He ‘was touch-and-go to take the field’ after sustaining an injury that didn’t even happen during a game.
“I was touch-and-go to take the field in the last minute there, just before that game.“That’s part of footy. Everyone’s carrying little injuries and you’ve just got to find a way to push through it.”AAP
The 30-year-old, who will break the 200-game barrier early next season, drew on his experience during grand final week.“As you get a little older you learn to know what you can and can’t play with,” Mitchell said.Mitchell was one of Collingwood’s important off-season recruits, along with Norm Smith Medal winner Bobby Hill and unlucky forward Daniel McStay, who missed the grand final through injury.
And Mitchell ended as one of only four players — along with Josh Daicos, Isaac Quaynor and Jack Crisp — to feature in every game for the Magpies this season.“Fly and the coaches were so good at backing me in and saying ‘this is what we want from you’. “They had so much confidence in me to do it and I get a lot of belief in myself as well when you’ve got them in your corner.”Still, Mitchell didn’t expect a premiership would automatically happen when he joined the team that rose from 17th in 2021 to a preliminary final in McRae’s first season at the helm.
Mitchell was drafted by Sydney in 2013 — a year after their last premiership — and played in the Swans’ 2016 losing grand final side before moving to Hawthorn from 2017 to 2022.“Moments like right now, you never think anything like this could ever happen, so it’s pretty special.”
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