Campbell Heath and Sam Reid and I were doing recovery in the ice baths, then got changed and dressed. But as we were leaving our facilities at the SCG, we spotted a big rat in a store room at the ground, so we dropped our bags and tried to catch it.
We chased it around the store area for a while, on our knees, trying to draw it out from under a cupboard.
We had these red plastic baskets and we were trying to get it into one of those. Then it ran over Cambo’s foot and he screamed like a little kid. It was a pretty desperate chase and finally we got it.
The scariest bit was when we tried to put one basket over another to make sure it didn’t jump out....that was a nerve-wracking time!
Eventually we taped up the basket and then looked for biscuits to feed it and calm it down. We got a big cookie from the vending machine and it enjoyed that. We decided we’d take it home and look after it, to help it get over its shock.
We took it home and put it near the front door, with a towel around it because it was pretty cold, and gave it more cookies and bread. The next morning I knew we had to let it free, so I took it to some bush across the road from my place and we let it go. Now everyone around here is calling us the rat pack.
The rat episode was a bit of fun before we had to travel down to Geelong to play the Cats last Sunday. Everyone talks about how good a side Geelong are, and I got to see it for myself.
I went into the game with a positive mind. I decided to treat it as if I was playing against Subiaco, back in the West Australian Football League where I spent the past few years.
Subi were always a tough team to play, with big bodies and hard at the ball. Geelong had better skills but similar sized bodies. It was one of the hardest games I’ve played but at the same time it was exciting to test yourself against them.
The result was a downer but we’ve got to pick ourselves up get back to our normal game against the Doggies this Saturday in Canberra.
