Hopefully, by the experience from playing the Speidel Course, they will have a better time and play better than they have before,

It was almost like doing homework last time. We ought to do better this time. The only thing we had to deal with up there was the weather, it was cold both days.

There will be discussions about what we do with those people, whether they will play in the grand final or perhaps in the VFL.

Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.

We're playing a bunch of young guys, and I just believe that every time they play and get more experience, it's going to make us better. That's not a lot of consolation for some of the seniors in our program, but I've been in this situation before, and I know we're making progress as a program.

Again, it's the experience factor. He didn't play tailback last year, so it takes time.