{"id":114770,"date":"2022-08-22T18:39:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T08:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=114770"},"modified":"2022-08-22T18:40:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T08:40:21","slug":"whirlwind-year-sees-bohanna-in-the-sunniest-of-top-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2022\/08\/22\/whirlwind-year-sees-bohanna-in-the-sunniest-of-top-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Whirlwind year sees Bohanna in the sunniest of top jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TO SAY it has been a whirlwind 12 months for new Gold Coast skipper Tara Bohanna<\/a> would be an understatement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the space of about 12 to 18 months, she\u2019s gone from being overlooked at the draft for the sixth time in a row to now being the Suns skipper in only her second season at the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has certainly loved being at the Suns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve absolutely loved it. It\u2019s a fair change moving up from Melbourne, it\u2019s a fair footy bubble, so I just tried to take the opportunity with two hands and just give it my all I suppose, coming in at the age I do, yeah you take any opportunity you can, so I was pretty grateful to be given the opportunity I did.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She certainly was not expecting to land the role of captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Obviously we needed a new captain but I guess I wasn\u2019t always thinking it would go the way it did but super honoured that it did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite just missing out on finals, Bohanna was positive about how season six went for her side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it was a really good step up and improvement. As you say we weren\u2019t far off making finals and I think there were a couple of games that you know were pretty close that could have gone either way. So I think it\u2019s really exciting leading into this season, which is still obviously the same year, we can continue building on those improvements we made and hopefully push towards that finals campaign again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In season 6 she and fellow Suns forward Sarah Perkins<\/a> had created quite the imposing forward duo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that Perkins is at Hawthorn they need someone to fill that void, but Bohanna says they\u2019ve got a few options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got Jacqui Dupuy<\/a>, she was kind of spending half time with forward and ruck last year and she\u2019ll kind of do a bit the same this year but I think she\u2019s a really strong body, a strong target that we have which is really exciting and so hopefully she\u2019ll get a bit more time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We\u2019ve also got Giselle Davies<\/a> <\/strong>training in there which is cool, so she\u2019s come from the backline to the forward line, so she\u2019s a young developing forward. But we\u2019re probably also looking a little bit smaller I suppose then this year, so hopefully a little bit more zippy, hopefully we\u2019ll have Jamie Stanton<\/a> <\/strong>in there that\u2019s so knowledgeable about the game, knows where to be, Courtney Jones<\/a> <\/strong>as well. So it\u2019s pretty exciting, it\u2019ll look a bit different but at the same time be just as competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are plenty of new faces at the Suns this season, who have all settled in well said Bohanna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think everyone\u2019s settled in really well. I suppose again that quick turnaround they kind of had to come in and get straight into training has been a fair step up for all of them. In terms of impressing us they\u2019re all been pretty great. Georgia Clayden<\/strong>\u2019s been doing really well in defence and Gabby [Biedenweg-Webster<\/a>] running off half back, and then Courtney Jones coming up from Carlton has been another addition in terms of just knowledge. And then we\u2019ve got Ash Atkins<\/a> <\/strong>from West Coast as well who\u2019s come in again with just experience and then the young ones as well. Obviously we won\u2019t be seeing Alana Gee<\/a> <\/strong>but they\u2019ve all really impressed so it\u2019s been great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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