Training 2025 Pre-Season - Standards are currently being driven

[HELLSBELLS]

Mrs HBs uncle goes to the gym every day down at the club and he said he has been impressed with their fitness but mostly the size of the boys he said we look strong and fit.

Hopefully all written is true because this has to be the year.
It’s just has to be.

 

[ExorcismOfArdenStreet]

Just doing warm up atm, both jy and will Dawson are out there this week. Might be doing some match sim at some point as there are 3 umpires here warming up

 

[Gasometer]

And where are with the Captaincy shenanigans?

I’m tipping at this late stage “no change”

Memberships will be burnt

 

[Gasometer]

Mrs HBs uncle goes to the gym every day down at the club and he said he has been impressed with their fitness but mostly the size of the boys he said we look strong and fit.

Hopefully all written is true because this has to be the year.
It’s just has to be.

Uncle needs to stick around and give us some thoughts on BALL handling

 

[HELLSBELLS]

Uncle needs to stick around and give us some thoughts on BALL handling

I’ll ask him later I’m sure he will down there all week again.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Just doing warm up atm, both jy and will Dawson are out there this week. Might be doing some match sim at some point as there are 3 umpires here warming up

Warm up.

Umpires.

Is there a whiff of INTRACLUB?

 

[SunnyBoner]

Mrs HBs uncle goes to the gym every day down at the club and he said he has been impressed with their fitness but mostly the size of the boys he said we look strong and fit.

Hopefully all written is true because this has to be the year.
It’s just has to be.

sorry dumb question, but is the club gym open to the public or did i read that incorrectly?

 

[Shermanator]

sorry dumb question, but is the club gym open to the public or did i read that incorrectly?

Hellsbells, Mrs, uncle is probably Clarko..

 

[Junk yard]

And where are with the Captaincy shenanigans?

I’m tipping at this late stage “no change”

Memberships will be burnt

I'm thinking the longer they put it off, the more likely it's Parker.

 

[My Left Foote]

sorry dumb question, but is the club gym open to the public or did i read that incorrectly?

I suspect Mrs HB's Uncle goes to the gym at the North Melbourne Recreation Centre which is part of the Arden Street complex. I doubt that he's spotting Paul Curtis' 160kg bench press or waiting for Miller Bergman to finish with the 8kg dumbbells.

 

[Luke72]

I'm thinking the longer they put it off, the more likely it's Parker.

I’d be surprised if it was Parker, nothing against the bloke but it’s a lot to put on a new recruit despite his experience.

 

[The Brady Bunch]

sorry dumb question, but is the club gym open to the public or did i read that incorrectly?

There is a separate community gym within the facility.

 

[Gasometer]

I'm thinking the longer they put it off, the more likely it's Parker.

lol

 

[Harris 10]

LDU on the track?

 

[ExorcismOfArdenStreet]

Comben fully participating. Duursma jacko, brayden g pink hat. Will dawson fully participating no strapping on shoulder but still in pink hat. ldu moving fine no strapping on knee despite that report.

First main drill was split into 3 group doing different transitions. 1 transition deep in back pocket after chaos ball and having to handball out under pressure. Other from a mark 40meters out in defensive flank then transition through wing through kick and runners for handballs. 3rd throw in stoppage ball hits ground and trying to transition out to the wing. Some observations Whitlock very agile for size and good hands, got dumped by xerri after he handballed and just got straight up. fos hands in traffic great.Caleb Daniel, kallan dawson,goat and corr in separate group. CCJ just in the gym and riding bike on sideline. grappling for 20 seconds the break into spring, other group centre square sprints jacko/tucker/Luke uruquart/ sheez covering ground well. George Wardlaw rocked up an hour after training started and copped some shit from the boys now running laps. Transition from defensive 50 flank to opposing d50 flank. Another group 2/3 ground drill forward and defensive transition. After that full match scrim for 10 minute halves. There was a great Hansen jnr run down tackle on ldu where ldu burst through the stoppage and on the wing and hansen jnr ran him down from hff and pinged him. Whits is 100% effort each contest hates getting beat was playing on souv, souv beat him a few times through smarts or whits cheating with positioning once and getting caught out.Whits got done on one lead and hardeman came across souv and fisted it over the fence. Sheez/Mckercher played full mid. Pink (was positioning well just contested marking let him down) JD nailed him a couple times in the contest. Stephens was playing defensive wing. mckerch,fos wing, parker was on second team but his was so loud directing traffic constantly. Comben, logue, pink, Whitlock all playing defence.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Warm up.

Umpires.

Is there a whiff of INTRACLUB?

