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19-09-2010, 01:55 PM
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EMERGING Western Bulldogs’ defender Easton Wood says the club's youth must step up next season to earn the side an elusive grand final berth.
The Dogs’ season ended on Saturday night in a 24-point loss to St Kilda at the MCG in what was the club’s third straight preliminary final defeat.
The 21-year-old said with Brad Johnson’s retirement and the probable end of Nathan Eagleton’s playing days, it was up to the younger members of the side to improve.
“We have to take it up to the older players and challenge each other. That’s the only way we’re going to take that next step, with a bit of rivalry within,” Wood said after the game.
“Things like this galvanise us together. We all feel the same hurt and we can use that to take the next step next year.
MORE (http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/102855/default.aspx)
EMERGING Western Bulldogs’ defender Easton Wood says the club's youth must step up next season to earn the side an elusive grand final berth.
The Dogs’ season ended on Saturday night in a 24-point loss to St Kilda at the MCG in what was the club’s third straight preliminary final defeat.
The 21-year-old said with Brad Johnson’s retirement and the probable end of Nathan Eagleton’s playing days, it was up to the younger members of the side to improve.
“We have to take it up to the older players and challenge each other. That’s the only way we’re going to take that next step, with a bit of rivalry within,” Wood said after the game.
“Things like this galvanise us together. We all feel the same hurt and we can use that to take the next step next year.
MORE (http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/102855/default.aspx)