post rd 23 articles-Farewell

[saintbrat]

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/st-kilda-saints


http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl ... 6708172681

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl

[Royston]

Good read / article in relation to Kosi....a Saints man through and through !!

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/k ... 2sw4y.html

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http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-09-01/c ... -to-cheers

Curren said he had made an extra effort to honour the retirees with a worthy performance.

"I told 'Milney' before the game, 'mate, I'm going to give it everything I've got for you.' All the other boys did the same and that's why we were able to give them such a good send-off," he told AFL.com.au.

Curren says he has adopted a philosophy passed on to him by Koschitzke.

"I played a few games with 'Kosi' in the VFL this year and he told me, 'Just keep working hard and playing the game out to the last second, regardless of whether you’re up by 100 points or down by 100 points, because you never know who's watching.' That's the part of the legacy he's left me, and I'm doing my best to live up to that," he said.

"It's been an absolute privilege to play with all of them for their knowledge and passion, and I'm honoured to have the opportunity to learn from them.

"Kosi's a country lad, Blakey's a city boy, and Milney's just Milney, so they've got different ideas, opinions, thoughts. All great fellas," Curren said.

[saintly]

very nice article.

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THE GOODFew players have racked up more than 200 games with as little fuss or fanfare as St Kilda's Jason Blake. Even his retirement was overshadowed by similar announcements from higher-profile teammates Stephen Milne and Justin Koschitzke. Which made the last few minutes of Blake's last AFL game a great moment, the unsung consummate team man creeping forward to kick only his fifth goal in the past five seasons, an effort met with rapturous applause from the Saints' faithful. For 14 seasons, Blake has always sacrificed his own game for St Kilda's. And he was far from the only person overjoyed by his farewell cameo on the goalkickers' list.

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