2015 Trade Period

Collingwood News

2015 Trade Period
IN James Aish (Brisbane) Jeremy Howe (Melbourne) Adam Treloar (Greater Western Sydney)	OUT Nathan Freeman (St Kilda) Ben Kennedy (Melbourne) Paul Seedsman (Adelaide)

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James Aish 1. The Scharenberg connection Their names were read alongside one another in the 2013 AFL Draft, and now Aish and Matt Scharenberg have been reunited as Collingwood teammates. The South Australian pair are reportedly close friends after playing together for South Australia in the 2012 Under 18 national championships. Despite jostling to be the first South Australian picked in the upcoming AFL draft, Scharenberg had big wraps for Aish, describing him as “in a league of his own”. “He’s a great player and a much better player than me,” the modest Scharenberg told The Advertiser in July 2013. 2. Redleg royalty We’re just getting to know the name Aish, but if you say it in Norwood in South Australia, there’s a very good chance the locals will have heard it a million times before. James’ father Andrew and uncle Michael were stars for the Redlegs in the 1980s. Andrew was a reliable midfielder while Michael is a four-time best-and-fairest winner and a member of the Norwood Team of the Century. Before that it was James’s grandfather Peter who made the Aish name famous in the City of Churches as Norwood’s 1961 Premiership captain. Sixty years later, James and his cousin Jesse completed the trifecta. Jesse played in the Norwood reserves 2011 Grand Final before James won senior premierships with the Redlegs in 2012 and 2013. 3. Bassett has his back Former Adelaide defender Nathan Bassett placed big wraps on Aish long before the South Australian was drafted in 2013. “He is an outstanding decision-maker,” Bassett told The Australian in 2012. “He has that awareness to know what's going on around him. He just doesn't get run down.” As Norwood coach, Bassett quickly backed up his words. He selected the 16-year-old Aish in the Redlegs round one side in 2012, making the midfielder the youngest player to debut in Norwood history. 4. Street full of stars He will now call the Holden Centre home, but Aish has done some travelling in the early years of his football career. Before spending two years at Brisbane, Aish was a member of an AIS group which toured Europe under the leadership of former Swan Michael O’Loughlin. However, remarkably, his childhood home could be the best of the lot. As a teenager, Aish lived in the same street as his Norwood coach Bassett, as well as 2003 Brownlow Medallist Mark Ricciuto. “Roo goes out and has a kick with him every now and again,” Bassett told The Australian in 2012. 5. A numbers game Aish proudly wore the number four during his two-year stint at the Brisbane Lions. However when he arrives at the Holden Centre for pre-season training, he will see that this number is currently occupied by big man Brodie Grundy. Three spaces down in the change rooms is the recently vacated locker of Ben Kennedy. After being selected at pick seven in the 2013 Draft, perhaps the number seven may bear special meaning to Aish when he picks his 2016 jumper number. 6. A recognised Rising Star Aish debuted for Brisbane in round one, 2014, but it wasn’t until his sixth game in which he truly captivated the attention of the football world. A 25-disposal, one-goal performance included eight marks and an impressive 12 contested possessions. It was enough for the then 18-year-old to be awarded a nomination for the 2014 NAB Rising Star award. While Aish wasn’t successful in winning the end-of-season award, he was on hand at the Crown Palladium to share in teammate Lewis Taylor’s success. 