Demonland

Forwards. Have been very impressed with Brown all summer. Trains hard and plays hard as we saw the other week. Won’t die for lack of trying.

That’s a wrap. Easy Captain’s Run session on the eve of our last Practice Match.

Looks like the main group is winding down with forwards having shots for goal. Couple of mids are doing one on ones from a tap down from the ruck. Couple of the defenders lining up to either have the ball drilled into the from Chaplin from close in or kicked high in the air.

Seconds back out on Gosch’s

Clarry in long sleeves.

Seconds doing some basic drills on the rugby oval next door.

Tactical drill without tackling. Very quick ball movement end to end. Skills look sharp but no pressure. Drills starting from different points of the ground. Most starting off with Bowey. Other drills starting from a ball up or throw in. Very uneven number of players in white singlets as the opposition. Most of them the coach and assistants.

Split into lines: Centre Bounce: Max, Viney, Trac, Langdon, Sparrow, Salem, Windsor Backs: May Lever, McVee, Bowey, Howes, Rivers, Tomlinson Forwards: JVR, Schache, Kozzy, ANB, Chandler, Laurie, Fritsch, Billings, K Brown

Players not in either group: Melksham, McAdam, Hunter, Spargo, Petty, Smith, B Brown, Turner

2nd Group (Also in Red): TMac, KFW, Sestan, Tholstrup, Hore, AMW, Adams, Fullarton, Verrell, Jefferson, Weowodin, Clarry!!!!

Second group of players coming over from AAMI.

Players on witches hats shaped in a diamond running and handballing to another player at another point in the diamond culminating in a player receiving and having a ping for goal on the run from 40 out.

Square drill player kicks to a player at another point on the square who marks and handballs to a running player who kicks to another point of the square etc. repeat Skills for the most part look sharp.

Not training with the Main Group Spargo, Hunter, Oliver, Melksham, Jefferson, McAdam, McDonald, Adams, Hore, Verrell, Smith, Fullarton, Petty, Sestan, Tholstrup, Woewodin, Turner, AMW, KFW, B Brown

Salem looking fit and sharp.

Split into 2 groups for warmups. No discernible groups as they are a mix of lines.

I’ll go out on a limb and say Clarry won’t play in Opening Round.

No Verrell so assume that Schache will be the backup ruck.

No Clarry in the main group

Main Group (Also in Red): Gawn, Viney, May, JVR, Lever, Petracca, McVee, Windsor, Billings, Langdon, Bowey, Schache, Rivers, ANB, Fritsch, Sparrow, Chandler, Kozzy, Laurie, K Brown, Tomlinson, Howes, Salem!!!

Boys should be out in about 5 mins

Early on the track in Red: Melksham & McAdam Melksham having shots at goal from 50 McAdam running laps as is Melksham now Can see Petty in Red walking back to AAMI

I’m at Gosch’s Paddock this morning for what I assume will be a Captain’s Run in the lead up to tomorrow night’s practice match against the Blues. Based on previous Captain’s Run training reports the squad that takes the field should be indicative of the lineup for the match at Ikon Park.

Training on the Saturday 11th March is still in 2028? 😜

Business like for the business end of the season.