Oh, sorry. I meant I’m undecided on which pic of him I should have as an avatar.
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heretier jones
es bueno
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Exciting Bomber stacks on kilos in bid to lock down key forward role
Harrison Jones is close to full fitness after an injury-interrupted start to pre-season
Essendon’s Harrison Jones celebrates a goal against Carlton in R7, 2022. Picture: AFL Photos
EMERGING Essendon forward Harry Jones has continued to build his athletic frame this off-season, adding more than 10kg across his two years in the AFL as he looks to cement a key forward role.
Jones is back in full training after being placed on a modified program following foot surgery, returning bigger and stronger after a continued focus on adding size in the off-season.
Listed at 78kg before he was drafted with pick No.30 in the 2019 NAB AFL Draft, the 196cm forward is now pushing 90kg as he enters his third season as a key plank in the Bombers’ exciting forward line.
“It’s a big area for my body and my development to become a key forward,” Jones told SEN.
"I put on a lot in my first year from that foot injury when I wasn’t really playing, and I’m slowly just building that up.
“I’m up around 88-90kg at the moment, which is good, but I’m still continuing to get bigger and stronger, which is a big thing for a lot of the young boys at the club.”
Jones enjoyed a breakout 2021 season, making his debut in round one and playing the first 16 games of the season.
Scans in July revealed a stress reaction in his right foot, however, which proved season-ending and required surgery to correct an underlying issue.
“That foot injury, we’re still trying to load that up and get that right, but we’re making some really good inroads and I’m back to pretty much full training,” Jones said.
"Now that I’m back training properly and fully, it’s just about keep growing my game and adding little parts and pieces to get better.
“I don’t want to set any goals or put pressure on myself, but I’m going to continue to try and improve.”
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After the Bombers played finals in the first season under the full control of coach Ben Rutten, Jones said the team would not be putting any limits on what they could achieve in 2022.
"We’re trying to continually improve and get better each week, which I think we made some really good inroads in that area.
"Continuing to enjoy the time with each other and enjoy our time at the club is a big part of why we’re improving and hopefully it takes us to the next level.
“Whether that’s making finals, winning, we’re not going to put anything on that, but that’s the plan.”
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Explains why there’s no more meat in the supermarkets. Jonesy ate it all.
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Pretty good trick to kick a goal 4 months before the actual game. Could be a self fulfilling prophecy.
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he’s our most exciting young player. he’ll have a big 22 imo
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our most important up and comer too
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He’s the one I’m most looking forward to watching this year. Hope the foot holds up.
Along with about 4 - 5 others.
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Can’t wait until he kicks 50 goals without a miss, hopefully round 8 is our home game so we can all see it live.
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Well the round 5 game is at home, get around him!
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He’s got all the tricks, including time travel.
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Well last week the club reported in that article with Josh Mahoney that Jones was due to resume full training at the end of the week.
Not sure if he was referring to last week or this week but looking at Jones today he looks a fair way off it and there appears to be some concern still.
He was doing some jogging around cones in straight line and change of direction but he stopped and pointed to his foot/ankle and lay down on the grass and had one of our high performance guys/physios look at it or work on it for a good 5 minutes. Jones then went inside after that.
Just hope he hasn’t had a setback. He’s too important for us.
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He walked past me on the the boundary as he was heading into the rooms and there was a guy near me who asked him when is he going to be back with the group and he said all things well if not Thursday then definitely next week
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That’s reassuring mate, cheers!
Let’s hope so 
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Think it was just a rolled ankle
They said he tweaked his ankle, so probs just a minor setback from their initial plan of full training thus week.
Although, Essendon players don’t just tweak ankles, so maybe 3 months!?
Jones ankle
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Jones Ankle
