by Tom McConville | May 30, 2014 | Media-Updates
From career-best form to the rehabilitation group, Jarrad Grant has seen highs and lows in the past nine months but the forward is making steady gains towards a senior football return. Increasing his match fitness over the past two games at Footscray in the VFL, the...
by Tom McConville | May 26, 2014 | Media-Updates
Finally Launceston’s No. 5 draft pick Kade Kolodjashnij has been officially recognised as one of the best young players in the AFL. The 18-year-old Gold Coast running defender, overlooked for a nomination in his past two games despite strong outings, was last...
by Tom McConville | May 19, 2014 | Media-Updates
Debut games are not only for the player. While Ben Lennon, the 18-year-old Tiger, waited nervously on the subs bench, his family waited nervously in the MCG grandstands for the moment young Ben had been dreaming of for a very long time. The whole family was there —...
by Tom McConville | May 15, 2014 | Media-Updates
Kevin McFarlane’s first-hand experience of Jamie Elliott amounts to just nine weeks, but is sufficient to convince him that Collingwood’s exciting small forward possesses uncommon mettle. “If you’re asking me can that kid get up a gear, can he...
by Tom McConville | May 8, 2014 | Media-Updates
Captain Jed Adcock’s on-field leadership role at the Brisbane Lions has become even more important following a spate of injuries to the Club’s more senior players. With Jonathan Brown and Ash McGrath sidelined, Adcock was the most experience Lions player on the field...