Player Watch #4: Aidan Corr - the Mac Daddy of the King Twins.

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Couldn't believe people were potting him during the game.

Was easily one of our most composed, and did his job really well.
 

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DarkPhoenix said:
Couldn't believe people were potting him during the game.

Was easily one of our most composed, and did his job really well.
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Is smart and composed footballer who knows his limitations, although we seem to have a bad habit of handballing to him when he is flat footed
 
blisk said:
Is smart and composed footballer who knows his limitations, although we seem to have a bad habit of handballing to him when he is flat footed
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Not the only player we do that to either.

Happened to Polec quite a few times, and more importantly Hall, who does his best work on the move.

Instead we constantly handballed to them flat footed in contests expecting them to do something.
 
Seems to be a genuine leader in the backline, can see why he was added to the leadership group.
 
 

Toe laughing matter as untimely end loomed​


Daniel Cherny

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Toe laughing matter as untimely end loomed

Only weeks after the event did Aidan Corr find out how close his 100th AFL match came to being his last.
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What seemed like a routine injury turned into a nightmare for Aidan Corr but the blunt backman is making his presence felt at North Melbourne, writes DANIEL CHERNY.

Only weeks after the event did Aidan Corr find out how close his 100th AFL match came to being his last.

What he initially thought was a reasonably minor “turf toe” injury turned into a saga that led to him being hospitalised twice, almost caused him to delay proposing to his girlfriend and limited the first season of his five-year deal with North Melbourne to just two games.

It had all started innocently enough. One of six new names into the Kangaroos side for their season-opener against Port Adelaide, Corr sprained the main joint of the big toe on his left foot.

He was subbed out of the game but club medicos said he’d be able to get through the following week against Gold Coast with a painkiller.

There is always a risk of infection with such a procedure. Players, desperate to do what they are paid for, usually get told of the risk and think little of it. This was Corr.

“As a player you’re like, ‘What is it, one in 100,000? Please!’ But it happened to get me,” he says, almost a year on from the start of his descent.

Corr theorises that the humidity in Queensland may have been a factor. In any case, the painkilling injection did not have the intended effect.

He didn’t feel great that night and by the following morning, his foot had swollen to the point that he couldn’t easily take a shoe off. The team flew home that day and there was little time to waste.

“It was straight from the airport. The doctor said, ‘Mate, you can’t afford to wait around’.

“My foot was massive. So, straight to the hospital. I had a washout done and they repaired my torn ligaments from round 1. I thought everything was great, surgery was done.”

It was a six-day hospital stint. Initially the Kangaroos defender was put on a drip, then oral antibiotics. It was nine tablets a day for the best part of two months.

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Initially, Corr’s foot improved. He started to run again. But once more, his foot swelled up. By the time of North’s game against Collingwood in round 8, he knew something was seriously amiss.

The washout hadn’t got the whole infection.

“It [was] red raw, the scab hadn’t healed,” he says. “It looked really bad. The pills weren’t doing anything.”

So Corr was rushed back in for surgery.

“I had osteomyelitis. A bone infection. It was looking pretty grim there for a while. It could have been a lot worse.

“It could have been no more footy, at one point. They didn’t tell me that at the time. They told me that after everything had healed and I’d got it ticked off. I didn’t realise the severity of it all. Pretty naive, I guess.”

Corr was targeting a return. Not to the field. Instead, it was a much more important date. He had earmarked his 27th birthday party on May 17 as the day he would pop the question to partner Kate. There were a couple of problems though. He didn’t have the ring yet. And he had to be let out of hospital.

The doctors relented, allowing Corr to get home and drop to one knee in front of family and friends. Kate said yes and they will be married this year, on October 30.

One obstacle down; the next would be a fair bit harder. Corr could have pushed to play if North were in the finals mix but there wasn’t much point in taking chances.

Yet that left him frustrated. He had arrived as an expensive signing on a long-term deal from Greater Western Sydney and wanted to stamp his influence. That’s a lot harder to do when not on the park but Corr tried his best, making a concerted effort to set a benchmark with his rehab and help younger teammates before and after training.

As a young player at the Giants, Corr had been called into line by co-captain Callan Ward, who not so bluntly reminded him of acceptable standards.

Now an aspiring leader, Corr wanted to be able to call out issues with his new teammates. It was a delicate balance to be struck but clearly he did something right, because he was named part of North’s leadership group this season and barring an unforeseen issue, will play in round 1.

“I was pushing for it. I really wanted to be in it. I feel like I can have some sort of influence. I’m pretty proud that I got in on my second year after two games,” Corr says.

“I made a couple of pretty pointy, honest comments early. Which the boys took great. I just had to follow up and show that it was from a place of care. That I want them to get better.

