Collingwood’s Tom Mitchell goes public with new partner in loved up pics

Collingwood midfielder Tom Mitchell has made his new relationship Insta official, sharing some loved up pics on social media.

Collingwood star Tom Mitchell has gone public with his new relationship with a “hard launch” on Instagram.

Mitchell is still recovering from an ongoing foot injury and is one of several key players on Collingwood’s injury list, along with Jamie Elliott, Beau McCreery, Dan McStay and Mason Cox.

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He has posted photos from a recent getaway to Byron Bay with his new partner Tayla Brown, delighting his teammates and followers.

The 31-year-old shared photos of himself looking cosy with Brown by the pool, working out in the gym and out for dinner with Magpies ruckman Darcy Cameron and his fiance Adriana Guevara Paez.

Mitchell captioned the post “Byron reset” with a rocket emoji.

Tom Mitchell and Tayla Brown. Pic: Instagram

Tom Mitchell posted new partner Tayla Brown. Pic: Instagram

Former Collingwood defender Nathan Murphy wrote: “Gone really hard on this launch.”

Josh Giddey and Mitchell have become close friends through Mitchell’s Ball Magnets business, and the Aussie NBA star led the influx of comments.

Giddey commented: “Hard launch. I like it.”

Mitchell has even managed to convert Giddey from a Hawthorn fan to a Collingwood supporter.

His passion project Ball Magnets, the training app he built with fellow Brownlow Medallists Lachie Neale and Patrick Cripps, and AFLW legend Erin Phillps, has expanded into basketball with Giddey signing on as an ambassador.

After stints with the Sydney Swans and Hawthorn, Mitchell moved to Collingwood last year and was a key part of their premiership.

The 2018 Brownlow medallist has been out of action for much of this season though with a foot injury.

Tom Mitchell with Tayla Brown and Darcy Cameron with Adriana Guevara Paez in Byron Bay. Pic: Instagram

The Magpies welcomed Jordan De Goey from injury and will hope Mitchell can return to the team in the coming weeks as they make a push for a top four finish.

Collingwood take on Essendon at the MCG on Friday night, and coach Craig McRae is backing captain Darcy Moore to rediscover his best form, acknowledging Moore is “not playing at a level where he has”.

McRae was happy to leap to the defence of premiership skipper Moore who has come in for criticism on the back of taking just a single intercept mark in his team’s loss to the Suns on the Gold Coast last Saturday.

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With regular tag-team defender Jeremy Howe playing more of a forward role, and without the retired Nathan Murphy, Moore’s returns in 2024 have been well below those of 2023, a season in which he led his team to the premiership and earnt All-Australian selection.

McRae said he recently had a “deep and meaningful” chat with Moore, who is well aware he’s not at his best, and they would work together on his improvement.

“Darcy and I catch up regularly and funnily enough, last week we had a really good deep and meaningful (chat) on the couch about lots of things,” McRae said.

“We want Darcy at his best. He’s clearly not playing at a level where he has previously – last year he was an All-Australian and he’s not in All-Australian form.

“But we back him in, support him and look for little ways we can improve him.

“We’re not gonna stand still because we need him to be at his best.”

With NCA Newswire

Originally published as Collingwood’s Tom Mitchell goes public with new partner in loved up pics