{"id":147552,"date":"2023-11-29T15:30:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T05:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=147552"},"modified":"2023-11-29T15:30:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T05:30:48","slug":"conway-check-in-gives-insight-into-the-lions-den","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2023\/11\/29\/conway-check-in-gives-insight-into-the-lions-den\/","title":{"rendered":"Conway check in gives insight into the Lions’ Den"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SPEAKING to the media from Brisbane Lions HQ yesterday, speedy Lion Sophie Conway<\/a> gave those in attendance an insight into where things are at in the Lions camp ahead of Saturday\u2019s AFL Women\u2019s Grand Final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the notion that making the Grand Final again is becoming a “habit” for the Lions, Conway said the aim of the club was to go deep in every finals series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I feel like each and every year we strive to put ourselves in these positions and I feel like it starts from our pre-preseason phase to now,” she said. “It’s obviously really exciting, it\u2019s why you play footy, you want to be training the last week of the season and play the last game of the season. We\u2019ve put ourselves in a great position and we\u2019ve got one more to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, she did not 100 per cent agree that having played so many AFLW Grand Finals before would give Brisbane an advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah and no,” Conwy said. “North Melbourne are a quality side, they\u2019ve been pushing for the last couple of years as well. There\u2019s a few of us who are about to play our fifth grand final, I\u2019m about to play my fourth, and then there\u2019s some in our team who are about to play their first so we\u2019ve got a variety of players with Grand Final experience and North have also had that as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They have players that have come from other teams as well. It\u2019s going to be red hot, obviously we\u2019ll bring our knowledge and our experiences and our learnings, but you can\u2019t really look too much into that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conway praised the flexibility of the Lions, noting that if big players do have to miss on Sunday they have the flexibility to counter their absence, exactly like they did the last time they played the Kangaroos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the biggest thing about our group this year is that we\u2019ve been very adaptable and versatile,” Conway said. “We\u2019ve seen Shannon<\/a> go up forward, we saw her do it on the weekend, so we\u2019ve got the versatility within our group where we\u2019re very flexible and obviously that\u2019s a key part as to why we\u2019ve done so well this year again. Our group has been very open minded to what the coaching staff has put in front of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conway also spoke of her excitement of receiving her first All-Australian blazer, but also noted she could not have achieved it without those around her. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere will be no better feeling than post-game and the possibilities of what could happen, but at the end of the day it\u2019s also still nice to get some individual success, but that doesn\u2019t happen without the players around you,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“For myself to have the season that I\u2019ve had is obviously awesome, but that doesn\u2019t happen without our medical team, high performance guys, coaching staff and obviously the players that I run out with, so I\u2019ve got the blazer but at the end of the day it\u2019s the 21 that run out with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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