{"id":67858,"date":"2020-05-28T11:57:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T01:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afl.draftcentral.localhost\/?p=67858"},"modified":"2020-05-28T11:57:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T01:57:48","slug":"qa-joshua-gibcus-gwv-rebels-vic-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2020\/05\/28\/qa-joshua-gibcus-gwv-rebels-vic-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A: Joshua Gibcus (GWV Rebels\/Vic Country)"},"content":{"rendered":"

AS the postponement of all seasons commenced over the last few weeks, we head back to the pre-season where we sat down with a number of athletes across the country. In a special Question and Answer (Q&A) feature, Draft Central<\/em>‘s Michael Alvaro<\/em><\/strong> chatted with Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels’ Joshua Gibcus<\/strong>\u00a0at the NAB League Fitness Testing Day hosted by Rookie Me.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gibcus represented Vic Country during last year’s Under 16 national championships, and is looking to follow in the footsteps of teammates Ben Hobbs<\/strong> <\/a>and Charlie Molan<\/strong><\/a> in breaking into the Rebels’ lineup. As part of a talented bottom-age core, Gibcus will look to make his mark up either end of the field, using his terrific leap and athleticism to catch the eye.<\/p>\n

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PW: How’ve you found the testing today, Josh?<\/strong><\/p>\n

JG: “It’s a good experience and chance to show where you’re at right now, what you can improve on and have a look at some other regions to see what they’re good at.”<\/p>\n

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How has the preseason treated you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It’s been good. Tough work, you’ve got to get it done but the boys and I got it out of the way so we’re doing well so far.”<\/p>\n

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After getting preseason and testing under your belt, how much are you looking forward to getting into the games?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I’m definitely looking forward to getting into games and playing with the boys, playing against other regions. I reckon it’ll be fun.”<\/p>\n

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What do you see as your strengths here in testing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“My strengths would definitely be the jumping.”<\/p>\n

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What do you see as the strengths in your game on-field?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“One of my best strengths has been my athleticism and probably jumping for marks.”<\/p>\n

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And the areas you want to improve on?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Probably one big improvement is my kicking. Just getting it to penetrate and hitting targets.”<\/p>\n

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What role do you hope to develop into throughout the year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Sort of a defender, and maybe somewhere in the forwardline.”<\/p>\n

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Who are you most looking forward to playing alongside?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I’m looking forward to playing with Charlie Molan<\/strong><\/a> and (Ben) Hobbs<\/strong><\/a>. They’re definitely good players and I reckon they’re good teammates to play with.”<\/p>\n

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The Rebels have a good core of bottom-agers, what does it mean to be able to come through as a group like that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“There’s a lot of bottom-agers now so if we’ve got them all running out it’ll be pretty good for the next year, just that experience.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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