West Coast leader Reuben Ginbey ‘spins the narrative’ on ‘embarrassing image’ after running session

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Reuben Ginbey has declared he would have been “disappointed” if West Coast teammates were able to stand after their latest time trial, following Brownlow medallist Tom Mitchell’s…

Reuben Ginbey has declared he would have been “disappointed” if West Coast teammates were able to stand after their latest time trial, following Brownlow medallist Tom Mitchell’s criticism.

Mitchell said it was “utterly embarrassing” for Eagles players to be pictured laid out on the turf after the last rep of a gruelling 11x200m drill on their first day of pre-season training.

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“Don’t get me wrong, AFL pre-season is one of the hardest things you’ll ever do — but look at the body language,” Mitchell said.

“That is serious mental weakness. There’s no leadership there. Thank god they got (new recruit) Jack Viney to stamp out some of this crap. I could not be more passionate about this.

“They’re basically showing all the opposition out there already, that as soon as it gets hard we’re going to roll on the ground and act like we’re dying.

“This is an embarrassing image. And this is West Coast in this example. But you see this often with a lot of teams around the league.“

Mitchell later issued a clarifying note, questioning why not one Eagles player would stand up to set a standard — and predicting it will be a different story next time.

“I believe the next running test they do will have less players on the ground, which goes to show that it is mental, but let’s watch this space,” he said.

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