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The last time Conor Nash played finals — his fourth and fifth AFL game back in 2018 — it was a “ complete blur ” where he “doesn’t remember a thing.”
18 November 2015; Conor Glass, left, and Conor Nash, Australia, arrive for squad training. Australia Squad Training, EirGrid International Rules 2015, Croke Park, Dublin. Picture credit: Piaras Ó MÃdheach / SPORTSFILE Not only did Nash want to stay loyal to the club that’s helped shape him into the player he’s become, he also couldn’t possibly abandon what he’s helped build under Sam Mitchell ... and the trajectory the club’s heading in.
Twenty-three at the time, Nash admits his career could’ve gone either way even though he was “playing good footy” for Box Hill in a half-forward role but “just wasn’t able to do that at AFL level.” “You’ve got to get comfortable with being the worst. Once you accept that, then you start to go OK,” he said.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 01: Conor Nash of the Hawks celebrates a goal during the round 12 AFL match between Hawthorn Hawks and Adelaide Crows at Melbourne Cricket Ground, on June 01, 2024, in Melbourne, Australia. Nash has really prospered under Mitchell, playing 68 of a possible 69 games since the third-year coach first took the reins in 2022. Mitchell clearly saw something in Nash from their Box Hill days.
Hawthorn also invested in on-ballers in the national draft during that period including bringing in Josh Ward and Cam Mackenzie with its first selections in consecutive years to give Sam Mitchell a myriad of options. “It’s kind of just evolved organically. It started pre-season, ‘Mitch’ got us all in who could potentially play inside mid, there were like 10 of us.“So we just pushed each other to be the best we could and see what we could make of it. Funny how now there’s so many guys who can play in the middle.”
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