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5 Max: ‘Dad Wanted Me to Try a Lot of Different Sports’laying sport as part of any social gathering such as at the regular family barbecues where he played with his cousins and brother, suggesting that this is where he developed the foundations for his success in footy:

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11 Zac: The Road Less Travelledh close friends in a small tight knit community where it was, ‘it was about having fun I didn’t play organized footy until later but it was kinder like just kicking the footy around.’ His earliest memories of sport as a young child were of playing informal backyard versions of Australian rules with other children in the community:

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Part III Discussions and into professional rugby league. While the early learning up to around 12 years of age is very similar to the four AFL stories there were some differences in their transition towards and into professional sport.