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Also got an implied reference about Carey playing AFL, but the orange G definitely caught the eye.
 
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This seems like it will be a great listen for all fans ...


Heath Shaw’s decision to join the GIANTS will be looked upon as a key moment in the young club’s history. That’s according to inaugural GIANT James McDonald, who was part of the club’s coaching panel when Shaw and Shane Mumford were recruited to the club from Collingwood and Sydney at the end of 2013. McDonald believes the pair – who signed on after the GIANTS had won just one game in their second season – helped legitimise what the club was building, while adding energy, experience and leadership to a young group.

The story behind Shaw’s move from the Magpies to Greater Western Sydney is one of five that will feature in a new podcast series – Becoming GIANT, presented by Bingo Industries.

Lachie Whitfield, Matt de Boer, Daniel Lloyd and Zac Williams will tell the stories behind their move to the club in other episodes of the podcast.

  • Shaw talks through his delisting by Collingwood, the process of selecting the GIANTS as his second home and the long, stressful trade period that followed.
  • Whitfield was the second of three No. 1 draft picks in a row in 2012, and had fair warning that he would likely be moving to Sydney: the GIANTS told him in March of his draft year that they wanted him.
  • De Boer describes what it felt like to go from a regular, reliable member of the Fremantle side – and one of the team’s most influential leaders - to on the outer in the space of one season.
  • Lloyd’s story is different again – he wasn’t ready for professional football when he had a taste of it as a Western Bulldogs NSW scholarship player as a teenager.
  • Then there is Williams, who joined the GIANTS Academy in its very early days but had to prove himself in a tough few weeks of pre-season training before being taken on as a rookie.

The first episode of Becoming GIANT, featuring Shaw, will be available to stream or download on Sunday. :thumbsu:
 

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This seems like it will be a great listen for all fans ...


Heath Shaw’s decision to join the GIANTS will be looked upon as a key moment in the young club’s history. That’s according to inaugural GIANT James McDonald, who was part of the club’s coaching panel when Shaw and Shane Mumford were recruited to the club from Collingwood and Sydney at the end of 2013. McDonald believes the pair – who signed on after the GIANTS had won just one game in their second season – helped legitimise what the club was building, while adding energy, experience and leadership to a young group.

The story behind Shaw’s move from the Magpies to Greater Western Sydney is one of five that will feature in a new podcast series – Becoming GIANT, presented by Bingo Industries.

Lachie Whitfield, Matt de Boer, Daniel Lloyd and Zac Williams will tell the stories behind their move to the club in other episodes of the podcast.

  • Shaw talks through his delisting by Collingwood, the process of selecting the GIANTS as his second home and the long, stressful trade period that followed.
  • Whitfield was the second of three No. 1 draft picks in a row in 2012, and had fair warning that he would likely be moving to Sydney: the GIANTS told him in March of his draft year that they wanted him.
  • De Boer describes what it felt like to go from a regular, reliable member of the Fremantle side – and one of the team’s most influential leaders - to on the outer in the space of one season.
  • Lloyd’s story is different again – he wasn’t ready for professional football when he had a taste of it as a Western Bulldogs NSW scholarship player as a teenager.
  • Then there is Williams, who joined the GIANTS Academy in its very early days but had to prove himself in a tough few weeks of pre-season training before being taken on as a rookie.

The first episode of Becoming GIANT, featuring Shaw, will be available to stream or download on Sunday. :thumbsu:

If it’s half as good as her other two Giants podcasts then it will still be twice as good as almost anything else out there.
 
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Latest GWS Giants news throughout the 2020 AFL season
Ben Horne, The Daily Telegraph
June 2, 2020 9:17pm

GWS Giants have made a bold move to become the first sporting club in Australia to welcome patrons back to matches.

It will still be some time until the masses can return, but GWS is hopeful provisions can be made for up to 350 corporate guests to be let into Giants Stadium as early as their first game back against North Melbourne on June 14.

The GWS Giants are making a big, big sound in the AFL and we’re keeping you in the know with up-to-the-minute news from out of GIANTS Stadium. If your all about the team from the west of the town, this is where you need to be.

Giants Stadium venue operators the Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) are confident that a NSW government ruling on Monday that 50 people are now allowed in restaurants will apply in the same way to their hospitality facilities.

The plan is pending the RAS securing a government sign-off.

