristically panicky on a couple of occasions in tight, handballing to the opposition. Still had some good moments but was overall on the quieter side. Played a decent chunk forward and kicked a snag.

14. Soligo - got better and better as the game wore on. Kicking was very good despite the wind and importantly found plenty of easy ball around the ground. Covering the grass much better than the back half of last year. Good signs.

15. Cook - had a couple of nice moments with the ball playing for the Blue side, but wouldn’t say he really stamped himself. Nank was the better of the two today.

17. Welsh - similar to last week, had another patch where he got the ball four-five times in a 10 minute burst but again just threw it on the boot instead of summing the situation up. He’s getting more involved thanks to his improved tank, but the finesse just isn’t there.

19. Taylor - played the graveyard forward role for a much weaker side, but still managed to do some good things. Won a few excellent hard balls and also laid a great tackle on Milera that was rewarded. Hit the post with a late snap on the run. Would’ve liked to see him get some midfield time like last Friday.

20. Hinge - made a couple of blues by foot including a howler in Q1 which led to Marsh’s first goal. On the flip side, laid a ripping tackle on Nankervis who was about to do one of his runs through the corridor. Kicked a goal too.

22. Ryan - we need to teach this lad better ball security. He’s not McHenry-levels, but he does lose the pill too easily when tackled. Makes it too easy for the umps to call holding the ball. Otherwise, was just ok. Won a good contest vs ANB but needs to get more involved offensively. He has the weapons.

25. Peatling - thought he was pretty industrious and won a few centre clearances, although a couple came from head-high tackles (big shock I know). Not sure if being in the B team is purely to get him more mid time or if he’s actually in selection danger. I wouldn’t have thought so, particularly with Curtin out for some time.

26. Marsh - now this one is interesting. Played mostly wing with some time forward, where he kicked two goals. The second was for the Blue team and came from a terrific pack mark. Exciting stuff. I think he may be an answer to our wing shortage. Perhaps a smokey for an early debut? I would’ve said unlikely but he looked good today working up and down the ground. And the fact he got a chance in the A side means he must be in our thoughts.

27. Nankervis - was ok for the Yellow team but really got going after swapping sides. His speed and willingness to use it is just so exciting. Also took a ripping pack mark. To be honest, his spot shouldn’t even be up for debate.

28. Neal-Bullen - played a bit closer to goal with no Keays, and Rachele playing bulk midfield time. Kicked the most for the day (three). Just a good player.

30. Milera - had a lot of ball go through him off half back, particularly in the first quarter. Good to see him hit up the corridor a fair bit, though we’re still not seeing much in the way of explosive running.

31. Dowling - thought he was pretty solid in the contest, much better than previous years. His improved size is definitely making a difference. Wasn’t easy finding much outside ball for the Yellow team so didn’t have a huge game, but I saw some clear signs of improvement.

33. Cotton - super quiet. Might still be a bit underdone due to soreness, but I think we are doing him a disservice playing forward. It’s a hard role for anyone let alone a bloke who hasn’t played footy in years. Free him up a little. I think he will make a good forward in time, but let’s get his touch and confidence up.

34. Ludowyke - had a bit of a mare unfortunately. Couldn’t hold his marks and even went the spoil at one point, his confidence clearly dented. I like the way he moves and competes but he needs to get those hands working better.

35. Borlase - speaking of mares. Cost two goals by letting the ball slip through his hands out the back. Needs to be a lot better than that in a contract year.

36. Maley - took a ripping mark on Worrell who he used as a jumping bag. Unfortunately missed the two shots on goal he had. He competes and his hands are usually excellent, but a player like him needs to cash in when he gets opportunities at goal because they will be pretty limited.

38. Sholl - after a great game on Friday, had a dog of one today. Didn’t get much of it and his kicking was woeful. Really seemed to struggle with the wind. Been good until now so needs to just write it off.

40. McGuane - had a couple of nice touches where he quickly summed up the situation. His vision and smarts are definitely there. Playing solely forward which is interesting. Makes it hard for him to really have any impact.

47. Foot - won a couple of centre clearances where he was able to use his strength and speed. Still too hesitant with ball in hand but he is quite exciting to watch when he gets it and sees space ahead to take the game on.

Overall best players were Rachele, Neal-Bullen, Soligo, McAndrew and Ah Chee, with nods to Peatling, Nankervis and Milera (and Marsh for showing some exciting signs).

