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At the Bar with Lachie Watkins


At The Bar

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  • Club:
    Melton Bloods
  • Age:
    27
  • Preferred Position:
    Midfield
  • Previous Clubs:
    Melton South
  • Occupation:
    Electrician
  • Footy Highlight:
    2022 BFNL Premiership
  • Hobbies:
    Golf (Handicap 11)

INSIDER: The Bloods are flying again, do you think you're travelling better this year?

LACHIE WATKINS: Hoping so - the new game style should hold us in good stead.

INSIDER: What are you (as a team) doing better than last year - and not as well as last year?

LW: Better – Structure and set up, Improvement - natural adjustment period.

INSIDER: What are three non-negotiables playing under Troy Scoble?

LW: Effort, Pressure, Be adventurous.

INSIDER: Which family would win a goalkicking comp? the Carters, the Walkers, the Kights or the Watkins?

LW: The Watkins! Definitely not the Kights (looking at you Jordy)

INSIDER: How many games do you think your brother Jack (North Melbourne VFL) will play for the Bloods this year?

LW: Hopefully none at all with everyone fit and healthy etc

INSIDER: What other sport could you play at a high level if there were no footy?

LW: Cricket

INSIDER: In a freakish sense, which player at the club can do things on-field that others can't?

LW: Jordy Cotter, Lachlan Phillips

INSIDER: Who at the club has the most upside from a junior perspective?

LW: Braedan Kight’s little brother!

INSIDER: Biggest footy critic?

LW: My brother Jack (perfectionist)

INSIDER: Have you ever bought a car off Nabby?

LW: Not yet, but not from a lack of him trying!

INSIDER: Who is the quickest at the club over 30m?

LW: Bailey Mawson

INSIDER: Favorite ground to play on away from MacPherson Park?

LW: Clarke Oval, Sunbury

INSIDER: Who is your favorite footy person at the club?

LW: Ray Newman

INSIDER: Who is the last person you would want to share a room with on a footy trip?

LW: Any of the Walkers!

INSIDER: If you had to cook for the whole club what would be your signature dish of approval?

LW: Steak

INSIDER: Who at the club would most likely win a million dollars on a quiz show?

LW: Tom Button

INSIDER: Which of the following best describes you - a reader, a gamer, a commentator, a raver?

LW: A reader

INSIDER: Who do you think would be leading Melton's Best and Fairest?

LW: Jaycob Hickey or Braedan Kight

INSIDER: Favorite AFL club and player?

LW: Geelong, Jeremy Cameron

INSIDER: Biggest threat to Melton for the flag?

LW: Darley

INSIDER: If you could add three players from other clubs to your list, who would you pick?

LW: Brett Bewley (Darley), Jordy Johnston (East Point), Tyson Lever (Sunbury).