7. Why the Roos wanted him Collingwood overcame a late challenge in securing Aish when North Melbourne expressed interest in landing him at Arden Street. It’s easy to see why the Kangaroos were interested. In his three games against North Melbourne, Aish has averaged an impressive 19.67 disposals per game. He only averages a better result against St Kilda, with whom he has met on two occasions. While the midfielder has only kicked eight career goals, three of them have come against North. He kicked two majors in round 15, 2014 and then another in his final game for Brisbane in round 17 this year. 8. The Collingwood-Norwood connection Aish joins a list of Collingwood players who have roots at SANFL powerhouse Norwood. These players include: • Michael Taylor (1981-1984) Collingwood Games: 92 Collingwood Goals: 28 A popular clubman, Taylor later coached the Collingwood Reserves and was appointed assistant coach of the newly formed Adelaide Crows ahead of their first season in 1991. • Craig Kelly (1989-1996) Games: 122 Goals: 43 Known as ‘Ned’, Kelly was strong and tough defender who quickly become a fan favourite during his stay at Victoria Park, highlighted by his key role in the 1990 premiership. • Brett James (1994-1996) Games: 42 Goals: 26 James spent much of his career with the Magpies as a bench-warmer but put in some useful games, kicking three goals in two of his first six senior games in 1994. • Stephen Patterson (1995-2000) Games: 96 Goals: 88 Patterson was a rover who could take a turn on the wing or at half-forward. Speed and endurance were his two greatest assets and he was a handy goal sneak at varioius stages of his career. He ran third in the Copeland Trophy in 1998. • Scott Burns (1995-2008) Games: 264 Goals: 149 Collingwood had to wait two years after they drafted Burns for the determined backman to move to Victoria. While the Magpies drafted seven players ahead of him, Burns turned out to be the best of the batch by a long way. • Steven Pitt (1996) Games: 13 Goals: 14 The strong-marking Pitt came from SA club Norwood and was reasonably impressive in his season with Collingwood. But he opted to return to his career in the South Australian police force. 9. He wants to win Unfortunately for Aish, winning wasn’t much of a habit during his time at the Brisbane Lions. He won just 25 per cent of his 32 games, with eight wins coming at the expense of 24 losses. The win-loss ratio is a stark contrast to the one that Travis Varcoe arrived with at the Pies this time last year. Varcoe won 82.6 per cent of his games at Geelong before bringing his wealth of experience to Collingwood. 10. He’s an AFL multicultural ambassador In 2015, Aish was one of 12 AFL players recognised as Multicultural Ambassador. His role as an ambassador included supporting the development of the AFL Queensland Multicultural strategy and programs including the Queensland All Nations Cup. After the retirement of fellow ambassador Patrick Karnezis, Aish may fill the shoes as a Collingwood representative and continue in his role in 2016 and beyond.	Jeremy Howe 1. His cousin is quite famous Not many families can lay claim to having a Baggy Green cap and an AFL jumper in their treasure trove. The Howe-Wade clan has certainly struck sporting gold. Jeremy Howe, who has joined Collingwood after 100 games for Melbourne, has a cousin who has played Test cricket for Australia. His name? Matthew Wade. The diminutive wicketkeeper, like his cousin, is a product of Tasmania but made the trip to Victoria to chase his sporting dreams. As of October 2015, Wade has played twelve Tests and 53 One Day Internationals for his country. He’s currently captaining Victoria in the Matador BBQs One-Day Cup in New South Wales. 2. He’s a high-flyer OK, we probably ALL know this already. But Howe’s roll call of screamers is worth noting. In 100 games, Howe has received 22 nominations for the AFL’s Mark of the Year. He has won the overall award once, against Sydney in 2012, and was nominated twice in the same game for the Dees against the Bulldogs earlier that year. Suddenly Jamie Elliott’s got some high marking competition. 3. The Tasmanian connection Howe is the latest in a long line of distinguished Tasmanians to call Collingwood his football home. Some of the finest include: • John Greening (1968-1972; 1974-1976) Games: 107 Goals: 70 A flamboyant, classy ruck-rover and half-forward from Burnie, Greening had great ball-handling skills and possessed the rare balance that enabled him to take a spectacular mark and race away as soon as he hit the ground. He was a favourite for the 1972 Brownlow Medal, only to be felled against St Kilda mid-way through the season. He returned in 1974 to notch his 100th senior game, but retired two years later. • Graham Wright (1988-1998) Games: 