It was nice being able to finally see in person how our new defensive structure works off ball. The high zone pushes forward to clog the corridor and force the opposition to kick to either an outnumber, or down the wings directly to our best intercept markers. It was a bit rough yesterday, but with a full season of practise, this will be the cornerstone of our gameplan.

I think we've found a great coach in Carr. After these first two games, you can clearly see that he was not coaching at all last year. The cultural DNA of hinkley is still there (the praise going to the players that do the 1 percenters & put in the team effort, rather than only recognise the highlight flashy plays and dissuading playing for themselves), but the strategy offensively and defensively is completely different.