“You’ve got to show that it comes from a place of care. You’ve got to be careful because everyone’s sensitivity is different.”
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It is Corr’s style to get straight to the point. It hasn’t always worked out smoothly. Take the end of 2020, when he was unceremoniously punted from the Giants’ Queensland hub after telling the club of his intentions to leave.

“I wouldn’t change a thing I did. I was trying to do the right thing. I told the truth. I didn’t want to lie to anyone,” he says 18 months on.

“I spoke to Leon [Cameron]. Told him to his face, how I’d like to receive that information. It was pretty emotional. I spoke to the group later that night and then the next day, I was gone. Which I do understand. At the time I was a bit like, ‘Wow I can’t believe they kicked me out.’ But they still had games to win. I was a distraction.”

Corr hopes the Roos’ trajectory follows that of his former club. In Corr’s first season at GWS, 2013, the Giants won one game. By 2016, they were in a preliminary final. Wooden-spooners last year, Corr is optimistic that North can quickly rise up the ladder.

“Some of the things these boys are doing is off the charts. Josh Goater’s come in, he’s winning all the jumping stuff, he’s lightning fast. Horney’s [Jason Horne-Francis is] lightning fast. Things can change so quickly. It can go so fast.”
 
Was great to see this type of game from him. I haven't seen much of him at GWS and was really starting to wonder about how good he can be. Hopefully with some continuity he will settle in nicely and will be the mainstay down there along with BMac.
 

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Was very good, I still question how he would handle a buddy franklin type player who uses their body well however if we have him and Mckay together down there we have 2 quality defenders to build the defence around.
 
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A lot of "over the head" handballs are throws. In fact I recall Ron Barassi stating how it is physically not possible to legitimately handball over your own head. Jack Ziebel - you just broke Ron Barassi!!!!!
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While I enjoy the highlight because it’s us I hate that handballing over the head in such a manner is a thing now.
 
This guy has been our best defender over the 4 games. He rarely loses a 1-on-1, knows when to peep off, rebound, go for the spoil or the mark and is a great rebounder. He is really just a bigger Hunter S.

Like Hunter, he played his best footy as a third tall able to provide run. We need a 2nd KPP to release him.
 
Coming up on SEN soon.
 
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North Melbourne defender Aidan Corr (21.4.22)

North Melbourne defender Aidan Corr joined Julian de Stoop to chat about their inconsistent start to the season, their performance on Good Friday, and how he's enjoyed playing with Jason Horne-Francis.
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Anyone else disappointed with Corr’s output?

Signed on a 5 year deal worth $600k, turning 28 in a few weeks - seems to not have reached the heights we would have hoped?

Ranked below average for spoils, intercepts and 1 on 1 contests.

Why does Walker always take the big key forwards and Corr gets the 3rd forward? If it is done to allow him to intercept, he isn’t doing that and the opposition forwards like Jeremy Cameron are having field days.

With McKay out this week it will be a big week for Corr to hold the backline together!

Hoping he is just finding his feet after not playing last year, but we need our experienced players to be leading the way in our current predicament.




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Pagans Paddock99 said:
Anyone else disappointed with Corr’s output?

Signed on a 5 year deal worth $600k, turning 28 in a few weeks - seems to not have reached the heights we would have hoped?

Ranked below average for spoils, intercepts and 1 on 1 contests.

Why does Walker always take the big key forwards and Corr gets the 3rd forward? If it is done to allow him to intercept, he isn’t doing that and the opposition forwards like Jeremy Cameron are having field days.

With McKay out this week it will be a big week for Corr to hold the backline together!

Hoping he is just finding his feet after not playing last year, but we need our experienced players to be leading the way in our current predicament.




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Probably less output than expected, hardly an orphan there
 
Pagans Paddock99 said:
Anyone else disappointed with Corr’s output?

Signed on a 5 year deal worth $600k, turning 28 in a few weeks - seems to not have reached the heights we would have hoped?

Ranked below average for spoils, intercepts and 1 on 1 contests.

Why does Walker always take the big key forwards and Corr gets the 3rd forward? If it is done to allow him to intercept, he isn’t doing that and the opposition forwards like Jeremy Cameron are having field days.

With McKay out this week it will be a big week for Corr to hold the backline together!

Hoping he is just finding his feet after not playing last year, but we need our experienced players to be leading the way in our current predicament.




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He's missed a lot of football but on the bold:

1. Walker is bigger.
2. Walker can't be trusted to do anything else. If Corr is taking the big forward in a negating role that leaves Walker attacking or peeling off more... Personally I trust Corr with ball in hand or to make the smart defensive decision more than Walker.
 

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