Becoming GIANT

GWS GIANTS AFL Football Club

Each year a handful of aspiring AFL players have their dreams realised when they're drafted to an AFL club. Award winning journalist and GIANTS recruiter Emma Quayle introduces new draft classes, tells their stories and sees how they're settling into the club. She also goes back and learns about some of the different paths players have taken to becoming GIANT.

  1. Becoming GIANT - Toby Bedford

    04/05/2023

    Becoming GIANT - Toby Bedford

    GIANTS recruiter and award-winning journalist Emma Quayle sits down with GIANTS recruit Toby Bedford. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    38 min
  2. Becoming GIANT - Cooper Hamilton

    01/03/2022

    Becoming GIANT - Cooper Hamilton

    Cooper Hamilton opens up about growing up on a farm in country Victoria, navigating his way through two years of interrupted football and his perfect first impression at the GIANTS. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    31 min
  3. Becoming GIANT - Josh Fahey

    22/02/2022

    Becoming GIANT - Josh Fahey

    GIANTS recruiter and award-winning journalist Emma Quayle sits down with Josh Fahey to discuss his decision to leave and then re-join the GIANTS Academy, the influence of Tom Green and his decision to move back to Canberra to finish school.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    32 min
  4. Becoming GIANT - Leek Aleer

    17/02/2022

    Becoming GIANT - Leek Aleer

    GIANTS recruiter and award-winning journalist Emma Quayle sits down with Leek Aleer to discuss his childhood in Egypt, his move to Australia as a five-year-old and the influence his mother had on his footballing dream. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    47 min
  5. Becoming GIANT - Finn Callaghan

    15/02/2022

    Becoming GIANT - Finn Callaghan

    GIANTS recruiter and award-winning journalist Emma Quayle sits down with the GIANTS' first pick in the 2021 draft Finn Callaghan.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    34 min
  6. Becoming GIANT - Cam Fleeton

    08/03/2021

    Becoming GIANT - Cam Fleeton

    From the Geelong West Giants, to Greater Western Sydney: defender Cam Fleeton chats about how he made the most of the 2020 shutdown, his long wait on draft night and his first two months at the GIANTS. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    28 min
  7. Becoming GIANT - Conor Stone

    03/03/2021

    Becoming GIANT - Conor Stone

    The 2020 season was a tough one for all, but none more than draft-bound kids in Victoria. Conor Stone - selected at pick 15 - chats about how he handled the many challenges that the football-free year threw his way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    29 min
  8. Becoming GIANT - Will Shaw

    01/03/2021

    Becoming GIANT - Will Shaw

    After missing out in the 2019 draft, Will Shaw found his way onto an AFL list without playing a single game in 2020, aborting a move to Bendigo to move home to Deniliquin and start a building apprenticeship when the coronavirus lockdown began. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    30 min
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Each year a handful of aspiring AFL players have their dreams realised when they're drafted to an AFL club. Award winning journalist and GIANTS recruiter Emma Quayle introduces new draft classes, tells their stories and sees how they're settling into the club. She also goes back and learns about some of the different paths players have taken to becoming GIANT.

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  • Creator
    GWS GIANTS AFL Football Club
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    29
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 GWS GIANTS AFL Football Club