Demons happy with gruelling training camp despite injuries
The casualties were notable but Melbourne are hoping they'll reap the rewards for years to come from a gruelling pre-Christmas training camp.
Began his full-time career at The Age as an online sports reporter in 1999 before joining Sportal as the Deputy Editor of the AFL-Telstra online network in 2002. Rejoined the online desk at The Age in 2006 and was online sports editor between 2006 and 2016. Has covered two Olympics (Sydney 2000 and London 2012), numerous Australian Open tennis tournaments and several AFL grand finals. Reads the back page first. Hack golfer. Wannabe tennis star.
The casualties were notable but Melbourne are hoping they'll reap the rewards for years to come from a gruelling pre-Christmas training camp.
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