One small Titan indeed

Titanic efforts from Berwick Springs' Brody Ogden makes him a worthy Little Legend. 141077 Pictures: JARROD POTTER

By JARROD POTTER

LITTLE LEGEND – BRODY OGDEN

TITAN – a person or thing of enormous strength, power or influence.
That seems an extremely apt definition for Brody Ogden, Berwick Springs’ under-9 battering ram.
With coaches a player’s first effort is demanded, second effort is valued, but in Brody’s case he is everything a coach could ever desire.
Brody is all about the third effort, the fourth effort and if he needs to scramble on hands and knees to make the contest- even a fifth effort.
That work rate level is rarely cited in local junior football, as players are more inclined to think about their own possessions and work their hardest on styling elaborate, angular haircuts.
Brody makes his philosophy on football well known with his body language: get in first for the footy and if you aren’t in that position, make sure you’re the first one out with it.
Whether in the midfield – generating clearances and laying tackles – defensively – generating defensive clearances and laying tackles – or up forward – kicking goals and laying tackles – it’s pretty easy to see why Brody would have caught the attention of the Little Legend selection panel.
With two goals in the third term capping off a sensational match, it’s easy to see that Brody is worthy of Zeus or any of the other Titans of historical note, and his presence on junior tundra across the South East Juniors will be feared if sides can’t find a way to stop his tenacious attack on the footy.

How long have you been playing?
A year.

What’s your favourite thing to while playing?
Defending.

What did you enjoy the most about the match?
Kicking goals.

Where do you like to play?
Maybe at home… (Clarified – where on the field do you like to play?) forward.

What AFL team do you support?
Collingwood.

Who is your favourite AFL player?
Jamie Elliott because he kicks a lot of goals.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
A football player.