Ahhhhh McCabe………..you’ve done it again.HAWKS TO MEET FATHER-SON
HAWTHORN will meet with father-son prospect Will McCabe this week to discuss the next steps with the tall defender, who shapes as a potential top-25 pick in November.
The athletic tall defender is the son of former Hawk Luke McCabe, who played 138 games for the club and is now the Hawthorn football director.
He enjoyed a strong season with Central District’s under-18s side, where he showed his intercept marking skills, and also featured for South Australia at the mid-year carnival.
McCabe trained with Hawthorn in the pre-season and also spent a week at the Hawks after the mid-year championships, when he had a foot injury detected that kept him out of action for a block of the second half of the year.
Will McCabe kicks the ball during South Australia's clash against Vic Country in the national championships on June 18, 2023. Picture: AFL Photos
McCabe, who also barracks for the Hawks, told AFL.com.au he will catch up with the club this week for more clarity on his father-son position.
"I've met with (Hawks list manager) Mark McKenzie on a few occasions but I've got a formal meeting with them next week where I'll probably get a bit more clarification on what they're thinking is going to go down on draft night and they said they'll be honest about it," he said.
"But nothing's been confirmed yet. I absolutely [want it to happen] but it could still play out either way."
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McCabe said his father's new role as the Hawks' football director, which was announced in March, had come as a surprise.
"He kept it under the radar a bit when he said he was going over to interview for that job. I'm happy for him, I think he missed it a lot and loves being in the AFL culture. He tries to get over to Melbourne as much as possible," he said.
"I'm definitely happy for him. It doesn't have any impact on me. He'll be happy wherever I end up."
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Jul 17 2023
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McCabe isn't testing at the Draft Combine in Melbourne this weekend as he manages an ongoing adductor issue.
"In my comeback game [from the foot injury] I flared up my adductor and there was a bit of stress activity on the pelvis there and was out for another couple of weeks. I got an MRI and it was set back even further because of the stress activity that came up," McCabe said.
"I'll be back to change of direction running in three weeks. At the moment I can do straight line running and in the gym but it's all modified. It's just about managing it and seeing how far I can push it and trying to progress without losing any muscle around the pelvis." – Callum Twomey
Yes it was and kicked a goal too the b@astard..
I liked Netiz. Hard standing in the hole in front of players like him.
Sure did.
I think Joel Smith as well - he deserved to win one.
Good honest player who put his head over the ball and could hit a target. Better weight programs back then may have helped some of those players be better. Poor Mark Graham playing against the monsters but even so he was almost FB of the year one year there.
Have you checked out this thread?
www.bigfooty.com
Is it coz he popped up and played in the U18 GF and did ok having not had any real draft level exposure before that?
I now have an extremely satisfying sense of relief that McCabe will not go top 10 and that we will not overpay.
He's back
Won't happen
McCabe will struggle to go top 15
