The long weekend is fast approaching as the Sydney Swans prepare for an Easter Sunday clash with Richmond.
Senior coach John Longmire appeared in a press conference on Wednesday, March 27 and discussed the evolution of the game, Harry Cunningham and Taylor Adam's recovery.
On Harry Cunningham
“From our perspective Harry has pulled up really well, and so yesterday he was in great spirits, feeling good about himself, today he's fantastic… So that's our main concern. My first point of call is always with Harry and our players - so that's the main thing from my perspective, to make sure he's feeling good - which he is.”
On contact rules
“All we can do as coaches is to move with the times and move with the legislation and move with the rules of the game at the time. We've been trying to do that, and when these incidents happen, then it's just a matter of caring as much as we can for the player.
“From our perspective, the only thing I found a little bit interesting was when some of the blame got directed at Harry. Now, I think that was maybe a little bit unfair, but the main thing is, as I said, from my perspective, that he's feeling really good, and his health and wellbeing is always at the forefront of us.”
On evolution of the game
“There's going to be things that happen on an AFL ground or a rugby league ground or a rugby union ground in sport that you look at and you think needs adjusting. And that's always going to be the case…"
“What I'm confident is, though, as we're moving along as an industry, that we're moving as quickly as we can to try and keep adjusting to what we're learning about in our game. And we'll try and keep coaching that as we move. But I'm pretty confident that with the care that we've got amongst our playing groups all over the AFL, that will remain at the forefront.”
On Taylor Adams
"He's going well. He's going to do some training this week and see how he pulls up.
“He hasn't done a lot of training. He's done a little bit of running last week, which he was able to do in straight lines. He'll do some more change of direction running and a bit more training this week. We'll see how he pulls up. We're mindful that he wasn't able to do a lot until this week.”
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