Suburb: adelaide
State: SA
Question: hey ash, good luck for 2012! are there hardcore video gamers in the lions squad? Thanks
There are some hardcore video gamers. Big Leuenberger likes to get into NBA Live and does not like to lose. The two housemates, Rockliff and Redden, love their XBox and they get right into Star Wars on that.
Name: Johnny
Suburb: Indooroopilly
State: QLD
Question: Hey Ash mate, did you play for any representative footy sides during your teen years? If so, who were they?
I did play rep footy for South Fremantle and was lucky enough to be selected for State 16s for WA as well.
Name: Dazza
Suburb: Swan Valley
State: WA
Question: Gday Ash, Kelly Robinson was so good that after being 57-0 in his career he would tell people to do stuff with their time, is fatherhood taking up all your spare time?
Hi Dazza. Kelly was good at talking after being 57-0 - cause he was bad. He was real bad. Fatherhood is taking up a bit of my spare time, but if my little one can grow up to be anything like Kelly Robinson, it would be well worth it.
Name: Sam Florio
Suburb: Lovely Banks GEELONG
State: VIC
Question: Hi Ash, how bout those Irish boys, just so competitive. All the best champ! GO ROYS!
The Irish boys are very competitive. They’re great - hopefully we’ll see them have long careers here at the Lions.
Name: Michael
Suburb: Darwin
State: NT
Question: Hi Ash, how much has sports science changed since you started?
It’s changed a lot from when I started 12 years ago. It’d be interesting to see how someone like Martin Pike or Daryl White would go if they had the sports science that we have today.
Name: Steven
Suburb: Dandenong North
State: Victoria
Question: Hey Ash! I would like to thank you for the advice you gave me last year. It has helped me a lot and now I am in contention for seniors at my local footy club. Also who do you think from the recent draft could become a future captain for the Lions?
No worries Steven - glad I helped. I think it’s a bit early to tell who will be a future captain - might have to see in a year or two.
Name: Coops
Suburb: Narangba
State: Queensland
Question: Hey Ash, who is the most annoying team mate and who plays the most jokes?
Tom Rockliff is the most annoying of my teammates, I think. Jokes have been pretty low-key this year. Sam Michael loves his protein shakes, and he accidentally stole Jonathan Brown’s protein shake once and we wound him up pretty well about that. It was pretty funny at the time.
Name: Jackson
Suburb: Toorak Gardens
State: SA
Question: Hi Ash, when travelling interstate what do the players get up to in their downtime? Do you get to go out and see the sights a bit or just sit back in the hotel?
We have a walk but you don’t want to spend too much time on your legs. So just a short walk or some shopping or something in the morning, and then usually just hanging out at the hotel in the afternoon, getting ready for the game.
Name: Nate
Suburb: Kedron
State: Qld
Question: G'day Ash. Nate here again. If the team was stuck on a desert island, who would survive the longest? My guess is big Ben Hudson - I reckon it would be about 3 hours before he starts eating one of the other boys.
Ben Hudson probably wouldn’t eat someone after 3 hours but Browny loves his food so I reckon he’s a chance. The bloke that would die first would be someone like Andrew Raines, who needs his lactose-free foods and weird milk. The longest would be Jack Redden because he’s very shifty in things he does, so he’d be able to find food and not tell anyone about it.
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