Preview Pre-Season 2022

[Giant Strides]

When are players due back?

Haven’t seen any time frames.
Don’t they usually go on break from a week after the draft until beginning of Jan? I could be completely wrong. More than likely.

Im sure I saw an article (but I can't find it) that had early year players returning early Dec

Dates are stickied in our list management thread. COVID may have caused us to adjust return dates, or because we made finals we might be a touch later:

AFL Pre-Season Commences (First to fourth year players)
Monday November 22

National Draft
Round 1: Wednesday November 24 (7pm)
Round 2–end: Thursday November 25 (7pm)

Preseason and Rookie Drafts
Friday November 26 (3.20pm)

Final List Lodgement
Monday November 29

Pre-Season Commences (All other players)
Monday December 6

Pre-Season Christmas Break
Sunday December 19 - Sunday January 9

 

[Giant Pete]

Who do you think will make up the top 5 of the 2km time trial when everyone’s back?

I’m going with:
Angwin
Hamilton
Kelly
Taranto
Whitfield

 

[Orange crush]

Who do you think will make up the top 5 of the 2km time trial when everyone’s back?

I’m going with:
Angwin
Hamilton
Kelly
Taranto
Whitfield

you’d think Callaghan might be up there

 

[Giant Strides]

Who do you think will make up the top 5 of the 2km time trial when everyone’s back?

I’m going with:
Angwin
Hamilton
Kelly
Taranto
Whitfield

you’d think Callaghan might be up there

And Fahey, too. You'd hope he & Finn would be keen to impress first up.

So, tomorrow's 2km run will be missing the older statesmen Kelly, Taranto & Whitfield (presumably). I reckon, Angwin Hamilton Fahey Callaghan O'Halloran likely in the top finishers.

 

[GWS Goose]

And Fahey, too. You'd hope he & Finn would be keen to impress first up.

So, tomorrow's 2km run will be missing the older statesmen Kelly, Taranto & Whitfield (presumably). I reckon, Angwin Hamilton Fahey Callaghan O'Halloran likely in the top finishers.

That ll be pretty close.

 

[Colonial]

 

[Colonial]

And so it starts

 

[GWS Goose]

who won that??

 

[PMBangers]

Draftees not taking part, is that usual for us?

Looking through the instagram story and Vruhn is looking bigger

 

[Hendo_21]

Draftees not taking part, is that usual for us?

Looking through the instagram story and Vruhn is looking bigger
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Jeez he looks quite toned, cool to see he's been working hard in the off-season

 

[GWS Goose]

Draftees not taking part, is that usual for us?

Looking through the instagram story and Vruhn is looking bigger
View attachment 1289365

Maybe the proximity of the Draft to the training session combined with the Covid restrictions might hae made it difficult for them to be there.

 

[Giant Strides]

who won that??

Article here - GIANTS Hit the Track (gwsgiants.com.au)

1st - Lachie Ash
2nd - Xavier O'Halloran
3rd - Jake Riccardi
4th - Tom Green
5th - Conor Stone

PBs by Keiran Briggs and Cam Fleeton.

Draftees didn't run, but were there - arrived on Saturday. Article says they and a couple of others who sat out today will run next week with the whole group.

 

[Orange crush]

Maybe the proximity of the Draft to the training session combined with the Covid restrictions might hae made it difficult for them to be there.

Today was their first day at the club .... so maybe masked up as you suggest

 

[Orange crush]

Article here - GIANTS Hit the Track (gwsgiants.com.au)

1st - Lachie Ash
2nd - Xavier O'Halloran
3rd - Jake Riccardi
4th - Tom Green
5th - Conor Stone

PBs by Keiran Briggs and Cam Fleeton.

Draftees didn't run, but were there - arrived on Saturday. Article says they and a couple of others who sat out today will run next week with the whole group.

Love how Tom Green seems an aerobic gun

 

[Giant Strides]

Love how Tom Green seems an aerobic gun

We ran a relatively low ToG % for him last year - hopefully he gets a normal allocation this year; if so, reckon we'll start to see him impose himself on games.

 

[Orange crush]

We ran a relatively low ToG % for him last year - hopefully he gets a normal allocation this year; if so, reckon we'll start to see him impose himself on games.

Yeah, saw he only played 70% TOG ... and some of that as a forward ... expect a LOT bigger influence this year

 

[Andre the Giant]

Ash is a class act and really started to shine at the end of the season. He is primed to go to the next level and with the bigger tank spend more time in the middle. Bruhn looks super.

 

[GWS Goose]

Article here - GIANTS Hit the Track (gwsgiants.com.au)

1st - Lachie Ash
2nd - Xavier O'Halloran
3rd - Jake Riccardi
4th - Tom Green
5th - Conor Stone

PBs by Keiran Briggs and Cam Fleeton.

Draftees didn't run, but were there - arrived on Saturday. Article says they and a couple of others who sat out today will run next week with the whole group.

No mention of Angwin, you'd expect he'd be solidly in the top 5 if there, wonder if he was unavailable for some reason

 

[Giant Strides]

No mention of Angwin, you'd expect he'd be solidly in the top 5 if there, wonder if he was unavailable for some reason

The article mentioned a few guys sat out for unspecified reasons. We did have one guy test positive for COVID - unnamed. Just trying to recall if I saw his face anywhere in the video - but I don't think so, so he might have been missing.

 

[Giant Pete]

There’s going to be a few players stiff not to be playing in the ones.

 

[Orange crush]

There’s going to be a few players stiff not to be playing in the ones.

A good position to be in again

 

[Colonial]

 

[Gigantic]

Oh man, imagine Tom Green

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Tom Green

Age

23

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

3star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

5star

with a tank on him.

 

[Pres]

There’s going to be a few players stiff not to be playing in the ones.

Wait till the injuries hit. They'll all get their chance.

 

[Giant Strides]