Beyond the Boundary – At home in Pagewood
In this episode of SwansTV’s ‘Beyond the Boundary’, meet three young players who moved from country Victoria to play for the Swans.
It’s been home to many Swans over the years, but the house affectionately described as the ‘Pagewood Mansion’ is now home to some of the Swans youngest team members.
House leader Jed Lamb and first-year players Tim Membrey and Jake Lloyd are the latest combination of Swans to live at the property, which has previously housed the likes of Ed Barlow, Heath Grundy, Jesse White, Sam Reid, Nick Smith and Tommy Walsh.
Lamb, who hails for Yarram in south-east Victoria, said he was given plenty of help from his former house mates when he moved to Sydney almost three years ago.
“In my first year I lived with Nick Smith and Sam Reid, but then they both signed contracts and bought houses and got rid of me, and then the following year I lived with Eugene Kruger and Tommy Walsh, the big Irishman,” said Lamb, who moved to Sydney at the end of 2010.
“It’s pretty daunting at first moving away from family, but I guess it could have been a lot worst going to Perth or somewhere like that.
“At first it’s pretty hard and you get pretty home sick and things like that, but Nick and Sam were great with making me feel really comfortable and looking after me and making sure I didn’t get too homesick.”
This year, Lamb was made house leader and was charged with the duty of introducing Membrey and Lloyd to life in Sydney.
Lloyd, who grew up in Horsham in Victoria’s Wimmera region, said he was already starting to feel at home in Sydney with his two new house mates.
“On draft day I moved up so obviously I didn’t know anyone in Sydney,” he said.
“To move in with these guys, we’re pretty much best mates now, which obviously helped a lot with the company of good mates around.
“Jed’s been pretty good in showing both of us around, both at home and at the club, so he’s doing a pretty good job as house leader.”
Fellow house mate Membrey said Lamb has also provided his younger team mates with plenty of domestic advice, adding he is quite proud of his skills in the kitchen.
“Jed’s been really good so far,” he said.
“He’s a pretty handy cook, surprisingly, in the kitchen, so he’s taught me a few things along the way.”