GWS chief executive David Matthews is keen to make the distinction that this is a small selection of people and not the gates being opened for crowds, but the Giants are still poised to lead the way by taking a major first step back towards normality at the footy.

“We are doing some work at the moment which suggests that as early as round two we might be able to make some corporate hospitality offerings,” Matthews told The Daily Telegraph.

“We’re in discussions with the AFL about that at the moment. The hospitality arrangements in NSW obviously are different to Victoria. What’s opened up a little bit here gives us an opportunity at Giants Stadium with the appropriate measures in place … so we’re just exploring that at the moment.

“If you can fit in (up to 350 people) who are essentially doing what you do in a restaurant, which is dining at an appropriate distance and following the relevant protocols, we’re very keen to explore that at the moment.”

Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V’landys has bullishly outlined his plans to get crowds back at NRL games by July 1 and has stated that allowing corporate guests and club members back would be the first step.

But GWS could be the sporting club that gets the ball rolling with corporates against the Kangaroos, and the club is eager to reward the loyalty shown by sponsors and commercial partners during such a difficult time.

The Giants briefed the AFL on their plans yesterday and the club will prepare modelling around getting 350 guests and coterie group members into various corporate boxes at the Sydney Olympic Park venue. The RAS will seek approval from the NSW government.

“We’ve got a huge base of corporates and coterie group members who buy corporate hospitality as part of their entitlements at Giants Stadium. And we’re really keen to provide that (to them) if it’s able to be done,” Matthews said. “Our landlords are the RAS and the RAS is governed by NSW legislation. If the NSW government allowed the RAS to do it, then I can’t see anybody particularly trying to block it.

“But obviously if it’s an issue that remains with the AFL, which I can’t foresee, or any issue with the health authorities or the government, then it’s an obvious thing not to do it. But if they gave us the green light then we’d absolutely look to pursue it.”
 




Latest GWS Giants news throughout the 2020 AFL season
Ben Horne, The Daily Telegraph
June 2, 2020 9:17pm

GWS Giants have made a bold move to become the first sporting club in Australia to welcome patrons back to matches.

It will still be some time until the masses can return, but GWS is hopeful provisions can be made for up to 350 corporate guests to be let into Giants Stadium as early as their first game back against North Melbourne on June 14.

The GWS Giants are making a big, big sound in the AFL and we’re keeping you in the know with up-to-the-minute news from out of GIANTS Stadium. If your all about the team from the west of the town, this is where you need to be.

Giants Stadium venue operators the Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) are confident that a NSW government ruling on Monday that 50 people are now allowed in restaurants will apply in the same way to their hospitality facilities.

The plan is pending the RAS securing a government sign-off.

GWS chief executive David Matthews is keen to make the distinction that this is a small selection of people and not the gates being opened for crowds, but the Giants are still poised to lead the way by taking a major first step back towards normality at the footy.

“We are doing some work at the moment which suggests that as early as round two we might be able to make some corporate hospitality offerings,” Matthews told The Daily Telegraph.

“We’re in discussions with the AFL about that at the moment. The hospitality arrangements in NSW obviously are different to Victoria. What’s opened up a little bit here gives us an opportunity at Giants Stadium with the appropriate measures in place … so we’re just exploring that at the moment.

“If you can fit in (up to 350 people) who are essentially doing what you do in a restaurant, which is dining at an appropriate distance and following the relevant protocols, we’re very keen to explore that at the moment.”

Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V’landys has bullishly outlined his plans to get crowds back at NRL games by July 1 and has stated that allowing corporate guests and club members back would be the first step.

But GWS could be the sporting club that gets the ball rolling with corporates against the Kangaroos, and the club is eager to reward the loyalty shown by sponsors and commercial partners during such a difficult time.

The Giants briefed the AFL on their plans yesterday and the club will prepare modelling around getting 350 guests and coterie group members into various corporate boxes at the Sydney Olympic Park venue. The RAS will seek approval from the NSW government.

“We’ve got a huge base of corporates and coterie group members who buy corporate hospitality as part of their entitlements at Giants Stadium. And we’re really keen to provide that (to them) if it’s able to be done,” Matthews said. “Our landlords are the RAS and the RAS is governed by NSW legislation. If the NSW government allowed the RAS to do it, then I can’t see anybody particularly trying to block it.

“But obviously if it’s an issue that remains with the AFL, which I can’t foresee, or any issue with the health authorities or the government, then it’s an obvious thing not to do it. But if they gave us the green light then we’d absolutely look to pursue it.”

