The session went for about 2 and a half hours. The first two thirds was devoted to ball work, and the last third was running, so I think they had the right balance between skills and fitness.
They started off in a 5-point star formation in groups of six, criss-cross handballing, then split into smaller groups. The rucks were contesting under the watchful eye of Brendan Lade, Campbo took some midfielders and was going through a fairly complicated clearance drill, and the defenders were working man -on-man on their spoiling. A couple of other groups were shuffling the ball around. Eventually they got into their end-to-end work, and match simulation.
Polak was training with the group, as were the two Irishmen, and four Coburg players that I didn't recognise.
I didn't see Cotchin or Andy Collins, but Nathan Foley and Richo were both running. Hislop was restricted to running laps, and Lids and Bling were only doing a bit of kick to kick together early before disappearing up the race. I don't know what, if anything, was hampering them.
Mitch Farmer didn't train. We asked him how he was doing, and he said he'd had a cyst removed from his knee, and would be back on track by December.
When they started sprinting laps, Hardwick, Leppitsch, and some of the other fitness staff joined in with the running. I was very impressed with Andrew Browne who looked to have dropped some kilo's, and looked more streamlined. He was actually heading the running on the last lap.
That's about all that I can recall.