 

[Slim258]

Sorry about no report on Monday, but it was a pretty benign session until Curtin’s injury anyway and I’m not sure how much any of us were in the mood given what happened.

To add injury to insult, as I mentioned above, Thilthorpe went down with some sort of leg injury after competing in a pack. He got up pretty quickly and took himself to the bench, so can’t be too bad, but it’s not exactly ideal. He didn’t train the rest of the session, but did stop for a photo opportunity with some kids before heading into the into the rooms.

Thankfully, aside from Curtin, we had full numbers again today. Draper and Keays were still in rehab but Keays is now doing a decent chunk of main training. Draper has progressed to change of direction work. Hopefully sprinting isn’t too far away.

Michalanney has strapping above and below his knee, which I’ve also seen with players recovering from hamstring issues. So it’s one of those two which is the mystery injury. No fluro hat anymore though and he is doing full training.

For the first part of the session, the players split into their respective lines (defs, mids, fwds). Each would do two different drills:

Defenders - handball drills in tight with opponents trying to cut them off + ground ball contest, linking up by hand before kicking to half back.

Midfielders - boundary stoppages + ball ups.

Forwards - ground ball contest, feeding it out for a shot at goal on the run + set shot practice.

This was when Rankine hurt himself, doing something to his knee on the boundary. Luckily it was a non-event and he did the rest of the session. Safe to say I was relieved.

Then came the practice match. Two quarters of 20 minutes (plus time on). Teams changed slightly in the break and I’ll list them all below. The standard was pretty good especially in the first term, before it got quite windy (40km gusts) and players became fatigued.

Q1 - Teams

Blue
FB: Bond Keane Worrell
HB: Laird Butts Milera
_C: Cumming Dawson Jones
HF: N-Bullen Thilthorpe Rankine
FF: Pedlar Fogarty Walker
_R: O’Brien Berry Rachele
IN: Ah Chee Soligo Hinge Cook

Yellow
FB: Ryan Borlase Michalanney
HB: Nankervis Murray Sholl
_C: Drury Dowling Marsh
HF: Taylor Welsh Cotton
FF: Murray Maley Ludowyke
_R: McAndrew Peatling Edwards
IN: Foot Bell McGuane Strachan

Q1 - Goals
Blue - Thilthorpe, Fogarty, Dawson, Neal-Bullen, Berry
Yellow - Marsh, Strachan

Q1 - Centre Bounce Attendences (8 total)
O’Brien/McAndrew/Edwards: 8
Dowling: 7
Dawson/Rachele/Peatling: 6
Soligo: 5
Rankine: 4
Berry/Foot: 3

Q2 - Teams

Blue
FB: Bond Murray Worrell
HB: Laird Murray Milera
_C: Cumming Dawson Marsh
HF: N-Bullen Thilthorpe Rankine
FF: Pedlar Fogarty Walker
_R: McAndrew Berry Rachele
IN: Ah Chee Soligo Hinge Nankervis

Yellow
FB: Ryan Butts Michalanney
HB: Cook Borlase Sholl
_C: Drury Dowling Jones
HF: Taylor Welsh Cotton
FF: Murray Maley Ludowyke
_R: O’Brien Peatling Edwards
IN: Foot Bell McGuane Strachan

Q2 - Goals
Blue - Neal-Bullen 2, Ah Chee 2, Pedlar 2, Marsh, Hinge, McAndrew
Yellow - none

Q2 - Centre Bounce Attendances (10 total)
McAndrew: 10
Rachele/O’Brien: 9
Soligo/Peatling/Foot: 8
Dowling/Edwards: 7
Berry: 5
Dawson/Rankine: 4
T.Murray: 1

As you can see, it was very much an A vs B scenario in both quarters. The only changes were in areas of contention - Butts vs Murray, Cook vs Nankervis, Jones vs Marsh and O’Brien vs McAndrew. No Keays, of course, plus each had no 23rd man.

Centre bounce numbers were also interesting. Rachele had the most of any non-rucks (15 of 18) for the Blue, which rotated an extra mid compared to the Yellow team. Rankine and Dawson weren’t given as much as usual (10 and eight respectively).

Guess this is a better time than any to talk rucks. McAndrew pantsed ROB in the centre, simple as that. In the 18 centre contest, McAndrew won 12 taps to ROB’s three. For the other three, one was indiscriminate while on two occasions Rob gave away a free to McAndrew.

