Sport
31 January, 2025
Crocs train hard for first match
WITH the warm weather slowly departing, the Port Douglas Crocs have wasted no time returning to action.
The Crocs have a culture heavily influenced by success and look to find themselves back on top of the mountain in season 2025.
With 2024 coming to heartbreaking finish in the qualifying final, the Crocs went straight to work recruiting.
Reserves coach Matt Laskey said coaches Lee Staple and Nick Salter had done “an exceptional job recruiting some very high-level players”.
“We haven’t seen numbers this great since our 2020 campaign, the amount of depth we have through both teams is the best I’ve seen in years,” he said.
Mr Laskey said, even through the peak of the heatwave, the players had been training hard and the overall vibe throughout the club was “great, everyone is loving being back around the club”.
The first home game of the season is on April 12 against Cairns City.
“It will be an extremely competitive game as everyone wants to start their season strong and set the tone early,” he said.
The women have been very busy as well after their inaugural campaign in season 2025.
Crocs star Caity McPhee has taken on a player and coaching role this year. After an up and down 2024 campaign the women are super keen to get started and chase premiership glory.
“The group is thrilled to be back and super keen to improve from last season,” she said.
With the strength and competitiveness of AFL Cairns growing across the board, all Crocs’ sides know that they must work extremely hard to reach the bar that they originally set so high.
“All clubs have chased recruits and all teams continue to hunt for more depth around their clubs.”
Training sessions are on Monday and Wednesday starting at 5.30pm.
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