WEBVTT - POST MATCH INTERVIEW - Mitch Hinge - Adelaide v St Kilda - Round 1, 2025

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<v Speaker 1>She's stronger at the top. Let's hit down to the

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<v Speaker 1>Crows winning rooms. Mitch Hinge joins us. Now, Mitch, thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for joining us on five double a footy mate. That

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<v Speaker 1>must have been a whole lot of fun boys. It was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a great win. It was a really really

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<v Speaker 2>good win. We've been doing for one of those. So

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<v Speaker 2>we'll put that one under our arm and we'll go

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<v Speaker 2>again next week.

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<v Speaker 3>Hingy, it was just great for round one to see

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<v Speaker 3>you improve on the areas as a team you've been

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<v Speaker 3>working on in that one hundred days. The d F

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<v Speaker 3>fifty fast football just score from I thought was outstanding.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 4>I think our work inside was really really good today

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<v Speaker 4>where our contest was good and it was good all

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<v Speaker 4>across the ground, which is very very pleasing.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, we had four or so boys.

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<v Speaker 4>That played their first games to the club and I

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<v Speaker 4>think each one paid. We had a really big contribution today,

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<v Speaker 4>so it was really good and I think it was

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<v Speaker 4>just one really good team effort. So you know, as

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<v Speaker 4>I said, it's good fun. It was good fun out

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<v Speaker 4>there and we'll go again. Done there.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Mitch Campo here.

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<v Speaker 5>It looked really outstanding before, so I was really impressed.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean you talk about it was a way to

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<v Speaker 5>numbers performance. You go from Matt Crouch if we went

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<v Speaker 5>disposals wise, all the way down to Dan Curtin all

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<v Speaker 5>the way through.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone played their bit and it.

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<v Speaker 5>Just looks like a really even and you're all look

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<v Speaker 5>like you're on the same page.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was good.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, as you just touched on, we had a

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<v Speaker 4>few things to work on over the summer, and coming

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<v Speaker 4>into these games you never really know how you're going

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<v Speaker 4>to go.

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<v Speaker 2>So that was that was what was really pleasing today.

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<v Speaker 4>And I mean, I know we can't get ahead of

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<v Speaker 4>ourselves and we've got a long season ahead, but it

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<v Speaker 4>was a really nice one to, you know, to put

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<v Speaker 4>a show out for the fans and have a good day.

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<v Speaker 1>When it comes down to the talk of the club,

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<v Speaker 1>in the last few weeks, it's been about how the

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<v Speaker 1>club and the team have matured a lot more. What

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<v Speaker 1>do you put that down to Minch in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>how you have matured.

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<v Speaker 4>I think we've just got to keep learning, learning along

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<v Speaker 4>the way. Obviously, we've got a few more mature bodies

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<v Speaker 4>in over the summer. We've got a few in the

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<v Speaker 4>coaching group and we've got a few in the players

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<v Speaker 4>as well.

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<v Speaker 2>And also I think we've.

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<v Speaker 4>Just learned from you know, the areas where we've had

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<v Speaker 4>to had to learn from him previous years.

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<v Speaker 2>Like it hasn't just been a one summer build up.

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<v Speaker 4>We've obviously been building for three or four years and

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<v Speaker 4>last year didn't necessarily go as well as what we

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<v Speaker 4>would have liked. So the boys are on edge today

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<v Speaker 4>and you know, we're just really really excited to put

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<v Speaker 4>our best, best footy and best foot forwards for the

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<v Speaker 4>year to come.

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<v Speaker 3>Did you hear the raw when Sid drape it did

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<v Speaker 3>a warm up? And then did you hear the raw

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<v Speaker 3>when he ran out there? And did you hear the

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<v Speaker 3>rule when he got his first posssion?

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<v Speaker 4>I definitely And geeez, I love what I saw as well.

