New Sydney Swan Kurt Tippett meets his new teammates for the first time today.
Former Adelaide Crow Kurt Tippett fronts the media with Sydney co-captain Jarrad McVeigh prior to his first training session with the Swans. Picture: Phil Hillyard. Source: The Daily Telegraph
Kurt Tippett wrestles with Swans big man Mike Pyke. Picture: Phil Hillyard Source: The Daily Telegraph
KURT Tippett has declared the future is bright for him and the Swans after he pulled on Sydney colours for the first time this morning.
The 25-year-old power forward began training with the Swans for the first time at 8am this morning after he was yesterday taken by the club with pick No. 11 in the AFL pre-season draft.
Tippett has generated waves of controversy since his messy departure from the Adelaide Crows, but said he has put all of those issues behind him.
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``It was a perfect fit for me and I'm very excited,'' Tippett said. ``The future here is very bright. The prospect of coming here and playing alongside blokes like Jarrad and Adam Goodes, Sam Reid is very exciting.
``A Tremendous club, a very successful club, premiership winning club. One that is very well respected and Sydney is a great place as well.''
He joins the club 10 weeks after coach John Longmire and chief executive Andrew Ireland flew to the Gold Coast just days after their grand final triumph to try and lure him to Sydney.
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Tippett has endured a barrage of criticism for the way he left Adelaide, which saw him handed an 11 match suspension for involvement in the Crows' salary cap breaches and draft tampering.
He admitted this morning the ordeal has been challenging, breaking months of silence.
``It's been a long off-season with a few little challenges,'' he said.
``It's fantastic to be here and meet the players and coaches. I'm looking forward to playing football. ``There was a little bit of time where I guess my future was a little bit unclear, but it's fantastic to be here. I look forward to playing football, settling in, training hard.''
The 11 match suspension means he will not be available to play for the Swans until their round 13 clash against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.
But Swans co-captain Jarrad McVeigh said the club is thrilled to finally get their hands on the goal-kicker.
``We see Kurt as a long term player for us,'' McVeigh.
``We know the way he plays. We know he trains hard and works hard we expect that from him.
``We want to improve as a group and just because we won the premiership doesn't mean we don't want to get better. We see Kurt as a long term player for this footy club. We're rapt to have him on board and I'm sure after a hectic couple of months we can get out there today and he can get back to what he knows best and that's playing footy. We're really excited for the year ahead.
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