He’s 33, 188cm and 90kgs. Given the right conditions, Growds seems to be able to make the ball do exactly what he wants.

On the field this fiercely competitive ruckman can sometimes forget that he’s a Diplomat off it. So expect bursts of eloquence between passages of brilliance (the smart money is betting that even “His Munificence”, the Coach, will not be immune from the occasional spray).

Unfortunately, his northern Australian origins mean he’s not pure AFL. He is susceptible to try drilling long spiral passes past the five-eighth and into the centres which can cause considerable confusion within the team.

While Growds claims he screams forward pass! to the “referee” less often, he does freely admit that he is “yet to cut down on the screaming more generally”.