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Tasmanian star recruit Geoff Hayward (John Howard) arrives at the club to face strong resentment from the less well-paid players and the coach, Laurie Holden (Jack Thompson). As the season begins, the football media asks some tough questions.
Curator’s notes
The clip uses the popular song of the time, 'Up there Cazaly’, but with an irony the song never intended. The clip establishes the whole suite of pressures that the team, the coach, the older players and especially the new recruit feel as the season begins. This is not football as a game but as a masculine hierarchy, a ladder that Geoff isn’t sure he wants to climb.
