In today’s AFL Briefing, your daily wrap of footy news
- Sam Mitchell will spend time at Tottenham Hotspur this week.
- Geelong’s Toby Conway has had surgery on his foot.
Mitchell links up with Postecoglou’s Spurs
Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell will spend time with Ange Postecoglou’s English Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur as they prepare to play Fulham on Tuesday.
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Sam Mitchell will spend some time at EPL club Tottenham.Credit: Getty Images
Mitchell lobbed in the UK on Sunday night and will spend time observing the club’s operations as part of his professional development as a senior AFL coach ahead of his third season.
Assistant coach Adrian Hickmott will spend time alongside him as the pair touched base with a variety of Tottenham Hotspur staff and departments following a busy trade period in which four players – Jack Gunston, Mabior Chol, Jack Ginnivan and Massimo D’Ambrosio – joined the Hawks and three players – Tyler Brockman, Brandon Ryan and Jacob Koschitzke – left.
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Mitchell spent time at Lennoxtown when Postecoglou was coaching Celtic in the Scottish Premier League and made a trip to Perth in July when Tottenham played a friendly in Australia as part of a pre-season exhibition tour. Postecoglou, a lifelong Carlton fan, was on the panel that selected Brendon Bolton as senior coach in 2016.
Mitchell, a Spurs fan who has spent much of his playing career preparing himself for a life in coaching, spent a week with the Tottenham Hotspurs Academy in 2019, watching their under-18 team play Chelsea’s under-18s.
AFL coaches often spend time at sporting clubs in the UK or America in the off-season as part of their development.
