So ... all of them?
Training Pre-Season 2023 (First game 18/3 v North)
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So ... all of them?
Got suspicious when you said you had a Mrs...
Another good step forward for the club.
Nice. Hopefully we don't lose half the list to foot and soft tissue injuries before round 3 for the fourth consecutive year.
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He was the strength and conditioning coach at Sydney when they had the lowest injury rate in the AFL in 21. Has a pretty good track record internationally.
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Hard to find much info on this guy but he seems to have a pretty good reputation at Sydney as well as back home in Ireland
Seems like he had gone home to Ireland late last year/early this year so it’s a decent coup to get him over
From this article he has a long term relationship of sorts with Glenn Stewart
'Mystery' Swans coach Kilgallon ready to migrate home
Strength and conditioning coach Mark Kilgallon is returning to his native Cork after a successful stint with the Sydney Swans, he chats to Maurice Brosnan about the experience he is bringing home.
Then the time came to see where the rubber met the road. So, he emailed every AFL club asking for a chance. One replied.
"This was the early days of internet. It was hard to get phone numbers," he says with a laugh.
"A guy called Glen Stewart emailed me back. He was the head of performance with the West Coast Eagles at the time. He is still there actually.
"Ever since they have had a really strong connection with UL. Eighteen or 19 students travelled over and have done that internship. I am now affectionately known as Irish number 1.
"Martin Kennedy who is with the IRFU now, he is someone who came out the following year. To show you how good a guy Glen is, this year they have a girl from Skibbereen interning. They are doing it all online.
"He does Zoom meetings, training and coaching her. That is how much the internship has meant to the Eagles. I am pretty proud it turned into something like that."
Kilgallon crammed in a lot between that stint in Australia and his current one. There was two years as an assistant coach at Harvard University, three in Qatar. A spell with the Sports Institute of Northern Ireland before moving on to become S&C coach with the Welsh Rugby National Academy. Olympic weightlifting, boxing, hockey, fencing and alpine skiing where just some of the other sports experienced.
Then he took an offer from Sydney. Within a few years, local papers were heralding him as the "mystery Irish strength coach who has Sydney Swans in top shape".
This seems like a pretty good get
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....and a never-ending supply of beer!
(ok, and some good footy insights)
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I felt from the post that it went beyond just sex... it was true love
To be fair on the lad, it was not a year to be a developing key defender for the Eagles, the backline was completely under siege in 90% of our games.
Not to be a campaigner, but don't they do this every year?
It's not exactly a new concept. For any AFL club. Pre Christmas is getting everyone back, rolling the legs over and doing time trials to see how everyone's fitness looks... that's it.
This comment makes it seam like we've previously played scratchies and done full contact in December.
Some kent could go ahead and fact check that, but I doubt it's ever been the case
One of your best, but tbh it’s a low bar
Prove it.
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