MacLean was training, looked noticeably tired a lot of the time in anything full ground. Webb was hard to pick in a hat, I noticed Hamilton when he came to the bench, he's pretty skinny. Fuller and Prudden definitely played part of the match simulation but I left at 10:30 so they may have begged out after that.
As I said earlier, with the number of new faces, players wearing hats etc. it took me a while to pick out a lot of the players, but a few things I noticed were:
-Hamling didn't seem particularly skinny to me. Looked pretty strong, athletic and certainly looked closer to being a senior player than I expected. He was matched up on Tom Boyd and seemed to acquit himself well.
-Redpath and Talia were having a pretty physical competition early on. A bit of push and shove. Redpath looked reasonable. Took one nice mark that I saw.
-As mentioned by others Minson looks more svelte, moving pretty well, although Ayce did reasonably well against him in what were admittedly not full on ruck contests. Despite running laps during the match practice, thought Tom Campbell also looked to move a bit smoother.
-I guess F'scary must have missed a couple of nice grabs by Ayce. I'm sure he would have been shouting about it from the rooftops otherwise
-Bont appears to be very confident in himself. He noticeably held the ball and tried to take guys on in drills at times when he could have released earlier.
-Caleb Daniel is definitely the most comfortable of the kids playing with the older guys. Despite his size he has the most mature body, very strong in the legs. Hit up Bont with a nice pass in the forward 50.
-Was impressed with what I saw of Z. Cordy. Didn't play in the match simulation but looked good in an earlier end to end drill. Moves very well.
-There was some pretty ordinary skill in the earlier end to end drill prior to the match simulation. Scrubbed kicks and lots of fumbling at times
-I think Stringer and Macrae might turn out alright. They look to have a bit of talent
-It took me ages to pick Honeychurch with a hat on, but he did some nice things. Neat user.