Hawthorn recruit Sophie Locke’s debut is extra special, as she takes to the field honouring her mother Sarah, who tragically died of cancer two weeks ago. | By Marnie Vinall marnievinall agerealfooty
Debuts on the big stage are always significant but Hawthorn recruit Sophie Locke’s is extra special, as she takes to the field honouring her mother Sarah, who tragically lost her long battle with cancer two weeks ago.Hawthorn’s winger Kaitlyn Ashmore said on Friday it meant a lot to the whole playing group to have Locke on the list“We played on the MCG two days after her mum passed and she was just so resilient.
“I thought you guys would like to be given a phone call because Sophie has been selected to play round one,” said Goddard, which was followed by plenty of tears and hugs. Goddard says the young ones will be supported by the more experienced players, such as Ashmore, who will be running out for her 50th game.
Hawthorn and Essendon also both have a slew of AFLW players promoted from VFLW ranks running out, including Dominique Carbone, Zoe Barbakos, Bridget Deed, Eliza Shannon and Catherine Brown for the Hawks and Federica Frew and Alana Barba for the Dons.
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