Fresh from a best afield performance for Geelong in the qualifying final win against Collingwood, Gary Rohan was putting the youngsters of Ocean Grove through their paces on Wednesday night.
Rohan headlined a footy clinic for the Ocean Grove Cobras juniors and took a Q&A session afterwards and signed jumpers and posed for photos.
The ‘Born and Bred’ clinic was brought to the Bellarine Peninsula by Red Energy, which also donated $1000 to the Ocean Grove Cobras Junior Football Club.
“It’s good to see a lot of juniors coming through and it was good to see a lot of girls who could be future stars of the AFLW,” Rohan said.
“I’ve been here four years and come and watch (Ocean Grove) them when I’m not playing.
“I feel like I can leave Geelong and switch off and come back out here and I’ve got a lot of mates here and jump on the boat and go fishing and surfing and chill out which is good.”
Rohan has a friendly local footy rivalry with Joel Selwood, who calls Barwon Heads home.
“We always have the Battle of the Bridge Joel and I, because he’s from Barwon Heads and I’m Ocean Grove,” he said.
Rohan was best on ground in Geelong’s epic win against the Pies and kicked a clutch goal late in the game after taking a spectacular mark.
“I just backed my goal kicking system,” he said.
“I don’t think I could have kicked it any better. I put myself in the right spot at the right time.”
The Cats will take on the winner of the Melbourne and Brisbane game in the preliminary final.
