After a training session, Mitch Hardie would reach for the runners and go again, pounding through another run on the pavement. It was all part of his rise to being drafted by Geelong.
Having injured the same foot three times, Jack Henry went through a ‘tough’ road back to Geelong’s side. But the premiership Cat took it all in his stride.
Geelong was sluggish heading into the weekend but keyed in on one area to ramp up their game and show glimpses of their premiership best.
It took some time and a lot of effort but Geelong finally broke through against the Western Bulldogs. And this may just be the start of the resurgence.
GEELONG hopes defender Lachie Henderson will be back in training in January after minor knee surgery.
ALL 18 clubs lost some talented players in the off-season but did they manage to replace them? See who has the biggest shoes to fill at your club in 2018.
ESSENDON will invade enemy territory, Collingwood and Hawthorn head to the top end and Dustin Martin can go home during the AFL 2018 community camps.
GARY Ablett wants to instil his competitive instincts into his new and young Geelong teammates as he revealed a burning desire to win another premiership before retirement.
GEELONG draftee Charlie Constable was in nappies when Gary Ablett began his first pre-season and the chicken-loving teen hopes to have an impact in the AFL alongside his new teammates.
STEWART Crameri has revealed he considered retirement before Geelong swooped on the discarded Dog in the rookie draft and is now determined and ready to get back to his best form.
TIGER time is set to continue, but which other clubs’ lists are in the right demographic for premiership success? JON RALPH looks at the age range of every club.
IN the wake of an AFL rookie draft dominated by recycled players, we thought we’d remind recruiters of the superstars that were once diamonds in the rough.
CARLTON, Adelaide, Geelong and West Coast pulled off the bigger draft coups but there are question marks over Gold Coast’s decisions. Recruiter GARY BUCKENARA rates every club’s draft haul.
A HOST of former AFL players are set to receive career lifelines in the AFL rookie draft with Geelong set to land former Bulldog Stewart Crameri and Carlton eyeing ex-Power defender Cam O’Shea.
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