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“I'M NEVER GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY I PLAY FOOTY”: TIGER RESPONDS TO CAPTAINCY CRITICISMBy Mae James
SEN
8 May 2022Toby Nankervis has responded to Kane Cornes' criticism of his appointment as co-captain and his lack of discipline on the field.
Nankervis has given away 19 free kicks from eight games this year, the second most in the competition so far, prompting Cornes to question the ruckman’s discipline.
“Nankervis is another one that I’m watching as well, (second) most free kicks in the competition against – I want influence from my captain – I don’t want the oxygen sucked out of the game by a captain giving away a sloppy free kick,” Cornes said on SEN Breakfast.
“It’s just a one to understand how important that role is.”
While Nankervis himself described that criticism as fair, he told Cornes that he won’t be changing his tried and tested game.
“As a footy club I think we have been giving away too many free kicks, especially early in the year, footy is hard enough without giving the opposition a free ball,” he said on Nine’s Sunday Footy Show.
“It’s something in my game that I’ve been trying to address the last couple of years especially.
“There’s no mistake that I know my role in the team’s discipline, and I definitely don’t want to be giving away free kicks if I can avoid it.
“I'm never going to change the way I play footy, but I want to be a disciplined fair player.
“Each week I sit down and (think), clearly, I don’t want to be giving away any free kicks, but I don’t want to change the way I play either.”
Nankervis has been finding his feet as the newly appointed Tigers co-captain alongside Dylan Grimes, and he says he’s been loving the leadership role.
“I think it’s working really well,” Nankervis said of the partnership.
“Clearly ‘Cotch’ (Trent Cotchin) had done such an amazing job for so many years and I suppose we are still finding our feet a little bit.
“I really love having ‘Grimesy’ alongside me and we are still learning each week and making mistakes and growing, no doubt about that, still plenty of growth left but I really love the role.”
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/05/08/im-never-going-to-change-the-way-i-play-footy-tiger-responds-to-captaincy/