Pie pick's persistence pays

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He was a kid at the start of the year we were seriously considering not listing."He was out of the team for round one.
"We had doubts about his kicking."
Allison told the youngster to stay on his family trip, enjoy the camping and return to training the next week.
Hunter had other ideas.
He was desperate to break into the starting line-up and sent a text message to his coach to say he would make it to Princes Park in Carlton for the first bounce at 11.30 the next morning.
"He text messaged Marty and said, 'I want to be part of the Cannons team so bad'," Villani said.
"Marty was so impressed he's still got the text message saved on his phone."
Hunter rotated from the bench to the back pocket.
He collected eight kicks and five handballs, and was a tackling machine with six to his credit.
"He didn't leave the side after that," Villani said.
"To turn it around in the space of 12 months is unbelievable. Collingwood have got a ripper."

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