Looking good for us next week, well there will be some very lucky people next Sunday

Fingers crossed can manage a game in the 1st month of play 🤞

 
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Sydney and GWS were fighting for their very existence after coronavirus shutdown


Above water Sydney might have maintained all the grace of a Swan, but under it they were paddling furiously for their very lives.
The Sunday Telegraph can reveal one of the strongest clubs in Australian sport faced the prospect of insolvency at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic unless urgent action was taken.

It was a secret fight for survival that defines the ruthlessness of a financial crisis which has caused billions of dollars of damage across all codes.

Coming into 2020, the Sydney Swans were in the best financial position in the proud club’s 146-year history.

Yet less than 48 hours after an undermanned outfit rallied for a famous round one victory over Adelaide, club bosses were racing the clock in a financial emergency as genuine as when flamboyant former owner Geoffrey Edelsten left the Swans on the brink of bankruptcy in the early 1990s.


“There were real concerns,” Swans chairman Andrew Pridham said about the days that followed the indefinite postponement of the competition. Are we going to be able to survive this?

“It was serious and real and scary. We didn’t know where it was going to go.”


Chief executive Tom Harley spoke to Pridham on the phone 10 times a day, bunkered in a war room at Swans headquarters from first light until late night, alongside COO Drew Arthurson, coach John Longmire and head of football Charlie Gardiner.


“Just phone call after phone call and none of it pleasant,” says Longmire, as Harley and Gardiner bore the brunt of telling dozens of staff members they were stood down with no certainty as to when or even if they would return.

Sydney were forced to immediately surrender their lease for a $65 million training and administration facility at Moore Park, and started burning through cash reserves they’d spent the past 20 years building.

Along with the pragmatism of the board, significant announcements ultimately saved them: A federal government package which protected board directors from any personal liability for trading while insolvent and a critical line of credit secured from the banks by the AFL.

“In effect it ensured our solvency,” says Harley.

Up until that point we had no assurance of our going concern. It was pretty hairy there for a couple of weeks. We were very much in survival mode.”

THE GIANT JOB OUT WEST
Across town the AFL’s youngest club, GWS Giants, were also discovering the new definition of backs to the wall.

“The club is very resilient. Built on confronting a lot of challenges,” says chief executive David Matthews.

“But nothing like this.”

The Giants’ smaller size has worked to its advantage in terms of financial survival.

Their position was assured the moment AFL Chairman Richard Goyder gave a definitive opening address at the first meeting of club heavyweights in the wake of the crisis.

“’We have 18 clubs going into this disaster, and we’re going to have 18 clubs coming out of it. That is it,’” recalls GWS chairman Tony Shepherd of Goyder’s call to arms.

But merely “coming out of it” was not going to cut it if the COVID disaster destroyed the milestone advancements the club had made in nine years of blood, sweat and tears in rugby league heartland.

“My starting point as the leader of an organisation was, ‘how do we protect what we’ve built as a club?’ ” says Matthews.

“How do we protect jobs? How do we protect our revenue base and continue to thrive? As a young club and as a start-up, we were less exposed on things like ticketing revenue than a number of the big clubs, and in some ways were better placed to weather the storm. But I think the Sydney market becomes more important to the AFL going forward now. You’ve got to recalibrate costs, but try not to back away from investments.”

THE V’LANDYS EFFECT
For years the AFL has feasted on the NRL’s bumbling incompetence and made ominous inroads into enemy territory. But now there’s a new sheriff in town.

The canonisation of Peter V’landys for the minor miracle he’s performed in getting rugby league back has been scorned inside the AFL’s gilded bubble in Victoria. But not by the heavyweights who are directly competing against him in the same city.

Respective club chairmen, Shepherd and Pridham, praise V’landys as “outstanding” and have urged the AFL not to slow its mission in NSW, despite the inevitable financial cutbacks that loom.

“I think if I was Peter V’landys I’d be hoping the AFL did (pause) because I think that would be very much to their benefit,” says Pridham.

“Rugby league are formidable opponents, they’re going to get their act together. The biggest issue for the AFL in NSW is facilities. We need more ovals.”

THE HUMAN TOLL
Swans coach John Longmire has been involved in football at the highest level for over 30 years and has never experienced anything tougher than the crushing human impact of the virus.

“It was tough on us but the people you’re telling and their families, they’re the ones that really felt it,” Longmire said.

