Former AFL player’s PBC plan

He’s a former AFL player but Palm Beach Currumbin’s new coach is keeping his plans simple.

NEW Palm Beach Currumbin coach Jess Sinclair says he won’t be radically changing the list or playing style of a Lions side who are gunning for a third straight QAFL flag this year.

Sinclair was officially announced as the man to replace former senior coach Chad Owens yesterday, taking his first training session at Salk Oval as the club brings in a new era.

The former AFL player has secured one of the most sought after coaching positions in Queensland footy but Sinclair admitted he was unaware of the quality of the QAFL after spending the last few years coaching in Victoria.

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Time spent watching the club’s 2018 grand final win over Broadbeach changed that.

“To be honest you don’t hear much about QAFL back home and I was little oblivious to what it was like,” Sinclair said.

“It’s only starting to hit home now how much of a powerhouse (Palm Beach Currumbin) are. “I watched vision of the grand final and I was taken aback by how high the quality of football was.

New Palm Beach Currumbin QAFL coach Jess Sinclair. Picture: SUPPLIED

“There are some fantastic players running around the competition.”

Sinclair said he had no plans of overhauling the list or game style that had brought so much success to the club.

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“I’m of the belief if it’s not broken then it doesn’t need to be fixed,” Sinclair said.

“They have obviously been doing a lot right. I’ll bring in a bit of my own style but we have to play to our own strengths.

“I don’t want to waiver too much from what they have been doing. We want to keep the guys happy and continuing their good form.

Jess Sinclair in 2007.

“I’m looking for a lot of players buy-in and I’ll talk to them about what has worked and what hasn’t.

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“I’m here to work hard and the club has said they will let me do it my way which is good.”

Sinclair played 50 games at Fremantle between 1997 and 2000 and 142 for the Kangaroos before retiring at the end of the 2008.

He coached St Mary’s Salesian in the Victorian Amateur Football Association for three years from 2014 and spent 2018 at the helm of Eastern Football League Division 2 club Wantirna South.