BARNAWARTHA recruit Jordy Hansted has revealed he tried to lure former Glenrowan team-mate Karl Norman to the Tigers.
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Hansted played alongside Norman in three flags at Glenrowan before the club went into recess at the end of 2019 due to a chronic player shortage and financial pressure.
The pair are close mates off the field.
"Karl and I are good mates and he is the godfather of my 11-month old son Hugo and we have been overseas on holidays together," Hansted said.
"I tried pretty hard to get him to Barnawartha but he is coming towards the end of his career.
"His body is telling him he's had enough and he is 38 now.
"But he has been playing for Tarrawingee still."
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Hansted also played alongside Brendan Fevola at Glenrowan after the Coleman medallist made a one-off appearance for the Tigers.
"It was a good experience and Fev and I were the only blokes to kick goals that day and we ended up with nine between us but got beat unfortunately," he said.
After Glenrowan went into recess Hansted was on the lookout for a new club.
Former Barnawartha coach Peter Cook made contact with the midfielder and the rest is history.
"Cookie contacted me and the club seemed to be a good fit, being such a family orientated club," he said.
"I've got a young son and it's only 20 minutes from Albury.
"I think there would be a dozen blokes at the club with kids that are under two.
"Both coaches in Danny and Tom have had babies this year with Tom the father of twins.
"I'm not sure if COVID and having the year off has got anything to do with the baby boom at Barnawartha."
Hansted has slotted into the Tiger line-up as a midfielder and forward.
He rated the Tigers' evenness as one of their biggest assets.
"Barnawartha has got some big name players but we rely on everyone contributing to be honest," he said.
"I think our bottom six players have been really consistent and some of the lesser lights are enjoying strong seasons.
"Blokes like Brad Dalbosco who is that skinny that the opposition struggle to lay a finger on him.
"And that's what you want come finals, everyone playing their role and not relying on your big name players to perform to get the win."
Hansted was looking forward to the challenge of playing second-placed Chiltern on the weekend.
The Tigers face a must-win clash to be any hope of finishing with the double chance.
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