Name: Matt Austin

Your earliest football memory is: Kicking the footy with my dad

Best mark you have taken at any level of football: Anything going back with the flight

Best goal: My first AFL goal, purely for the adrenalin rush

Where were you on the day you were drafted: Home in Ballarat

First person you called after you were drafted: Family and friends

The hardest part of pre-season training: Backing up every day

Favourite training drill: Ball movement drills

If you could play another professional sport, it would be: Basketball

Sports teams you support (non-AFL): Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA), New England Patriots (NFL)

What is one thing people would be surprised to learn about you: I’m a clean freak - that lives with two grubs (Matthew Leuenberger and Tom Collier)

Life motto: Don’t have one

What dish would you serve up if you were on MasterChef: Chicken Risotto

Where is the furthest you have been from home: Bali

What is the oldest item in your wardrobe that you still wear: Dennis Rodman Chicago Bulls jersey

Most environmentally conscious teammate: Definitely not Matt Leuenberger

Teammate most likely to Google his own name: Tom Collier

Teammate most likely to go into politics after football: Luke Power

What rules you more - your heart or your head: Head

Do you prefer a planned event or an unplanned event: Unplanned

The last concert you went to: Nevereverland

Your favourite cricketer: Nathan Hauritz

French fries or wedges: Wedges

Speedos or boardshorts: Both

What’s on your iPod: 10,000 songs - all mixed genres


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