Geelong AFLW player Georgie Rankin speaks to The Standard at the Cats' open training in Warrnambool ahead of round six clash against Essendon.
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00:00 Georgie, welcome to Warrnambool. How's it feel to be out here, have a training session and interact with the fans?
00:06 Oh, it's so good. I always say I love Warrnambool. I love coming back here and the community is so friendly.
00:11 They really get around it and they got around us last year and it's the same.
00:15 We've had a great turnout for our open training so it's been good fun.
00:18 You mentioned last year, able to get the win here as well. Are you guys aiming to do that again tomorrow and have a good win?
00:26 Absolutely we are and it's Georgie Prospercus' 25th game so a big milestone for her.
00:32 We're definitely hoping that we give her the win to go with it and to just carry on with the form that we're in and continue to build on it.
00:40 There's a few former Geelong players and coaches, obviously George Clark and Nat Wood.
00:47 Is it nice to see them out here today and catch up and get the game face on for tomorrow?
00:52 Yeah, absolutely. As soon as I saw Clarkie I called out to her and ran down and gave her a big hug.
00:57 We do love seeing this. It's so nice to see Nat who was part of our program and as you said as soon as it comes to game time it just switches and we'll catch up with them afterwards.
01:08 We had a few of our local girls, Jane was involved in your VFL program, a couple of South Mongrel girls and a few of the Coats Talent League girls here today as well to get involved in training. What was that like to be able to work with them today as well?
01:24 Really good. We have a few that have come down at GMHBA so for us to be able to come here and then come along and join us was great fun.
01:32 We played some fumbles and some of them were the last women standing so we always love having them come and embrace our program and immerse themselves into how we go about things.
01:43 Jane knows all about it from the VFLW but it's also a great experience for them to be part of the VFLW program.
01:50 A big crowd last year was about 4,500. If there's anybody on the fence tomorrow, what would you say to them to get them down here and have a watch?
02:00 Get down to the boundary. We obviously get around everyone at the end, we might give you a footy.
02:04 I think it's such a good feel. Last time we had the country tunes on. I think there were a few other stations that were set up.
02:12 It's always family fun at all of our home rounds but being country round and getting everyone down and involved in the environment is just something you don't want to miss out on.
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