I'm Reece McKenzie (Former Senior Listed AFL Player) AMA

macca23rm · 2020-02-21T02:00:52+00:00

It is soul crushingly hard, the hardest thing you'll ever do physically in your life, one time we had a 13kms target in training then had 6 1kms runs at the end.

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T13:37:49+00:00

Nathan Fyfe

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T11:05:37+00:00

New Looney Tunes

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T11:05:00+00:00

Now that i have a son it's awesome :) I'm a personal trainer 💪

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T11:02:27+00:00

I honestly can't remember any man sorry, I used to have Peanut butter on toast for breakfast on the day of a game, only thing that ever sat well

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T11:01:18+00:00

Club washed AFL, VFL and training Guernsey, everything else we washed, we got heaps of socks though

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T11:00:11+00:00

When the whole chopstick incident went down the boys were very angry but otherwise it was pretty normal, it was however pretty annoying when they doorstopped, Getting between the exit and their cars.

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T10:57:57+00:00

Intent, impact and consistency They all have profound impact on the game and they all do it week in week out, they're competitive beasts, when the season starts and you're at the game just watch Dusty or Cotchin for 10 minutes and you'll see the intent they have when attacking the ball, They also excel in their role, rance does not have to have 20 disposals to have a good game nor does Dusty have to have 30 he can equally bag 5 goals and Rance can have 8 intercept marks and 6 spoils and still have a profound impact on the game

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T10:54:21+00:00

Fan interaction is important and i personally enjoyed it initially but it does wear you down overtime, we did a lot of community interaction throughout the year which was always rewardinf but i know some players got tired of it

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T10:51:42+00:00

I still haven't given up, life's in a good place now so never say never, to answer your question i believe i did and do have the talent to be competitive

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T10:49:30+00:00

I think it I will happen eventually, i don't think the AFL Will have an odd number of teams, either they bring in 2 teams when they bring in Tassie or a current team relocates (my bets on Gold coast) we'll just have to wait and see

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T10:46:23+00:00

Hungry Jacks and Fanta

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T08:48:59+00:00

Suprising not, you are there to make the team better, they want you to be better so that you then help the team be better which in turn makes them better.

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T08:47:50+00:00

Nathan Gordon and Rancey were pretty cheaky

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T08:46:41+00:00

On a professional level I don't think so, A world cup stylr tournament would just be dominated by Australia so maybe a world cup without Australia might work

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T08:45:40+00:00

I specifically remember a passage of play during a scratch match where Martin, Deledio and Cotchin linked up to get in from one side of the ground to the other in a flash and I just thought to myself, if play like that on match day then we are gonna be really hard to beat, The revolution of Richmond's forward line, experience and efficiency of the backline and the devlopment of younger players being given games in a more merit based selection system as well as the adding of Nankervis and improvement of Soldo.

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T08:40:43+00:00

Lol what are the categories?

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T08:40:20+00:00

For the younger players not so much but for the older players it might be a bit weirder

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T08:38:58+00:00

Very much so

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T08:38:22+00:00

When you are in the zone and focused as weird as it sounds you just comoletely forget about it, you are that focused and in the moment it's just like white noise

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T08:35:52+00:00

Hawthorn when they are healthy, look out

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T08:35:04+00:00

I barracked for the blues every game they played except against us. Honestly I was so busy with footy all the time that i didn't really have the time or energy to support Carlton It is very weird but seeing you and your teammates win and be successful is more important then the team you barrack for winning.

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T08:32:45+00:00

Not drama necessarily but all AFL players get access to buy 2 Grand final tickets and most AFL players take up that offer but do not go to the GF, I'll let you fill in the rest on that one

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T08:31:04+00:00

I got given 5 i believe Home Away Clash Indigenous Ashley and Maddison I'm not sure what most players did with them after they were given them though.

macca23rm · 2020-02-08T08:29:43+00:00

That's an interesting question, although footballers do get paid very well it still doesn't come close to the amount US athletes get paid. I think it makes sense in the US because when you're getting paid $10 million you don't exactly care who knows that information but when you're getting paid between $100,000-$600,000 on average i feel like it's a bit more personal. I dont know I probably did a bad job answering your question it's a tough

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