O’Dwyer steps up

Finn O'Dwyer. (Supplied)

By Tara Murray

New Williamstown co-captain Finn O’Dwyer wasn’t expecting to step up into the captaincy role this Victorian Football League season.

While O’Dwyer had been deputy vice-captain last season, the thought of being captain never crossed his mind with existing captain Cam Polson still at the club.

It was Polson, who first broached the subject with O’Dwyer.

“It was definitely a very exciting conversation with Pols half way through the pre-season,” he said. “Out of nowhere, that is for sure.

“I’m excited by the opportunity this year that we can go together.

“We’ve got different leadership traits, he saw that could potentially be the difference to get us the next step, of going all the way.

“We’ll work together closely and join our strengths and hopefully go to the ultimate success.”

O’Dwyer said ever since he joined the club that he had loved and as time went on and things had started to go in the leadership direction.

He said to be co-captain he did not see coming and that he couldn’t fault Polson’s leadership.

“Especially with Pols there, he’s the greatest captain I’ve played under,” he said. “To be alongside him was definitely a shock for me personally.”

O’Dwyer said he won’t change his game after being named captain, planning to stick to what got him into the role to start with.

It’s been a bit of a tough start for the Seagulls, losing their opening two matches of the season.

O’Dwyer said it had been a bit of a rough start.

“We’re definitely very confident in what we will be able to do for the rest of the season,” he said.

“We’re in games and we’re in front up until three quarter time, it’s just that finishing off.

“We’ve played three good quarters, we need to finish off our structures and endurance to finish off the games strongly is the final step.”

He said they were hoping to get their season back on track.

“I’ll get all the treatment done and hopefully do all the training and should be right to go,” he said.

“First game at DSV [Williamstown]. We will go there tomorrow night [Tuesday night] to go and train. It’ll be nice to be on the home deck where we have a very good history there with win-loss ratio.

“I think we have an understanding of what we need to get done to beat Frankston and hopefully be successful and play the right way this weekend to get the win.”