Today's e-mail form the club
Sea Eagles workhorse Matt Ballin says he's looking forward to a restful off-season break before plunging headlong into 2013 preparations with a host of fresh young talent.
Once his battle-weary body has recovered, Ballin and the team will return to training in early November, along with ten new players who have been added to the full time squad.
"We're looking forward to next year. We'll have a good break in this off season then come back around November and start training hard for 2013.
"We've got a few good young players coming so we're excited about the new year and some new potential.
"They'll settle in well hopefully and bring their knowledge from other clubs over and hopefully make us better."
Ballin finished the season on top of the competition's tackle count, with 50 more than his closest rival, and he said he's looking forward to a month of recovery as a result.
"The body's a bit weary and tired so I'm looking forward to a good break."
While his defensive game will always be a feature, Ballin said the Sea Eagles are looking to improve their ball security next year and he's hoping he can cut back on the tackles and focus on attacking footy.
"Hopefully we can hold the ball a bit next year," he said. "That was probably one of our downfall's this year so hopefully I don't have to make that many tackles in 2013."
"But you can always improve on your game and that will be something I'll be hoping to do well again next year."
tookey said:
Today's e-mail form the club
Sea Eagles workhorse Matt Ballin says he's looking forward to a restful off-season break before plunging headlong into 2013 preparations with a host of fresh young talent.
Once his battle-weary body has recovered, Ballin and the team will return to training in early November, along with ten new players who have been added to the full time squad.
"We're looking forward to next year. We'll have a good break in this off season then come back around November and start training hard for 2013.
"We've got a few good young players coming so we're excited about the new year and some new potential.
"They'll settle in well hopefully and bring their knowledge from other clubs over and hopefully make us better."
Ballin finished the season on top of the competition's tackle count, with 50 more than his closest rival, and he said he's looking forward to a month of recovery as a result.
"The body's a bit weary and tired so I'm looking forward to a good break."
While his defensive game will always be a feature, Ballin said the Sea Eagles are looking to improve their ball security next year and he's hoping he can cut back on the tackles and focus on attacking footy.
"Hopefully we can hold the ball a bit next year," he said. "That was probably one of our downfall's this year so hopefully I don't have to make that many tackles in 2013."
"But you can always improve on your game and that will be something I'll be hoping to do well again next year."
It would have been great if the club told us who was in the training squad and who the 10 new additions are.