Nah usually the official intra club is announced ahead of time so fans can come and usually live streamed

This would just be match sim

We should be due for an intra club announcement soon though

 

[ExorcismOfArdenStreet]

Was actually 5 minute halves. Each part starts with a stoppage on each wing or flank with ground compressed into halves but once ball is in play opens to full ground. Came back out and did another two halves. Will Phill and Parker went to the first team and dominated stoppages in first half, Powell was rotating through half back and mid and got a lot of it. As session went on you could actually see river's running capacity come through with pressure and being open to link. Uruquart nailed x in a tackle and you could tell x didn't particularly like it and next time uruquart got the ball from a tap down x then drilled him. At the end of second half ldu burst through stoppage again and will Phil trailed and pinged him.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Was actually 5 minute halves. Each part starts with a stoppage on each wing or flank with ground compressed into halves but once ball is in play opens to full ground. Came back out and did another two halves. Will Phill and Parker went to the first team and dominated stoppages in first half, Powell was rotating through half back and mid and got a lot of it. As session went on you could actually see river's running capacity come through with pressure and being open to link. Uruquart nailed x in a tackle and you could tell x didn't particularly like it and next time uruquart got the ball from a tap down x then drilled him. At the end of second half ldu burst through stoppage again and will Phil trailed and pinged him.

Urqs sounds like he is on song and full 100% effort every training session. You love to see it from the young guys who are trying to make an impression.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Comben fully participating. Duursma jacko, brayden g pink hat. Will dawson fully participating no strapping on shoulder but still in pink hat. ldu moving fine no strapping on knee despite that report.

First main drill was split into 3 group doing different transitions. 1 transition deep in back pocket after chaos ball and having to handball out under pressure. Other from a mark 40meters out in defensive flank then transition through wing through kick and runners for handballs. 3rd throw in stoppage ball hits ground and trying to transition out to the wing. Some observations Whitlock very agile for size and good hands, got dumped by xerri after he handballed and just got straight up. fos hands in traffic great.Caleb Daniel, kallan dawson,goat and corr in separate group. CCJ just in the gym and riding bike on sideline. grappling for 20 seconds the break into spring, other group centre square sprints jacko/tucker/Luke uruquart/ sheez covering ground well. George Wardlaw rocked up an hour after training started and copped some shit from the boys now running laps. Transition from defensive 50 flank to opposing d50 flank. Another group 2/3 ground drill forward and defensive transition. After that full match scrim for 10 minute halves. There was a great Hansen jnr run down tackle on ldu where ldu burst through the stoppage and on the wing and hansen jnr ran him down from hff and pinged him. Whits is 100% effort each contest hates getting beat was playing on souv, souv beat him a few times through smarts or whits cheating with positioning once and getting caught out.Whits got done on one lead and hardeman came across souv and fisted it over the fence. Sheez/Mckercher played full mid. Pink (was positioning well just contested marking let him down) JD nailed him a couple times in the contest. Stephens was playing defensive wing. mckerch,fos wing, parker was on second team but his was so loud directing traffic constantly. Comben, logue, pink, Whitlock all playing defence.

Love the reports, thanks.

Particularly love the Hansen comment. Defensive intensity is something he needed to improve on.

 

[The Butcher]

Yeah thanks for reports. Also on Urqs, if he's kinda like our young Hugh Greenwood the question on my mind is.. can he ruck?

 

[King Corey]

Geordie Payne the invisible man?

 

[shintemaster]

And where are with the Captaincy shenanigans?

I’m tipping at this late stage “no change”

Memberships will be burnt

Reality is nobody will give a flying toss who is captain/s if we win 8+ games.

 

[ExorcismOfArdenStreet]

Last drill was pretty punishing. Ground was split in half from goalsquare to goalsquare. sides split into 3. Only 2 sides at a time were in one half and one had to transition from bp to fp and one group defended, if group transitioning out made it from ended to end the defending team had to run over to second half of the ground and do it again against 3rd group. If defending team got the turnover or stoppage then transitioning team had to run over. Went for about 20 minutes with a break about 10 minutes in.

Geordie Payne the invisible man?

Geordie was on modified program with the rest who are in rehab or building up their intensity as he had shin splints

 

[Waynesworld]

Last drill was pretty punishing. Ground was split in half from goalsquare to goalsquare. sides split into 3. Only 2 sides at a time were in one half and one had to transition from bp to fp and one group defended, if group transitioning out made it from ended to end the defending team had to run over to second half of the ground and do it again against 3rd group. If defending team got the turnover or stoppage then transitioning team had to run over. Went for about 20 minutes with a break about 10 minutes in.

Geordie was on modified program with the rest who are in rehab or building up their intensity as he had shin splints

Thanks for the updates!

Were there any players that stood out to you?

 

[SunnyBoner]

Yeah thanks for reports. Also on Urqs, if he's kinda like our young Hugh Greenwood the question on my mind is.. can he ruck?

Have we worked out how tall Urqs is? It's ranged from low 180cm up to 190cm.