Brendan Fevola, a beloved Carlton star, “absolutely loved it” when he swapped allegiances for a day, which may have been a sign of things to come for the now-media figure.
During Thursday’s training session at Victoria Park, 187-game Blues forward Fevola unexpectedly took on the role of Collingwood assistant coach ahead of this weekend’s crucial AFLW matchup against bitter rivals Carlton.
After falsely predicting that CEO Craig Kelly would leave his position at Pies, Fevola first made the presentation as a “punishment.” However, he ended up loving the experience and left wanting more.
“The AIA Centre is a fantastic facility where everything is black and white, and I wanted to go down and train with the females there! Fevola said to Fifi, Fev, and Nick on The Fox, “I’m talking about the chairs, the walls, it’s just Collingwood everything.”
“To be honest, I felt pretty ill.”
Fevola mocked the long-standing rivalry between Carlton and Collingwood, but he was serious when he said, “I know Craig Kelly did it as a punishment, but I absolutely loved it.”
By the end of the session, “Fev” had been mic’d up.
Breathing heavily into the microphone, he remarked, “Those 48 beers I had yesterday are starting to come up a little bit.”
I believe I’ve been substituted out because I’m wearing a bib. I’m exhausted.
After the practice, seven-time Blues top goalicker Fevola called himself the Magpies’ “good luck charm”—and they need one, since Collingwood is now dead last in the AFLW standings with just one victory in nine games.
The Black and white will start as underdogs when the teams play at Victoria Park this Sunday afternoon, despite the fact that the Blues have only won three of their own nine games this season. Fevola’s coaching experience clearly stoked his desire to keep going; in fact, he asked if he could go back to Pies HQ and start the process over. He stated on Friday, “It inspires me to become a coach.” “You have no idea how much I enjoyed it—I spent yesterday’s entire day out and about. “I loved it when Carlton gave it to me as a punishment, and I asked, ‘Can I please come back?'” “I literally told to Sam Wright, the coach: ‘have me