Pre-season update: Grimes to Tapscott
From the co-captain to one of its tough nuts, take a look at how the players wearing No.31 to No.35 are faring this pre-season ...
Unfortunately, Jack has had a hampered pre-Christmas period, with a couple of niggling injuries, which hasn’t allowed him to perform from a football point-of-view. However, his rehabilitation has been strong. He continues to be one of the genuine leaders in the group. – Brian Royal
32. Michael Evans
Michael missed most of the 2012 season with a back injury, so he hasn’t done a lot of the training with the main group pre-Christmas. But he has been one of the leaders in the rehabilitation program and has just started getting back into the main group. We’re really looking forward to Michael being back into football training post-Christmas. – Brian Royal
33. Dominic Barry
Like our other first-year players, Dom has been eased into the program. Due to his light frame, he needs to put on some kilograms, but having said that, we’ve been really impressed with what we’ve seen already. He has been a smooth-mover in the training sessions. – Brian Royal
34. Dean Kent
Dean came into the group late, after being drafted in November. He’s fitted in really well. He had a good camp up in Darwin and has slowly been introduced into the skills. Dean’s got a booming left-foot and we’re really looking forward to seeing him in the post-Christmas football sessions. – Leigh Brown
35. Luke Tapscott
Luke has completed the most work he’s ever done pre-Christmas. He’s still been a little bit inconsistent, in terms of sessions, but he’s completed a good block of training. We really like Luke’s aggression and intensity. He’s been training well – his skills and kicking, in particular, have been a very good. We’re looking forward to seeing Luke have back-to-back sessions heading into the NAB Cup and the season proper. – Leigh Brown