After no AFL nods in his first two seasons, budding West Coast ruckman Callum Jamieson was given a baptism of fireside to recollect in his debut marketing campaign.
With West Coast on their knees as a consequence of COVID-19 and accidents, the long-locked blonde was parachuted into the breach, debuting at fullback in opposition to North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium in spherical two.
He was one among 4 gamers handed their first Eagles guernsey within the match however had a tricky outing, managing simply two touches earlier than sneaking in for one hitout within the 15-point loss.
“Third year got to debut at full-back,” he laughed in an interview for the Eagles.
“It wasn’t the best of days, but I got to debut, so it was a dream come true.
“It was good learning.”
Jamieson revealed he held few nerves going into the match, having not anticipated to play coming off the again of damage.
“I was pretty chilled,” he stated.
“I didn’t even have a pre-season. I came off a little bit of knee surgery, and then we were down on numbers, so I got called up.
“Two weeks later got called up to play Brisbane in my preferred position and got to string a few games together in the ruck, which is good.”
The 22-year-old was stretched to his limits throughout his 9 appearances however confirmed promise and soaked within the expertise of taking part in in opposition to one of the best huge males within the recreation, together with Melbourne premiership ruckman Max Gawn.
“Just the endurance and knowledge of the key ruckman, they can get around the ground real well,” Jamieson stated.
“So to play against blokes like (Gawn) and learn off them, that’s probably what I took out of it.”
He additionally stated working alongside Eagles star Nic Naitanui ready him for the rigours of senior AFL footy.
“Obviously, me, Baz and Harry are pretty young, so to learn off a bloke like Nic is unreal,” Jamieson stated.
“Nic runs the show, and we just try to soak up as much as we can.”
A groin damage curtailed the rising star’s season, however the huge man says he’s on observe for the beginning of 2023 after making a robust begin to pre-season, together with getting by way of the 2km time trial.