201 Goals: 107 A hard-running wingman who finished one vote behind Tony Liberatore in the 1990 Brownlow Medal, Wright holds a special place in Collingwood folklore as a member of its 14th premiership. • Paul Williams (1991-2000) Games: 189 Goals: 223 Blistering speed, a hefty right boot and evasive skills to match it with the best made Williams one of Collingwood’s best players of the 1990s. He left the club at the end of 2000 and went on to become an All-Australian with Sydney, with whom he helped take out the 2005 premiership. • Doug Barwick (1988-1991) Games: 71 Goals: 90 A highly skilled half forward, Barwick was recruited from East Launceston and after starting out at Fitzroy ended his career as a hero of the 1990 premiership. His two goals against the Dons took his tally to 36 for the season. • James Manson (1985-1992) Games: 120 Goals: 106 A product of North Hobart, Manson was a versatile big man who was an excellent contested mark. He endeared himself to Collingwood supporters with an unconventional and occasionally unreliable kicking action, and went down in Magpie history as a key member of the 1990 premiership. • Craig Davis (1979-1983) Games: 102 Goals: 251 Originally recruited from Launceston, Davis topped Collingwood’s goal kicking with 87 goals in 1979 and with 52 goals in 1980. Short for a full forward, Davis made up for it with extreme courage and superb marking. It’s a shame Howe wasn’t at Collingwood earlier this year when the club played its first match of any kind in Tasmania during the NAB Challenge. Will he get another opportunity before his career is out? 4. New club, new number? Howe wore the No. 38 in each of his 100 senior games for the Demons. Will a new club bring about a change in jumper number? Perhaps it will. Young Magpie Matthew Goodyear is the current owner of the No. 38 jumper. Since Tyson Goldsack wore in during his first two seasons (2007-2008), the number has seen the light of game day just twice when worn by Peter Yagmoor in 2012. In fact, no Collingwood player has worn No. 38 for more than three consecutive years since Stuart Atkin (1979-1983). 5. The Bali connection What is it about Bucks and Bali? Coach Nathan Buckley has a 100 per cent strike rate when it comes to wooing players to the club during his post-season holiday. In 2014, it was Travis Varcoe. This time around, it’s Jeremy Howe. If Howe can produced at a similar level to what Varcoe did this year, we’ll be well pleased. 6. He knows what the real world looks like Drafted at the age of 20, Howe’s path to football’s highest level didn’t just happen overnight. He completed four years of an electrical apprenticeship at home in Tasmania, and still turned up to work less than 24 hours after being drafted to the Dees. “I ended up going to work the next day and my boss was like, 'Congratulations, good to hear. Over the next two weeks we're just going to get as much work as we can while you're still here',” Howe told the Herald Sun’s Eliza Sewell in April 2012. “I said, 'I'll do today, but I've got to spend the weekend packing my stuff. I've got to go on the weekend'.” 7. The boy from Dodges Ferry The man who is now a Magpie began his football life as a Shark. The Dodges Ferry Sharks can proudly claim Jeremy Howe as their own, for it’s where his football journey literally took flight. He later moved on to Hobart, from whom he was drafted to Melbourne with pick No. 33 in the 2010 National Draft. For the record, the Dodges Ferry Football Club was founded in 1978 and wears a red, yellow and black jumper. The club competes in Tasmania’s Southern Football League and represents a town that, according to the 2006 census, has a population of 2,947 people. 8. 100 and out Howe will go down in history as one of just two men to have played exactly 100 senior games for Melbourne. The other, Terry Gleeson, clocked up his ton during the Demons’ golden era between 1953 and 1962. He played in back-to-back premierships against Collingwood in 1955 and 1956, and was a member of his side’s loss to the Magpies in 1958. 9. He’s durable Since debuting midway through 2011 (round 11, 2011, to be precise), Howe has missed just one senior game (in round 20, 2013). 10. We’re glad he’s on our side now Don’t you agree, Fas?
