Society learns over time how to make things better as a ever changing culture and Hawks have the right people there now for Indigenous kids and it’s a learning curve for everyone to take on board and respecting boundaries for our kids and also teaching non indigenous kids that respecting boundaries are a healthy thing for all of us in society to do and make better for the future.
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Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn: Matt Hill! CatB rookie, ex-Storm
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Thanks Hilly - appreciate it and all the other input!
He could’ve been the next Greg Inglis possibly but his road and the path to get there had a few positions tied up at FB or the Wings with Paps and Oates and such.. His size was one but he’s not limited to just NRL he had the same opportunity to grow in the Footy hence his move over
Thank you. I’ll hold back on some insights due to privacy and respect but I just like to give a inside take on an exciting kid in an exciting time to watch Hawks and the AFL…Please stick around
Truly appreciate you coming in here and providing knowledge around this young man and your family heritage. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
I cannot wait to see him out on the track. Just from the few clips he seems to be tremendous young man and very level headed. Your posts reaffirm this and then some.
Not to mention the obvious talent and potential upside. Very exciting!
Again, thank you.
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Firstly, thanks for that feedback. Very much appreciated as we want our club to learn and improve as it moves forward.
Secondly, thanks for all your insights!
I’ll support positive discussions for Matt anytime and am happy to stick around but I’ll most likely not answer anything personal I’ll only share his Sporting Traits and what he possesses as an Athlete..
I feel it’s good to share a CV of a kid for people who are genuinely interested in his prospects
I feel it’s good to share a CV of a kid for people who are genuinely interested in his prospects
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Welcome to the Hawk family Matt, go well young man.
Given many on here believed Josh Bennetts had a lot of upside, the Hawks brains trust obviously feel Matt Hill is an upgrade on that.
Unfortunate for JB, but great for MH and us passionate supporters and members. This drafting is very exciting indeed.
Unfortunate for JB, but great for MH and us passionate supporters and members. This drafting is very exciting indeed.
I wondered about it because while there were media references to his smaller frame, the storm didn't necessarily seem to agree with that assessment and were going to put more time into him.
Pretty excited about his prospects to succeed at Hawthorn. He's not like the young men coming across from other codes/countries because he's had a grounding in footy from a young age until almost his mid teens.
If an NRL player was ever going to make it playing AFL, I'm guessing that their background would read exactly like this.
