Becoming GIANT: Recent Episodes
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Each year a handful of aspiring AFL players have their dreams realised when they're drafted to an AFL club. Award winning journalist and GIANTS recruiter Emma Quayle introduces new draft classes, tells their stories and sees how they're settling into the club. She also goes back and learns about some of the different paths players have taken to becoming GIANT.
GIANTS recruiter and award-winning journalist Emma Quayle sits down with GIANTS recruit Toby Bedford.
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Cooper Hamilton opens up about growing up on a farm in country Victoria, navigating his way through two years of interrupted football and his perfect first impression at the GIANTS.
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GIANTS recruiter and award-winning journalist Emma Quayle sits down with Josh Fahey to discuss his decision to leave and then re-join the GIANTS Academy, the influence of Tom Green and his decision to move back to Canberra to finish school.
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GIANTS recruiter and award-winning journalist Emma Quayle sits down with Leek Aleer to discuss his childhood in Egypt, his move to Australia as a five-year-old and the influence his mother had on his footballing dream.
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GIANTS recruiter and award-winning journalist Emma Quayle sits down with the GIANTS' first pick in the 2021 draft Finn Callaghan.
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From the Geelong West Giants, to Greater Western Sydney: defender Cam Fleeton chats about how he made the most of the 2020 shutdown, his long wait on draft night and his first two months at the GIANTS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The 2020 season was a tough one for all, but none more than draft-bound kids in Victoria. Conor Stone - selected at pick 15 - chats about how he handled the many challenges that the football-free year threw his way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
After missing out in the 2019 draft, Will Shaw found his way onto an AFL list without playing a single game in 2020, aborting a move to Bendigo to move home to Deniliquin and start a building apprenticeship when the coronavirus lockdown began.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ryan Angwin had access to a very handy resource - Port Adelaide player Xavier Duursma, from the same small Victorian town - as he set about making the most of his almost football-free 2020 season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jacob Wehr almost gave up on his dream to make the AFL at the end of 2019. The 22-year-old from country South Australia was studying teaching and working as a part-time painter when the GIANTS grabbed him with the very last selection in the 2020 draft.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tanner Bruhn, the GIANTS' first pick in the 2020 draft, reflects on the knee injury that set him back as a young player, how he handled the non-existent 2020 season, and his first two months in Sydney.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shane Mumford joins Emma Quayle to discuss his trade from Sydney to the GIANTS at the end of 2013, a move he did not not see coming but one that brought out a whole new side of him at the age of 27.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
From Northern Ireland to Greater Western Sydney - GIANTS defender Aidan Corr joins Emma Quayle to discuss his family's move to Australia when he was a toddler, his shift to Sydney as a first-round draft pick and his journey towards becoming a settled part of the team's back six.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In 2017, Lachie Keeffe knew his time at Collingwood was most likely up. Back after a two-year suspension, he couldn’t find his way back into the Magpies’ senior team. Delisted at the end of the season, he had a handful of clubs get in touch. For a number of reasons, the GIANTS appealed most.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Emma Quayle speaks with Harry Himmelberg who joined the club through the GIANTS Academy and now plays a key role in the forward line and as a punch hitting ruckman. Thanks to our presenting partner, Bingo Industries.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A special edition of Becoming GIANT with second year forward Bobby Hill who designed our jumper to be worn on Sunday as part of Sir Doug Nicholls Round. This podcast was made possible by Bingo Industries.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cora Staunton joins Emma Quayle to discuss her long and storied international sporting career which has seen her become a crowd favourite of the GIANTS' AFLW program.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Callan Ward didn't believe it when he was first told the AFL's newest team wanted him to play for them. He almost said no when they asked him to be captain. Nine years on, he reflects on leaving the Western Bulldogs to move to Sydney and join the GIANTS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
First, Sam Reid joined the GIANTS as an uncontracted player ahead of season 2012. Next, he was delisted with a year to run on his contract. Then, he found a way to lift the pressure he had placed on himself and overcome the injuries that had held him back as a young player, embracing life as a "role player" and fighting his way back onto the list.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Moving to Sydney was a big deal for Brent Daniels, who grew up in Swan Hill in country Victoria and joined the GIANTS as pick 27 in the 2017 draft. But a decision to move away to boarding school when he was 16 helped prepare him for what was to come.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The GIANTS played in a preliminary final in 2016, yet still ended up with pick No. 2 in the national draft. Tim Taranto wondered how he would ever get a game when the club called his name out, but arrived in Sydney determined to make a quick impression.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Alicia Eva had two big goals growing up – to play football at the highest possible level, and to coach there too. Her move to the GIANTS ahead of the 2018 AFLW season has helped her chase both dreams.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Harry Perryman learned to mix it with the men while playing country football as a 15-year-old in Collingullie, near Wagga. Drafted in 2016 via the GIANTS Academy, the farm boy has slowly gotten used to life in the big city, and the senior side.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Gab Trainor Medallist and an All Australian in only her second year of football at the highest level, Alyce Parker is certainly a star on the rise. Find out how this wonder kid from the farm will be one of the players to watch for years to come at the GIANTS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rookie-listed at the end of 2012, Zac Williams talks about growing up in Narrandera, the early days of the GIANTS Academy and why his mum made him stay in Sydney when times got tough in his debut year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Daniel Lloyd was desperate for a chance when the GIANTS offered to rookie list him at the end of 2015. But at 23 he had things to consider – a wife, two kids and a job as a carpenter – before he could say yes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Matt de Boer discusses the challenge of going from regular Fremantle player to being delisted at 26, why he wanted to come to the GIANTS and how he went about establishing himself as a leader at his new club.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The No. 1 draft pick in 2012, Lachie Whitfield talks about his stress-free draft year and the tough times that greeted him after he made his way to the GIANTS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pushed out by Collingwood at the end of 2013, Heath Shaw had a decision to make: where would be the best place to continue his career?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.