Brisbane Lions small forward Charlie Cameron out to emulate GWS Giants star Toby Greene’s impact in 2019

Charlie Cameron sparked in his first 11 games for Brisbane Lions before being struck down by injury. He has his sights set on emulating the feats of one GWS Giants player this year.

Charlie Cameron made a flying start to his Brisbane Lions career before injury struck. Picture: Michael Klein.

Exciting goalsneak Charlie Cameron has revealed he still has “good days and bad days” with the foot injury that cut short a promising debut year at the Brisbane Lions.

Cameron had kicked 17 goals in 11 games, including four hauls of three, when he ruptured the Lisfranc ligament in his foot against North Melbourne and needed season-ending surgery.

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The former Crow played in both Lions JLT games this month, but said he remained a work in progress.

“It’s pretty good now. I have my good days and bad days, but it’s tracking well, so hopefully there’s no problems going forward,” Cameron said.

“I just have pain in my foot some days and I can’t really walk flat footed. I have to walk on my side to take the pain off the big toe where I still have a pin.”

Charlie Cameron made a flying start to his Brisbane Lions career before injury struck. Picture: Michael Klein.

Cameron, 24, has identified Toby Greene as the player he wants to emulate in his second season at the Gabba.

“The way he gets up the ground and gets involved. That semi against Sydney he had 27 touches and two goals and I want to have the influence that he has in games,” Cameron said.

“He’s a damaging player and I strive to be like him.”

Cameron was damaging himself in 2018 as part of a young Lions forward line after leaving the relative comfort of an Adelaide attack boasting the likes of Taylor Walker, Josh Jenkins, Tom Lynch and Eddie Betts.

Charlie Cameron wants to prove himself as a matchwinner in the mould of Toby Greene. Picture: Getty Images.

Toby Greene on the move at GWS Giants training. Picture: Getty Images.

But returning to a city where he went to school on a rugby scholarship has brought comfort.

“It’s different to Adelaide, Brisbane. Less attention,” he said.

“In Adelaide it’s more the pressure playing for a big team that plays finals and then trying to back it up each week with the pressure.

“The cafes, people asking for photos and asking how you’re going and stuff. There’s a lot of pressure there and you’ve got to find that balance there where you can switch off.

“There was an opportunity for me (in Brisbane), with such a young forward line, to grow as a player and mature and help others.

“It’s now about trying to find the consistency … and influencing games for four quarters.”