Adam Treloar 1. He has strong Magpie links The Noble Park Football Club has been kind to Collingwood during the past fifty years. It has produced no less than seven players who have gone on to wear the Black and White stripes. Treloar is the latest in a lineage that includes 1990 heroes Shane Morwood and Darren Millane, while former rookie Kyle Martin returned to the Bulls this year after winning back-to-back VFL best-and-fairests for Collingwood. 2. Pendles has already taken a shine to him Picture this: You’re a 19-year-old playing in your fourteenth game for the league’s newest club. Your team is getting belted by the side that featured in the past two Grand Finals and there’s just 8,102 people in the grandstands. But one of the game’s preeminent players is talking to you – coaching you, you could almost say – and taking the time to improve your game. It’s round 18, 2012. The youngster is Adam Treloar and the superstar is Scott Pendlebury. "He was giving me a few tips, telling me where to run," Treloar said of his exchanges with Pendlebury. "I ran there and got the footy, so it was pretty lucky." Treloar told Fox Sports Pendlebury was “the best midfielder in the game”. We think they’ll get on well. 3. He’s already been coached by Bucks Chalk this one up as another win for Nathan Buckley. Treloar’s move means two of the coach’s former Vic Country pupils are now playing under him at Collingwood. Buckley led both Treloar and Taylor Adams while coaching the elite under-16 team in the National Championships in 2009. 4. He’s Rock solid Treloar went weak at the knees when he interviewed professional wrestling hero and actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in 2014. “I just love him,” he gushed to the Greater Western Sydney media team. “I’ve loved him since I was a kid. He’s like my idol - him, Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant. I love him. I would probably cry if I ever met him.” So, Adam, would you like to interview him? “I’m INTERVIEWING him? No I’m not. You’re kidding me, are you? Are you serious? Give me a hug! “Oh my God. What do I say to him? Oh my ... what am I going to say to him? I won’t be able to talk! I’ll just be standing there just looking at him. “Mate, am I excited? Gee! I’d cry if I met him! Oh my God. The Rock! Are you serious? Oh my God. I don’t know what to say. Oh mate, honestly I’ll cry. Seriously, I will cry. I promise you, I’ll cry. Oh man, I love him. I actually love him.” Wonder if we can keep the surprises coming for Adam now he’s on board at the Holden Centre. 5. He’s got a sense of occasion During 2014, AFL 360’s Mark Robinson challenged Treloar to show his affection for his hero Chris Judd by giving the champion a bum tap after the game. Such were the stakes, $100 was put on the line for the cameraman who captured the moment. Treloar didn’t let Robbo down. 6. He might be a future Hall of Famer Don’t blame us, blame Kevin Sheedy. The inaugural coach of the Giants described Treloar as such back in 2013. “‘Hall of Famers, that’s 250-300 games, you’d think that Adam Treloar and Dylan Shiel should play those sort of games, and Devon Smith, Stephen Coniglio, so starting to move in that direction.” 7. He has a wardrobe full of NBA jerseys In a video published on the Giants’ website, Treloar was set a task of presenting his entire collection of basketball tops in less than two minutes. He completed the challenge, declaring Oklahoma’s Kevin Durant his favourite player. “I started when I first moved to Sydney in 2011,” Treloar told the Daily Telegraph. “I didn’t really have a hobby outside footy so when I first got here I thought I’d collect jerseys, then I fell in love with basketball and I kept collecting. “By the time I’m an old, old man I’ll have hundreds, maybe thousands.” 8. He had to grow up quickly It’s a long way from Noble Park to Sydney’s western suburbs. Treloar made the move when he was just 17 as a part of the list concessions that gave the Giants access to the best 17-year-olds in the country ahead of the 2011 National Draft. Such was his talent that many scouts believed he would be drafted in the top two of 2011 had he been on the open market. 9. Dermie compares him with Ricciuto “He’s got that bit of animal in him. "He actually reminds me of a quicker version of a young, young Mark Ricciuto. “He's that type of powerhouse kid, but he's quicker." Those quotes are attributed to Dermott Brereton from January 2014. If that doesn’t get you excited… 10. Call him Adssy There’s nothing unusual about his nickname. Treloar’s pocket profile published on the Giants’ website lists ‘Ads’ and ‘Adssy’ as his nicknames. Wonder if his new teammates have something else in mind?