Ginnivan\u2019s car had been nabbed overnight<\/a> from his Richmond home as the Hawks gun was preparing for his flight to Adelaide, with police confirming they\u2019d investigate the matter.<\/p>\nBut CODE Sports reported on Monday afternoon Ginnivan\u2019s Nissan Patrol had been found, with police confirming the vehicle was \u201cwas located behind the Dandenong Creek Trail in Bayswater on Saturday\u201d.<\/p>\n
Police added the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the theft is ongoing.<\/p>\n
Ginnivan on Saturday night had a game-high 10 score involvements to go with 28 disposals, 11 contested possessions, six inside 50s and 1.1 in Hawthorn\u2019s impressive Gather Round win over the Western Bulldogs.<\/p>\n
‘My life’s great, and I’m a happy man’ | 06:01<\/p>\n
Ginnivan post-game opened up about how much he\u2019s enjoying his footy at the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love footy. It\u2019s my job, it\u2019s the easiest job in the world,\u201d he told Fox Footy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI go to work, I train, I get fit, I look good, feel good and play good. It\u2019s a pretty easy job, to be honest, so there\u2019s no excuses to be bad. You\u2019ve got the best facilities in the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy life\u2019s great and I\u2019m just a happy man.\u201d<\/p>\n
‘My life’s great, and I’m a happy man’ | 06:01<\/p>\n
\u2018SILLY\u2019: MAGPIES STAR REJECTS AGE CLIFF<\/p>\n
Collingwood star Darcy Cameron is quick to reject the idea.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s silly,\u201d Cameron says, when asked his view on whether the Magpies are approaching an age cliff.<\/p>\n
The Magpies have won just two of their first five matches, suffering defeats to expected contenders Adelaide, Brisbane Lions and Fremantle.<\/p>\n
A trio of losses has again raised questions about Collingwood\u2019s list profile and whether the reliance is too heavy on Nick Daicos and veteran Scott Pendlebury.<\/p>\n
Cameron, who won the Magpies\u2019 best and fairest last season, considers the topic of an impending cliff nonsensical.<\/p>\n
Darcy Cameron (L) rejects the idea of an imminent cliff at Collingwood. (Photo by Mark Brake\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cI think if you look over the last four years, we\u2019ve played in two prelims and a grand final,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve still got a lot of the same personnel, I know those guys are getting a little bit older but they\u2019re still performing at a really high level.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s silly.\u201d<\/p>\n
The topic will likely become less frivolous to Cameron and Collingwood if it can\u2019t find a way to become more threatening inside 50.<\/p>\n
Collingwood dominated the inside 50 count against the Dockers but to little reward on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n
Coach Craig McRae seemingly tidied up his side\u2019s scoring power against GWS but the Magpies have scored 78, 79, 65 and 39 outside of that victory.<\/p>\n
Jamie Elliott is one of the Collingwood forwards paying the price of slower ball movement. (Photo by Michael Willson\/AFL Photos via Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Cameron suspects the scoring responsibility could rest further up the ground in the way the midfield moves the ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we just need to create more opportunities to link up with our forwards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re working really hard as a forward group to find ways around that \u2026 As mids, we probably missed a few opportunities in the first half to lower our eyes and not be so predictable.<\/p>\n
\u201cFreo flood a lot of numbers back and we probably played into their hands at times. Like I said, we will go back and look at the vision.<\/p>\n
\u2018STILL EARLY\u2019: STAR BULLISH ON GRIM SEASON START<\/p>\n
Patrick Cripps sees something in Carlton others haven\u2019t.<\/p>\n
The Blues\u2019 captain isn\u2019t willing to rule out another year without that elusive premiership in 2026, affirming his personal drive and belief in an evolving group.<\/p>\n
Carlton is 1-4 after five starts and the reality of Cripps \u2013 in his 13th season \u2013 going another year without success is growing larger by the week.<\/p>\n
But the 31-year-old says \u201cit\u2019s still early\u201d and believes a win over arch rival Collingwood on Thursday night could be the \u201ckick start\u201d to their season. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt still drives me, I think any player that gets to the back end of their career that\u2019s the sole purpose you play for,\u201d Cripps said.<\/p>\n
Carlton skipper Patrick Cripps isn\u2019t willing to consider 2026 another lost campaign. (Photo by Mark Brake\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing I learnt last year, a lot of us did, when you get too focused on the end result you lose the joy of the weekly stuff.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough that will be my goal for however long I keep playing for, I still love the game, I love training, I love competing.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy focus lately has been on really leading the boys \u2013 (at the) start of the week, we\u2019ve had a great energy and I think it\u2019s one thing as a group we\u2019ve done really well this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe start has been challenging \u2013 obviously haven\u2019t got the results \u2013 but the energy at the club and the way the boys have been training is as high as I\u2019ve ever felt it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI still have been loving going to the club, which is always the biggest challenge when you haven\u2019t been getting results.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s still early in the year, I feel there\u2019s a lot of potential in our group. We\u2019re looking forward to Thursday to really kick start our year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carlton was better against Adelaide last Thursday night, improving its second half blues, but still left without the four points.<\/p>\n
George Hewett led Carlton in disposals and tackles the week prior to getting dropped. (Photo by Michael Willson\/AFL Photos via Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
The loss came after coach Michael Voss made the shock omission of reigning best and fairest winner George Hewett.<\/p>\n
Cripps says Voss\u2019 decision \u201cin a way\u201d puts the rest of the Blues on notice.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always tough because someone like myself, he\u2019s a guy I love playing with,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve played four years together and you know what you\u2019re going to get from George, he\u2019s one of the most-loved teammates.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a way, but when you\u2019re not getting results you know you need to keep changing that mix.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you see the way he goes about it, the way he went about it this week, credit to him as a person.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe puts in as much work as anyone I have seen around the footy club and I love playing with him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not only did Jack Ginnivan have a win on the field on the weekend, he had an off-field…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-603649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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