“To not have an answer for the people you’re standing down, other than it’s just a number. That can be challenging to hear.”

Club legends Tadhg Kennelly and Stuart Maxfield are among those stood down and the stress hit home quite literally for Swans young gun Nick Blakey, whose father John is part of Sydney’s coaching staff.

“That was tough,” he says.

“Not knowing whether dad would even have a job when we go back to training was just a weird situation to be in.”


Over at GWS, a new reality suddenly hit for the competition high flyers.

“You go from being in this certain world, playing in a grand final nine months ago, and then suddenly … 80 per cent of our staff were stood down,” says Giants coach, Leon Cameron. “That wrenches at you, because you have great people who have families and wives and kids they have to feed and want to know, ‘what’s happening in a month’s time? What’s happening at the end of the year?’ There was so much stress.”

THE PLAYERS

Fresh from their round one win, Giants stars Stephen Coniglio, Heath Shaw and Toby Greene were kicking back to watch former teammate Jon Patton play his first match for Hawthorn on TV when phones started buzzing on Sunday afternoon.

“That’s where we were when the season got postponed,” says Coniglio, who then made a mad dash to the airport to get home to family in Perth before he would have been quarantined on Rottnest Island.

The roller-coaster of emotions took a while to sink in for GWS rookie Tom Green, who packed up his things and drove back to Canberra hours after sneaking in a debut that very nearly never happened.

Coach Cameron was powerless to do anything about the unavoidable fact some of his players dispersed around the country would not have access to the weights needed to stay AFL ready.

Sydney co-captain Luke Parker says there’s no escaping the fact players have been rocked by the unprecedented environment they now find themselves in.

“It just shows how quickly things can be taken away from you.”


WHAT NOW?
GWS are set to welcome spectators back to Giants Stadium for next week’s season restart. Sydney has launched a campaign called “Bloods 2020” aimed at extending a moniker historically sacred to the playing group, to convince members to stick solid in what will be the first year in more than a decade that the Swans finish the season in debt.

The fight is far from over but Parker sums up the belief on both sides of the Anzac Bridge, that the Swans and Giants will eventually thrive once more.

“My hope for next year is it will be one of the biggest years in football.”
 

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It’s not a bad time to be a Cameron out at Greater Western Sydney.

Whether you’re the Coleman Medal-winning superstar, or the namesake coach hoping to go along for the ride.

Jeremy Cameron is one of the biggest off-contract names in the competition, and Leon Cameron is hoping he might be able to cheekily pinch a couple of zeroes before he puts pen to paper himself.


“I might try to loop in with Jeremy’s contract and say the two Camerons can get seven years,” Cameron quipped.

“I don’t think that’s going to happen for me … but I might jump on his back and see what happens. See if we can do a two-for-one deal.”

In a bizarre piece of irony, Leon is Jeremy Cameron’s father’s name, which should help the Giants coach with any attempt at identity theft.

But the fact is, he doesn’t need to worry — he is a man in demand himself.

Cameron coached through last year’s finals without a contract beyond 2020, a pressure which didn’t appear to get to the 47-year-old.

After passing that test with flying colours, an extension is waiting for Cameron, pending the AFL lifting its embargo on signings post the COVID-19 drama.

Cameron says being off contract for the Giants’ run for the grand final had no impact on his mindset, but it’s only strengthened his belief he is the man to deliver the club their premiership.

“Nah not really. In all my time at the footy club I’ve normally signed extended contracts a year out. And so back when the finals were on I was still a year out. I still had another (year on the) contract,” Cameron said ahead of round one’s clash against North Melbourne.

“It definitely wasn’t a driving motivation. In terms of that contract that’s been put on hold for players and for myself it’s what it’s. That doesn’t worry me at all.

“I have great confidence that when that time comes that’ll be picked up again and nutted out.

“I’ve got great confidence in the footy club and great confidence I’m the right person to lead the Giants.

“Ultimately we get judged every week and every year and hopefully these opening couple of rounds we’re playing a really good brand of footy.

“I’m confident we will be. We’re fit, we’re healthy, and we look forward to the Kangaroos.”


ARE VICTORIAN CLUBS JEALOUS OF GIANTS’ AUDACIOUS CROWD BID?
The club that spearheaded the return for sporting crowds in Australia has received the green light by the NSW Government to host spectators at Sunday’s AFL relaunch at Giants Stadium.

