Bloods05, you can still attend training without any obstruction in Sydney. [At least I can't think of what obstruction you might have in mind. There is a fence around the oval?]
Bloods05, you can still attend training without any obstruction in Sydney. [At least I can't think of what obstruction you might have in mind. There is a fence around the oval?]
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That's only during pre-season. Once they relocate inside the SCG during the season, you can no longer go and watch.
I remember back at the very start of the century they used to just through the main Driver Avenue doors open and anyone could just wander in to watch training. Then, when the world became far more security conscious after a handful of planes crashed into US buildings, you had to enter through the stadium admin office situated in the carpark and you had to sign in.
I'm not sure when access was cut-off entirely as I lost my free time shortly afterwards and so didn't contemplate going to watch. But I realised it was no longer an option during later brief periods of leisure.
These days they usually train on Lakeside/Tramway Oval - in season as well as pre-season - and anyone can watch. It's rare that they train on the SCG. The same goes for the AFLW team.
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Decided to start Preseason thread and post podcast link of John Longmire's 15 min interview with Gerard Healy and Brad Johnson last evening on SEN. Covered GF loss, preseason training, Aaron Francis, Buddy's broken finger, rule changes, Kenny Wiliams/John Payne tributes & more.... Wide ranging interview.
https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=1057400
Love it. Thanks for sharing, especially at this time of year when there's not much going on. We have a great coaching group and don't think we should take it for granted. There's quite a few teams who have a lot of pain in this area.
Junior players return 28 November, seniors 5 December. I reckon the new draftees could show up as early as 30 November.
In the interview, Longmire is of the opinion players require 2 practice games to get them ready for R1 otherwise they are at higher risk of sustaining injury due to the increased intensity, He hopes the additional "magic round" doesn't reduce the preseason to just one practice match (not including the intra club matches).
I think yours and liz's information was no doubt accurate but is no out of date. I have attended in-season training sessions this in recent seasons and they have been at Lakeside.
For example, here are some galleries for training sessions this year:
Preparing to play NMFC Round 4: Swans prepare for North Melbourne - April 5, 2022 (sydneyswans.com.au)
Preparing for Essendon, R8: Gallery: Swans prepare for Essendon (sydneyswans.com.au)
Preparing for St Kilda, R15: Gallery: Swans prepare for St Kilda (sydneyswans.com.au)
Preparing for Fremantle, R18: Swans prepare for Fremantle (12.07.2022) (sydneyswans.com.au)
Preparing for R23 (St Kilda again): GALLERY: Swans charging into Round 23 (sydneyswans.com.au)
In each of these you can see the training is happening at Lakeside Oval. Of course we do train on the SCG occasionally too, but it is the exception not the rule.
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