Around the ground it was much more even - Rob probably had the edge at boundary throw ins - but it was quite stark at centre bounce. McAndrew would just jump too high for Rob almost every time.

A bunch of player thoughts:

1. Jones - got the A team wing spot first-up but didn’t do much with it. Very quiet across both quarters, which isn’t rare for Chayce unfortunately.

3. Berry - similar to last Friday, was pretty solid. Had one poor inside 50 but buttered up later on with a nice assist to Ah Chee. Also kicked a snap goal courtesy of a lovely pass from Thilthorpe. Used his pace a couple of times to burst out of traffic, including a centre clearance straight to Tex on the lead.

4. Ah Chee - game time was slightly restricted but he was typically sharp when on the ground. Bagged two goals and would’ve had a couple more if not for some near misses. Handed off to Neal-Bullen for one of his goals as well.

8. Rachele - I thought he was the standout today, and he was great on Monday as well. Seems in really good touch. Work-rate was excellent and won a few centre clearances where he used his agility to make his own space. Set up several goals with excellent forward entries.

10. Pedlar - didn’t really get into it until late where he bagged a couple of majors, but I thought his pressure game was good today and was unlucky on a couple of occasions. Did an excellent run down tackle on Ryan.

11. Edwards - won a couple of hard balls but otherwise was a bit of a non-entity despite getting a lot of midfield time. Seemed a bit fumbly and went to ground too much in the centre. Needs to do better going forward.

12. Dawson - uncharacteristically panicky on a couple of occasions in tight, handballing to the opposition. Still had some good moments but was overall on the quieter side. Played a decent chunk forward and kicked a snag.

14. Soligo - got better and better as the game wore on. Kicking was very good despite the wind and importantly found plenty of easy ball around the ground. Covering the grass much better than the back half of last year. Good signs.

15. Cook - had a couple of nice moments with the ball playing for the Blue side, but wouldn’t say he really stamped himself. Nank was the better of the two today.

17. Welsh - similar to last week, had another patch where he got the ball four-five times in a 10 minute burst but again just threw it on the boot instead of summing the situation up. He’s getting more involved thanks to his improved tank, but the finesse just isn’t there.

19. Taylor - played the graveyard forward role for a much weaker side, but still managed to do some good things. Won a few excellent hard balls and also laid a great tackle on Milera that was rewarded. Hit the post with a late snap on the run. Would’ve liked to see him get some midfield time like last Friday.

20. Hinge - made a couple of blues by foot including a howler in Q1 which led to Marsh’s first goal. On the flip side, laid a ripping tackle on Nankervis who was about to do one of his runs through the corridor.

22. Ryan - we need to teach this lad better ball security. He’s not McHenry-levels, but he does lose the pill too easily when tackled. Makes it too easy for the umps to call holding the ball. Otherwise, was just ok. Won a good contest vs ANB but needs to get more involved offensively. He has the weapons.

25. Peatling - thought he was pretty industrious and won a few centre clearances, although a couple came from head-high tackles (big shock I know). Not sure if being in the B team is purely to get him more mid time or if he’s actually in selection danger. I wouldn’t have thought so, particularly with Curtin out for some time.

26. Marsh - now this one is interesting. Played mostly wing with some time forward, where he kicked two goals. The second was for the Blue team and came from a terrific pack mark. Exciting stuff. I think he may be an answer to our wing shortage. Perhaps a smokey for an early debut? I would’ve said unlikely but he looked good today working up and down the ground. And the fact he got a chance in the A side means he must be in our thoughts.

27. Nankervis - was ok for the Yellow team but really got going after swapping sides. His speed and willingness to use it is just so exciting. Also took a ripping pack mark. To be honest, his spot shouldn’t even be up for debate.

28. Neal-Bullen - played a bit closer to goal with no Keays, and Rachele playing bulk midfield time. Kicked the most for the day (three). Just a good player.

30. Milera - had a lot of ball go through him off half back, particularly in the first quarter. Good to see him hit up the corridor a fair bit, though we’re still not seeing much in the way of explosive running.

31. Dowling - thought he was pretty solid in the contest, much better than previous years. His improved size is definitely making a difference. Wasn’t easy finding much outside ball for the Yellow team so didn’t have a huge game, but I saw some clear signs of improvement.

