Callan Ward retires after decorated career for Greater Western Sydney Giants

“Darcy Moore captain, but he’s not the adhesive of the back of the back. In fact, without Jeremy Howe, I think Darcy Moore is 75 percent of the player is.

Tony Shaw, former coach of Buckley and Collingwood Premiership captain, was even harder in Moore.

“Darcy Moore is in a shocking form, Sha said Shaw 3aw.

“He punched the ball twice last night with both fists. If you can take both hands, why don’t you mark the ball?

The importance of a smart tall defender and interceptor to take its place in the longer term is part of Magpies’s interest in Carlton’s interest in free agent Jack Silvagni at the end of the season. Magpies has not replaced Nathan Murphy since his early retirement.

Isaac Quaynor, Harry Perryman and Brayden Maynard are also concerned about synergy. This leaves holes in Magpies’s defense structure.

Buckley said Magpies wasn’t as bad as three losses a month, but it was time to bring something to the game where Craig Mcrae was left behind.

He said that the midfield was beaten by Brisbane, especially in the third quarter, but continued to a large extent throughout the year. Recently, the decline had been advanced and in defense.

“These pointed ends and at these pointed ends, they give a lot of scoring at D 50, or they give much more scoring than before, and this comes to the mixture of the back and they cannot be connected too much in 50.

“So if you correct two inputs in this way, if you finish two scoring opportunities and two ways, they are a significant difference and are not three losses from the last four of the collingwood, they are just a loss from the last four and we look at them differently. It is so marginal.”

This reflects the natural short term of football evaluations based on uniform.

Buckley said, “We took Collingwood too forward six weeks ago.” And I think we’re questioning their good intentions due to three losses last month for the same reason, “Buckley said.

Uz We’re caught in shorter things. I don’t think they’re ahead six to eight weeks ago, and I don’t think there’s much to panic last month.

“I still love most of what Collingwood has.

Collingwood also dealt with the contract of eight most experienced players at the end of the season, as well as the high -performance Ruckman Darcy Cameron, who still has a year in his contract – the target of other clubs that are aware that it is low for performance.

Competition sources, which are close to several out of the contract, said that although the situation is not ideal, it means that the pride in the professionalism and performance of the players does not affect those on the field.

There is no doubt about the emergencies on Thursday night, but a loss would be under pressure to stay in the first quarter as I met the crows on the 23rd round before finishing the house against Melbourne.

A giant retire between the giants

Jon Pierik

The Great West Sydney champion Callan Ward said he retired without regret and that he was thinking quickly to play again this year after he seriously hurts his knee in 12 rounds.

35 -year -old Ward suffered a injury at the end of the season against Richmond at Engie Stadium, and 327 and the last match, and 267 of them broke a record with giants.

The solid midfielder played in 2025 – the 18th season – he hoped to celebrate a difficult flag, but it wasn’t. Focused, Ward has chosen for another year, although his young family returned to Melbourne.

Surrounded by his family on Monday, Ward officially announced his retirement.

“IT [premiership] It was to be for me and that’s good. I have no regret. I wish I could do my knee, I wish I could do it, but this is my control, Ward Ward said.

Orum I feel that I did everything I can to try this Premiership, and it was always my dream, but that didn’t happen.

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“I can’t reach there now, but I don’t like more than this group arrives there.”

After hurting this year, Ward said he was thinking of trying to go back this season for a moment.

Im I knew I wanted to retire immediately. I thought of that, but I knew at that time. It was my extra year we agreed on my (family), and it was hard to go back. ”

“I knew I was doing my ACL right now, and I was counting the weeks of the week’s big final idea: ‘Can I go back’ and I knew I couldn’t. ‘

“The more time passes, I noticed that I would retire.”

As he was taken from the field, he reached out to the coach’s desk, for a long time his teammate Lachie Whitfield gave an emotional embrace, one of the more prominent moments of the season.

Ward, who spent four years with Western Bulldogs before going north to join the new club before the 2012 launch, was praised by the General Manager of Geants for the inheritance he left at the expansion club by Dave Matthews.

“Callan Ward has been the heart and spirit of this football club since the first day. It was a brave decision to join giants, to make a start and to confront a AFL Club. It only helped to describe who we were, just helped to describe who we were.

Kal From the moment it came, Callan brought leadership, satiety and professionalism that shaped our culture and sets standard for every player passing through our doors.

“It is hard to exaggerate the effect of Callan not only on the field but also on the influence. He was a role model, a mentor and a cornerstone of our club’s identity for 14 seasons.

“To see that your career ends as it is, but even at the same time, it is also appropriate for the focus to remove his teammates.

“Callan Ward, the legend of giants, AFL retired as a wonderful and permanent legacy for decades.”

Ward missed the only major final appearance of the giants because of the earlier tears of the anterior cruciate ligament in the knee. Giants lost the tigers.

In the 2007 national draft, it was taken by Bulldogs with the number 19 elections, but felt that it was time for maturation after four years.

“I’m so happy to jump back then, I didn’t want to be honest,” Ward said, Ward.

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“One of the main reasons I did was to grow and start just starting and challenging myself, and I think I did it, especially I had to jump from my spouse captain and my comfort.”

This season, he will continue to guide his teammates and have the role of a bench on the match day and still hopes to be a qualified firefighter.