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Holmes to make historic AFL debut

Authored by: Troy Thompson
on Friday, August 21 2015 @ 10:22 am ACST

From his press conference yesterday - source Twitter

I've always prepped myself for the possibility that it may not happen. I'm very excited.

I'm more competent up forward now and I have back up plans in the ruck. I've worked closely with my ruck coach.

I'm just really proud of being part of a sport that I want to grow internationally. It's an amazing sport.

I had no clue what AFL was. I got the call from a scout on April 1 so I thought it was a joke. Then I realised it was real.

My brother Andrew plays for the Oakland Raiders.

I was always excited for challenges as a kid. I played football, soccer, basketball and a lot of outdoor sports.

I could have been just 'another basketball player' but the idea that I could do something new and inspire people to be different was good.

I'm excited to do my job. At the end of the day, I just get to work on Saturday night.

I played against Matthew Dellavedova one day at college. I've followed his career closely since.

AFL is another level of competition. The role of the ruckman is to win the hit outs and that's what I want to do for my team.

Mike Pyke was an inspiration for me.

My main starting off was to play AFL footy. Once I started training here, I decided I wanted to be part of something special.

I want to play in a premiership one day.

Hickey is great on the ground and Billy is a great intercept mark and good with the hit outs.

AFL footballers are the fittest athletes in the world. To run 15km, strong, agile and skillful... I don't think anyone can just go & play.

Holmes to make historic AFL debut

Authored by: Harley Vague
on Friday, August 21 2015 @ 12:35 pm ACST

It's ironic that as an Australian debuts in the NFL an American debuts in the AFL. I'm sure that Jason is going to have a big impact on recruiting and further accelerate the trend of Americans playing in Australia.

Holmes to make historic AFL debut

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Sunday, August 23 2015 @ 11:07 pm ACST

From the highlights package I saw Holmes was impressive. An amazing leap and he used it effectively. Plenty of hitouts and some were very nicely directed to the advantage of teammates. A couple of tackles that were not exactly fierce and tight but they were okay and not outside what you might expect from a ruckman. Didn't see too many possessions to rate his skills there, and learning to find space and get more disposals will probably be one of the hardest things. But overall an impressive debut and he's young enough to be part of St Kilda's likely rise up the ladder over the next few years.

Looking forward to see him fly against Nic Nat in the final round this year!

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

Edited on Sunday, August 23 2015 @ 11:09 pm ACST by Brett

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