33. Cotton - super quiet. Might still be a bit underdone due to soreness, but I think we are doing him a disservice playing forward. It’s a hard role for anyone let alone a bloke who hasn’t played footy in years. Free him up a little. I think he will make a good forward in time, but let’s get his touch and confidence up.

34. Ludowyke - had a bit of a mare unfortunately. Couldn’t hold his marks and even went the spoil at one point, his confidence clearly dented. I like the way he moves and competes but he needs to get those hands working better.

35. Borlase - speaking of mares. Cost two goals by letting the ball slip through his hands out the back. Needs to be a lot better than that in a contract year.

36. Maley - took a ripping mark on Worrell who he used as a jumping bag. Unfortunately missed the two shots on goal he had. He competes and his hands are usually excellent, but a player like him needs to cash in when he gets opportunities at goal because they will be pretty limited.

38. Sholl - after a great game on Friday, had a dog of one today. Didn’t get much of it and his kicking was woeful. Really seemed to struggle with the wind. Been good until now so needs to just write it off.

40. McGuane - had a couple of nice touches where he quickly summed up the situation. His vision and smarts are definitely there. Playing solely forward which is interesting. Makes it hard for him to really have any impact.

47. Foot - won a couple of centre clearances where he was able to use his strength and speed. Still too hesitant with ball in hand but he is quite exciting to watch when he gets it and sees space ahead to take the game on.

Overall best players were Rachele, Neal-Bullen, Soligo, McAndrew and Ah Chee, with nods to Peatling, Nankervis and Milera (and Marsh for showing some exciting signs).

McGuane or Foot, who wins the spot so far this preseason ?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

So who is our best ruckman going forward with the new ruck rules...

 

[bigman]

McGuane or Foot, who wins the spot so far this preseason ?

Foot, though I have some reservations.

Would like to keep McGuane on as part of our reserves program, if allowed.

 

[Peter Doherty]

A result of the Curtin injury is they are going all in on fast tracking Rachele in the midfield?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

A result of the Curtin injury is they are going all in on fast tracking Rachele in the midfield?

Hope so.

Not as a full-time midfielder, but we should be looking to use him say half the time as a mid & half up forward.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

McGuane or Foot, who wins the spot so far this preseason ?

Or are we considering someone training on with another club...

 

[1990crow]

A result of the Curtin injury is they are going all in on fast tracking Rachele in the midfield?

They should have without the injury.

 

[Cromulant]

So who is our best ruckman going forward with the new ruck rules...

I think (hope) we'll see some of McAndrew in the senior side in the trials

 

[WaynesWorld19]

34. Ludowyke - had a bit of a mare unfortunately. Couldn’t hold his marks and even went the spoil at one point, his confidence clearly dented. I like the way he moves and competes but he needs to get those hands working better.

Many thanks for the report ...... unfortunately, two grabbing marks has been a characteristic of Ludowyke's U18 year

These are not high pressure marks he's two grabbing either .....if he can't fix this aspect of his game, he won't have an AFL career .....much like Gollant

The other aspect with him is, he appears to have issues around his self-confidence .....one game, he looks all conquering, another game he can't do a thing right .....that IMO is a mental hurdle he needs to overcome

 

[FullyBigKPro]

Love your work bigman

Hoping Dowling comes on now in preseason to help fill the DC void...

Thank absolute Christ about Rankine and TT.... I can't cope with anymore PS injuries

 

[Mutineer]

 

[Cromulant]

So we now know that we'll have at least 2 changes from our Semi Final side.

1 of them will be filled by Cal Ah Chee, can only hope the other is filled by Edwards or Dowling.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Love your work bigman

Hoping Dowling comes on now in preseason to help fill the DC void...

Thank absolute Christ about Rankine and TT.... I can't cope with anymore PS injuries

Dowling ..Edwards ...or Nankervis

 

[MRB37]

ROB talking about giving away 4 frees at the centre bounces and not even knowing what they were for sounds fantastic. Sounds like they're still confused about what they can actually do at centre bounces.

It's bet it's gonna be like the stand rule when it first came in and it'll lead to an absolute boatload of frees before they get told to ease up on it.

 

[FR0GGY]

Hey everyone,

I’ll post my report later and get to your questions.

Two quarters of match sim today which was interesting viewing. Rankine is fine, but Thilthorpe hobbled off after a marking contest and didn’t come back on. Looked either knee or ankle. Don’t think it was severe or anything, but yeah, what a week huh.

Are we training on the car park?