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Published 12:41 12 Nov 2021 GMT
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"Just from watching him, he's obviously a serious athlete and a serious footballer, like there's a reason that the Aussies are looking at him. "Over there they look for line-breakers, people with pace, and speed, which he has. [caption id="attachment_240657" align="alignnone" width="1024"]"I've never actually met him so I don't really know about his skill level, but there's a lot of AFL players who are good athletes, and not necessarily good footballers, like you can kind of get away with being a good athlete." Outside of the athleticism, height and a good knowledge of the key are two key factors that you need to have in order to succeed. "Being tall is seen as important as well, but he may not be the biggest, so he will have to find his niche and see what works for him.(Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Media/Getty Images)[/caption]
"The game is very stop/start, and there's a lot of things to think about, say the ball is thrown up, then you have to be standing in the right position and they literally critique you by a metre, on whether you're standing right or left."There's a lot of fine details that don't come naturally to us who haven't grew up around the sport. "The thing I definitely struggled with at the start, was the actual understanding of the game, and what I should be doing, especially when I didn't have the ball which was obviously most of the time."
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