READY FOR ANYTHING
IN WHAT MUST FEEL to him like a previous life, Cameron Falloon used to work in high performance at the Port Adelaide Football Club, where one day a veteran showed him the mindset of the proud, don’t-go-quietly athlete.
“Towards the end of his career, Chad Cornes approached me in the pre-season and said, ‘Look, I know I’m on the outer, I know I’m almost done, so I want you to push me harder than I’ve ever been pushed and if I break down, I break down’,” Falloon recalls.
It didn’t take long for Cornes to get his wish.
It was a Saturday morning and Port’s fresh-faced draftees were watching on as Falloon put Cornes through a series of 400-m sprints. “At the end of the third one, he threw up. Then he starts yelling [abuse] at me,” he says.
Falloon blew his whistle for the next repeat and soon it was his turn to start hollering because Cornes was running too slowly. The stalwart lost more
