New Hawthorn captain James Sicily says he’ll proceed to push the envelope on the sector and is assured he has the fitting “balance” in his recreation to steer the membership.
The star defender was introduced as Hawks skipper on Friday, changing Ben McEvoy, after he had crammed in a number of occasions for the retired ruckman throughout 2022.
The 28-year-old Sicily stated there is likely to be occasions when he would nonetheless cross the road on the sector, however he felt nicely supported in his new position by a six-player management group together with joint vice-captains Luke Breust and Dylan Moore.
“We’re going to try and do it our own way – I’m someone who is pretty passionate and not necessarily going to change and become a real serious guy just because of the title,” Sicily stated.
“I probably might slip up here and there but it’s all part of it, and I feel well supported by these guys who will pull me into line if I get that way.”
Sicily smiled when requested about latest scuffles throughout Hawthorn intraclub matches, together with a bodily confrontation between him and second-year ahead Sam Butler on the Hawks’ pre-season camp in Morwell.
“We want to play in an aggressive way and there’s a lot of competition for spots at the moment,” Sicily stated.
“Everyone is eager for the season to get started, so we’re treating every training session and game sim as if it’s a game against opposition and getting a bit of head start before we take on some real opposition.”
Sicily stated he felt very snug going to his former captains Luke Hodge and Ben McEvoy for recommendation, though he was unsure if McEvoy would take his calls, questioning whether or not he “had reception on the farm”.
Along with vice-captains Moore and Breust, defenders Jarman Impey and Sam Frost and younger key ahead Mitch Lewis have been named within the management group.
Having Breust, the only remaining premiership participant on the Hawks’ record, to study from within the management group could be invaluable, Sicily stated.
“That’s going to be huge … those two guys (Breust and Moore) in particular I’m going to lean on a lot. Luke is like six years older than me and about 12 years older than these guys,” he stated, pointing to the taking part in group.
Hawthorn didn’t identify a management group in 2022 after lots of its members have been floated as commerce bait over the low season, together with Jack Gunston and midfield duo Tom Mitchell and Jaeger O’Meara, who’ve all discovered new golf equipment.
Hawthorn stated it might nonetheless not revert to the normal management format in 2023, naming its group ‘“Moorditj Kuda”, which roughly translates as “solid mates” in Noongar language.
Impey, an Indigenous Hawk, said the name was chosen to reflect the playing group’s “togetherness”.
“We didn’t want a traditional so-called ‘leadership group’ because we think at the Hawthorn Football Club we can all become great leaders and all come together,” he stated.
Source: www.news.com.au
