Young weapons are making their mark within the Greater Western Sydney Giants’ pre-season as incoming head coach Adam Kingsley mulls over the membership’s captaincy.
After a disappointing 2022, which featured a bottom-four end and the departure of coach Leon Cameron mid-season, former captain Stephen Coniglio says the group has been constructing momentum.
“There’s a young brigade coming through which is really exciting for the supporters but also for us too,” Coniglio stated.
He added 22-year-old pair Connor Idun and Tom Green had been displaying nice management on and off the sphere.
“Those two in particular have been outstanding,” he stated.
The giants recruited Idun within the 2018 draft and the Victorian defender picked up an AFL Rising Star nomination after conserving legendary small ahead Eddie Betts to simply two targets within the closing recreation of his profession in 2021.
Green, grandson of Richmond nice Michael Green, was drafted in 2019 and has a profession common of 21 disposals, plus the membership’s 2021 rising star award.
The two younger recruits, in addition to 24-year-old midfielder Harry Perryman, are within the working for participant management positions because the captaincy stays undecided.
The aspect took a leaf from Sydney’s ebook final 12 months and had three captains, with Toby Greene and Josh Kelly promoted to assist Stephen Coniglio after two years as the only real captain.
While Kingsley weighs up the participant management construction for 2023, he’s happy together with his aspect’s pre-season progress.
“Our blokes are going to fight and dig in and try as hard as we can,” he stated.
“The way we’ve been training is very exciting and I know we’re going to play an exciting brand of footy.”
The Giants have simply returned from a group retreat at Milson Island and can begin official pre-season coaching subsequent week, earlier than enjoying Adelaide in spherical one on March 19.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