GWS have been granted permission to accommodate a couple of hundred fans for their round two clash against North Melbourne after starting the ball rolling for AFL and NRL clubs to follow early last week.

The Giants contacted the Government immediately after restrictions were lifted to allow 50 people into restaurants – confident the same regulations would apply to corporate facilities at their Sydney Olympic Park Stadium.

Off the back of that the NRL had secured access for fans for this weekend of action and the Sydney Swans are also exploring options to get spectators into the SCG for their first match back against Essendon.

It’s understood that GWS will have a significant number of members allowed through the gates along with corporate guests.


Melbourne clubs have traditionally loved pointing the finger at perceived privileges given to GWS, but in the return from the COVID pandemic, North Melbourne boss Ben Amarfio said the Giants should be supported for their initiative.

“Good on them. Brisbane are trying to do the same. We’re all in the same boat. We all desperately want our fans and sponsors back and we’re all busting a gut to try and get our fans into the games,” said Amarfio.

“No (we don’t see it as unfair at all). They’ve got different State restrictions and good luck to them.

“One of the great things about this whole thing has been the amount of collaboration between all the clubs and the AFL.


“If the Government approves it and the AFL approves it we’re certainly not going to kick up a (fuss). The fact is we’re all going to be pushing for the same thing at some point.”

Amarfio is dealing with the other end of the spectrum where the Kangaroos may not even be allowed to let in families of debutants and milestone players for their matches in Melbourne. But said that’s no need to stand in the way of what other clubs are trying to achieve.

“There’s a great spirit of togetherness and a great spirit of working together to get through the problems (of COVID-19),” he said.

“I’ve never seen anything like that in a competitive environment, seeing competitors working so well together. It’s no issue for us.”

The AFL told the Daily Telegraph yesterday they had no issue with what the Giants were trying to do, and GWS are hopeful of getting a final sign-off from the NSW Government today.

It’s expected the Sydney Swans will also have a select number of supporters allowed into the SCG for their Sunday return game against Essendon.

NRL boss Peter V’landys has also declared fans will be back at rugby league matches this weekend, but it was the Giants who got the ball rolling last week as they outlined their plan to make the most of NSW Government legislation allowing 50 people inside restaurants, and applying to corporate facilities at their Stadium.

Canned crowd noises have done their best to liven up the NRL this season, but it’ll be a welcome change to hear some real voices, even if they’re small in number.

The SCG has done its own investigation into socially distanced crowds and are hopeful of being allowed crowds of a couple of thousand people within the next couple of months.


TWO IN FIVE DAYS AFTER 14 MONTHS OUT: WARD’S CHALLENGE
The crunch decision on whether to inject GWS superstar Callan Ward after 14 months in the wilderness could hinge on whether the Giants feel he can play two matches in five days.

Ward is firming for a return in round two against North Melbourne on Sunday after carving up in a Giants intra-squad match on the weekend.

The 30-year-old was originally tracking for a return in mid-April, meaning with the added benefit of the COVID-19 break, there is little doubt over the strength of Ward’s knee following an extensive rehabilitation from ACL surgery early last season.

However, the schedule is presenting some food for thought for the Giants’ brain-trust who are planning out the scenario of whether Ward could back-up from Sunday’s Kangaroos clash into a Friday-night blockbuster against his former side the Western Bulldogs.


Holding Ward back another week will be tough based on the way onlookers say he sizzled against Giants teammates in a scratch match on Saturday.

Coach Leon Cameron said last week he would be putting plenty of stock in the practice game when it came to not only Ward’s selection, but Zac Williams as well.

Williams appears even more certain to play round two than Ward, given the off-season injury he suffered was nowhere near as serious.

Cameron told the Daily Telegraph last week he would be putting faith in Ward to know his own body.

“Callan (Ward) has been around long enough to know that if he feels as though he’s ready to go and he’s confident, and we see that in his actions, then he’ll be putting his hand up,” said Cameron.

There are some huge decisions to be made by Cameron and the GWS coaching staff this week – with Ward and Williams’ pending returns meaning young guns Tom Green, Jye Caldwell, Jackson Hately and Lachlan Ash will be fighting for limited spots.
 
Strange that. Or is it?
From a purely business point of view, it's not really. There's a lot less overhead in maintaining people in head office as opposed to various branch locations.
 
Great stuff about our youngsters in the practice match v Swans.

I’m a new Giants fan, tomorrow’s my first game :)


Strong Hit-Out Against Swans
GIANTS youngsters push their case for AFL selection.


