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Update from the club on pre-season.

Subiaco's round one fixture will commence on 4 April against Swan Districts, with Subi players in great nick and starting to really show the work they have put in over the course of pre-season, with some match simulation and small hit outs they have played over the last few weeks, said Strength and Conditioning Coach Matt Olds. "With a month to go before round one, we still are looking to continue to build some load into the group to ensure we still play to our trademarks as a hard running side. But we’ve transitioned into ensuring the teams really gel and understand the game plan to ensure we can execute on game day" said Olds.

Last night the Subiaco seniors played an intra-club match at Leederville Oval, with a majority of players available and only a few key players missing. Players pulled up as expected after a competitive hit out, however, are fortunate that after a solid block of training they now have a four day break to recover before hitting the ground running next week and leading into the pre-season fixtures.

The rehab group has come down in recent weeks as we continue to release players back into main training said Matt Olds. "Max Dennis had required surgery to clean up his knee that he injured towards the back end of 2019."

"Kaidyn Fullgrabe went over on his ankle during training a few weeks back but has resumed running now and will be progressed over the next few weeks. Hayden Kennedy and Ryan Borchet are on the return after both players experiencing a minor knee injury during some simulation work and are progressing well."

"Max Walters fractured his wrist pre-Christmas and hasn’t healed as quickly as expected, but has been able to put in a mountain of work in the last few weeks and is in great condition as he’ll begin his transition to training shortly."

"Recruit Jake Stergiou has integrated himself into the main training group over the last week and continues to build loads after a history of groin issues during his time at Claremont, as have Zane Shellabear-Healey and young ruck prospect Mach Deng. Braden Fimmano is reintegrating to the group after an off-season shoulder clean-up" said Olds.

Subiaco play their first pre-season fixture on March 14 away against East Fremantle before returning back to Leederville Oval on 21 March to play Perth in a curtain raiser to the Outside the Locker Room Celebrity Match, before finishing up our pre-season fixtures against West Perth away on 28 March.

Sounds good BC, just 3 starters in Kennedy, Walters and Borchet having a few interruptions out of the top 22 from last season. Cant fathom why the league start at 9.00am when we play EF??? hoping they are referring to the Colts!!

Apparently it's only the league playing EF so not sure what's going on there and when the ressies and colts are playing if at all.

Def League only EF v Subi. I rang the club and it's because there were already games scheduled later in the day.

Thanks KCEF, shame though, cant get down from York that early and catch up with my Shark's tragic mate which is a real tragedy as being the host he buys the beers!!

I'll be going to this one and will give you a run down SS.

Thanks BC, I'll get to the Perth game on the 21st which I think is a 6pm start.

You are hilarious STD, but on a serious note, surely the olympics in Tokyo must now be considered too risky to stage, maybe defer for a year or have them in empty stadiums as a TV only event.