00:00 Rowan, obviously it's James Solnitzen's testimonial this week. How much do you rate him as a player
00:08 and a bloke?
00:09 Yeah, Dono's played a real key part of the group since I've been here. We've been on
00:14 the rollercoaster of ups and downs but Dono's a very consistent competitor and trainer and
00:19 I think all players want to be known as that guy that people want to play with and Dono's
00:25 certainly that. The players hold him in very high regard running out on the field and us
00:30 as a coaching staff really believe in Dono's wholehearted commitment every week no matter
00:34 what the circumstance or the situation.
00:36 It's obviously a big day for him, big day for the team as well, the full-scale practice
00:42 match before the season starts?
00:44 Yeah, it's an important day, a bit of extra motivation and emotion attached to it with
00:50 Dono's testimonial. It's not round one but it's a really important day for us as a group
00:56 to take a step forward and play some decent footy and celebrate Dono's career.
01:01 First chance to look at your new spine playing together, are you excited about that?
01:05 Yeah, I'm too excited about pre-season games. We'll use it as a heat-out and we'll get a
01:12 taste for how we've been preparing, training and putting a bit of that into practice but
01:18 But certainly not the real game yet.
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