The GIANTS players not selected in the AFL side have had a successful hit-out against cross-town rivals the Swans at Tom Wills Oval.

It looks to be the first of a series of practice matches against the Swans with the NEAFL competition cancelled for 2020.

At the moment the two NSW clubs are restricted to playing practice matches against each other for their players not selected to play in the AFL.

It was a 16-a-side hit-out that spread across three 20-minute quarters with GIANTS Development Coach Luke Kelly taking the coaching reins and pleased with the performance of his side.

“It was a strong, contested hit-out with both teams playing at a pretty good pace.” Kelly said.

“It was played in the right spirit, everyone had a crack to put their hands up for senior selection.

“They were able to show the benefits of the work they did in the eight weeks off.

“Every time these boys play they’re getting closer and closer to keeping the pressure on everyone playing AFL.”

Player Summary by Development Coach Luke Kelly

Lachie Ash

“He just continued his strong development off half-back. He put together a great pre-season and had a good eight weeks off and it’s another positive step to push towards AFL at some stage this year.”

Jackson Hately

“He was strong inside, he just keeps getting better and better inside the contest. He was strong, tackled well and his hands were clean.”


Tommy Sheridan

“It was good to get a full game into him and get him to show what we know he’s capable of. He played a great role on the wing as the most senior bloke in the midfield. He was able to provide good leadership and direction and get his hands on it himself and use it as we know he can.”

Tom Green

“He responded well after missing out on senior selection this week. He took up a bit of a leadership role in the midfield early. He attacks the ball, always. He’s a strong tackler and is able to get forward as well. He’s running as well as he ever has which is a benefit of the eight weeks off.”

Zac Langdon

“Another one that fought back through being dropped and came with the right mindset. We know what we get with Zac week-in, week-out and he proved again why he’s an AFL calibre player.”

Matt Buntine

“‘Bunts’ was rock-solid and continues to show why we trust him. He’ll be pressing his case in the next few weeks.”

Lachlan Keeffe

“He’s in the Buntine mould, he played a lot of footy for us last year and continues to be a model of consistency and he’s ready to go when called upon.”

Jake Riccardi

“‘Ricca’ had about seven or eight shots on goal, and is a developing key forward that is benefiting from a good pre-season and a good eight-weeks off. If you can run as a key forward, you can create opportunities. You’d love to be playing in the midfield because every time you look up he’s coming straight at you.”

Zach Sproule

“He worked hard all day and got some benefit on the scoreboard. He’s another one who has continued to take a step after getting a taste AFL last year. He’s booming along and ready when called upon.”

Kieren Briggs

“He started slowly in the first five minutes but when he lifted, we lifted. They kicked three of the first four but he took it upon himself at the centre bounce to really lift and his follow-up around the ground was outstanding. It was great to have a big man that can join in as well as provide a contest and give our mids first-use, he just got better and better as the game went on.”

Xavier O’Halloran

“It was the best game I’ve seen him play in GIANTS colours. He has power and speed inside and he was clean. He brought teammates into it and used the footy as well as we could have asked.”

Nick Shipley

“He continues to develop into a really strong wingman for us. He does all the team things, all the one-percenters and fundamentals and he’s starting to reap the rewards on the offensive side of it. Another one that will continue to keep pressing his case as the year goes on.”

Bobby Hill

“Bobby’s probably right there on the brink for AFL selection and he brought that AFL level of intensity and work-rate. He’s benefited from the eight weeks off and is running better than he did in pre-season. If Bobby gets to more contests he has more of an impact because he’s a quality player."

Connor Idun

“Connor continues to develop down back holding up that key defensive post. He was able to play tall and small today. He organised, continues to chop out and help his teammates and is taking another step on his AFL journey.”


Jake Stein

“He had an interrupted pre-season and lead-in so he’s benefited from the eight weeks off. He’s come back in and worked well in the back group, he reads it well and can mark it and he’s one that the more footy he plays, he’ll keep pushing to get back in like he did last year.”

Jack Buckley

“He gets better and better every time he plays football. He’s running well, he’s quick, he’s clean and he’s launching at it. His ball use is getting better and better every week.”
 
Very interesting - never any intentions of signing up for Amazon Prime but this might just about convince me

Behind the scenes sport docos like Drive to Survive and Sunderland til I die have been a massive success on Netflix. The former being known for bringing a lot of interest to the sport.
 

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