04-05-2025
Jack Ginnivan makes ‘complicated' admission after kicking another two goals since AFL return
Hawthorn forward Jack Ginnivan says it was 'good to go back' to the VFL for a week and refresh his mind before bouncing back since his AFL recall.
The 22-year-old was goalless in four out of five games to start the year and dropped for the Hawks' Easter Monday clash with Geelong.
Swapping the big MCG stage for Kardinia Park, he kicked four goals for Box Hill and was immediately brought back into a winning Hawthorn side.
Two goals helped put West Coast to the sword last week before he kicked another two in a 65-point victory over Richmond on Sunday.
'I just had a few sighters early and lucky enough to put the next two through,' Ginnivan told Triple M in the rooms afterwards.
He said the VFL reset was '100 per cent' what he needed, pinpointing his reunion with ex-Collingwood teammate Trent Bianco as a motivating factor.
'I obviously wasn't playing my best footy,' Ginnivan said.
'AFL's a hard game and sometimes you really make it too complicated from the head up.
'It was good to just go back, kick a few goals, play with one of my best mates Trent Bianco and then come back into the side and just be a really confident player again and show my flair. I think I'm doing that the last two weeks.'
While the scoreboard was the highlight, Ginnivan's work outside Hawthorn's forward 50 didn't go unnoticed.
He had a career-high nine marks and equalled his second-best disposal count (23) to be an important link man in the Hawks' attack.
'I've really tried to get in good shape,' Ginnivan said.
'When you're standing next to Dylan Moore and Connor Macdonald, who run a six-minute 2km, you've really got to make sure you're close enough to them.
'It's something I've really worked on ... at Collingwood I probably didn't work as hard, just used to like to kick them out the back.
'Now I'm really working hard and getting on the end of a few hard ones, not easy ones.'
