Departing Wangaratta Rovers' ruckman Ed Dayman admits he became fixated on gaining weight to combat the league's 'man mountains' in the Ovens and Murray Football League.
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The 2018 Leo Dean medallist produced some super football as a teenager in 2019, but struggled last season as the Hawks finished in the top three for the first time since Barry Hall played a handful of games in 2012.
He's joined Bellarine Football League outfit Ocean Grove and will move to Geelong before Christmas.
"I just want a change of lifestyle and scenery," he admitted.
"I've got a couple of mates down there already and there's a couple of other boys making the move as well, which is nice."
Dayman finished 2019 around 98kgs, but pushed 110 this year.
"I had a pretty average year, over the last pre-season there were a couple of big names in like Dawson Simpson (Myrtleford) and Tom Goodwin (Corowa-Rutherglen) and I thought I'd better try and put a bit of size on," he explained.
I had a pretty average year, over the last pre-season there were a couple of big names in like Dawson Simpson (Myrtleford) and Tom Goodwin (Corowa-Rutherglen) and I thought I'd better try and put a bit of size on.
- Ed Dayman
"I shouldn't have worried so much about that, I really hit the gym over running last season, which wasn't the greatest thing.
"I guess you learn from these things over time, just trying to get a lot bigger and stronger, but I can see how it impacted my footy."
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Interestingly, both former AFL big man Simpson and ex-VFL representative Goodwin finished in the Morris Medal's top 10.
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