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<v Speaker 4>He was he was incredible, how his footwork work around

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<v Speaker 4>the stoppages, he's worked rate around the ground, and jeez,

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<v Speaker 4>he had some good contests as well, which we'd love

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<v Speaker 4>to see from the younger boys. Son, he's gonna he's

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<v Speaker 4>going to be very exciting for the future and hopefully

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<v Speaker 4>it plays a big part in what Yeah It twenty

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<v Speaker 4>twenty five comes well.

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<v Speaker 3>From the new to the old We just love what

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<v Speaker 3>Matt Crouch did, his numbers as far as contestant, all

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<v Speaker 3>the win, he does, the work he does in close

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<v Speaker 3>and it was up against an absolute gun in McCrae.

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<v Speaker 3>He's super important to this group, isn't he he is.

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<v Speaker 4>I think he goes underappreciated times, definitely externally. I think

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<v Speaker 4>inside we know how important he is, how strong he.

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<v Speaker 2>Is in the contest.

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<v Speaker 4>He's you know, he's a premium mid and and we're very,

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<v Speaker 4>very lucky to have him on our side. So as

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<v Speaker 4>I said, I think he's what he's able to do

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<v Speaker 4>is also you know, bring up with you know, Sligo's

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<v Speaker 4>and Dawson and help these boys out as well. And

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<v Speaker 4>that's what it is going to take if we want to,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, if we want to do anything this year.

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<v Speaker 5>Mitch, I was really impressed and you spoke about the

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<v Speaker 5>maturity and I guess learning from things at the start

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<v Speaker 5>of that second quarter. We knew that, you know, Saint

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<v Speaker 5>Kilda probably didn't have their best first quarter and Ross

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<v Speaker 5>was always going to give him a bit of a

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<v Speaker 5>lick at quarter time. But I thought your maturity in

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<v Speaker 5>that first five or six minutes when they got the

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<v Speaker 5>ball inside there forward half. You guys were really patient.

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<v Speaker 5>He didn't give away any free kicks, and then you

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<v Speaker 5>work the ball down up the wing this side and

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<v Speaker 5>ended up being where.

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<v Speaker 2>Joshua Kelly josh Rah Shelley kicked that.

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<v Speaker 5>Really nice goal snap over the shoulder, and I thought

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<v Speaker 5>that was a real up in the right direction because

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<v Speaker 5>I reckon previously there might have been a sloppy free

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<v Speaker 5>kick or a forward fifty easy goal against. But I

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<v Speaker 5>thought that was a pivotal moment in the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think so. I think so.

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<v Speaker 4>It's obviously been the focused point and something we've talked about.

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<v Speaker 4>And if you want to be a good side, you've

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<v Speaker 4>got to, you know, when there I guess when it's

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<v Speaker 4>going against you a little bit, you've just got to

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<v Speaker 4>weather the storm for as long as possible and try

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<v Speaker 4>not to get too many goals scored on you.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, they did. They came out in that second.

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<v Speaker 4>Quarter and they were really strong and it was really

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<v Speaker 4>pleasing for the group. You know that we stood up

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<v Speaker 4>and we probably still didn't play our best footy and

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<v Speaker 4>I think there's still areas we can improve in that

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<v Speaker 4>in that spot. But you're right, we just showed a

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<v Speaker 4>little bit of maturity there. We were held up strong

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<v Speaker 4>and then we were finally able to break the game open,

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<v Speaker 4>which was a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 3>Well done, Mitchie. Just before we do let you go.

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<v Speaker 3>Were you under an injury cloud before you come on in?

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<v Speaker 4>Were you no?

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<v Speaker 2>Not at all?

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<v Speaker 4>Boys fresh as the days in? It was, it was good,

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<v Speaker 4>It was beautiful.

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<v Speaker 3>Well done mate, We love you out there. Great work.

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<v Speaker 2>Enjoy the win.

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<v Speaker 3>Round one done, it's the next week and settle up again. Michie.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for your time, beautiful, thanks man, have a good one.