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CibbuanoLing named Cats captain
January 20th 2010 03:53
VETERAN tagger Cameron Ling has been named Geelong captain at a media conference at Skilled Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
The 28-year-old succeeds Tom Harley who retired after the Cats' 2009 grand final win over St Kilda.
Ling heads a leadership group which consists of Brownlow Medalists Gary Ablett and James Bartel, Corey Enright, Joel Corey, Joel Selwood, James Kelly and defender Harry Taylor.
Kelly and Taylor are the new additions to the group while Harley is the only player missing from the leadership team that led Geelong to last year's flag. No formal vice-captains or deupty vice-captains have been named.
"The captaincy is a tremendous honour, but my view and really the view of all of us at the club, is that leadership should be shared rather than always residing with the captain," Ling said.
"The strength of our team and club in recent years has been the number of strong leaders that we have had.'
"The leadership group has had 6-8 guys, but then look at the leaders outside that who also contribute with strong words and actions."
"People like Matthew Scarlett, Darren Milburn, Max Rooke, Paul Chapman, Cameron Mooney and others have also been instrumental in pushing the direction and values of the group."
"We’re lucky that we have a lot of strong leaders that enjoy the challenges that come with being senior players."
Recruited from the Geelong Falcons with pick 38 in the 1999 national draft, Ling has played 204 AFL matches, is a dual premiership player and was an All-Australian in 2007.
The 28-year-old succeeds Tom Harley who retired after the Cats' 2009 grand final win over St Kilda.
Ling heads a leadership group which consists of Brownlow Medalists Gary Ablett and James Bartel, Corey Enright, Joel Corey, Joel Selwood, James Kelly and defender Harry Taylor.
Kelly and Taylor are the new additions to the group while Harley is the only player missing from the leadership team that led Geelong to last year's flag. No formal vice-captains or deupty vice-captains have been named.
"The captaincy is a tremendous honour, but my view and really the view of all of us at the club, is that leadership should be shared rather than always residing with the captain," Ling said.
"The strength of our team and club in recent years has been the number of strong leaders that we have had.'
"The leadership group has had 6-8 guys, but then look at the leaders outside that who also contribute with strong words and actions."
"People like Matthew Scarlett, Darren Milburn, Max Rooke, Paul Chapman, Cameron Mooney and others have also been instrumental in pushing the direction and values of the group."
"We’re lucky that we have a lot of strong leaders that enjoy the challenges that come with being senior players."
Recruited from the Geelong Falcons with pick 38 in the 1999 national draft, Ling has played 204 AFL matches, is a dual premiership player and was an All-Australian in 2007.
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