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COLLINGWOOD recruit Jack Crisp is happy for Dayne Beams to steal all the headlines in the lead-up to the Magpies’ round 1 clash with Brisbane.
Provided he’s making the trip to the Gabba to take on the Lions, that is.
The Myrtleford export traded places with the 2012 Copeland Trophy winner last month in a deal that saw the Magpies receive picks 5, 25 and Crisp in exchange for Beams and pick 67.
Having impressed coach Nathan Buckley in his week at Falls Creek, Crisp has set his sights on an opening round showdown against his former club.
“I’ve developed a lot of strong relationships with the boys now so the camp has been really beneficial for me,” Crisp, 21, said.
“I’ve started training really well. Bucks sent me a message after the first day saying I’ve started really well so it’s obviously good when the coach says that to you and that’s put me in good stead for the week that’s just been.
“I’m really looking forward to hopefully making the team and playing round 1 back at the Gabba.
“It’s good that the media will be on (Beams) and not me.”
Crisp is the son of former Myrtleford player and coach, Matt, while his grandfather Bob played in the Saints’ 1970 premiership.
He played 18 matches in three years at Brisbane and was in career-best form for the final six matches of last season.
That patch included an impressive 22-possession game in the Lions’ 67-point demolition of the Magpies in round 21.
Buckley hopes the former Murray Bushranger can replicate that form with the Magpies.
“He’s a country lad who went up to Brisbane for three years and is really rapt to be back with family,” he said.
“We thought we’d bring him back close to home for his first camp.
“These four or five days are invaluable — the distractions of the normal existence aren’t there.
“It’s really heavily focused on how the young players perform physically and how they contribute to our team dynamic.”