Nat Fyfe may have been substituted out in the third quarter of Walyalup’s 29-point win against Geelong, but the former captain made sure to help where he could from the interchange.
 
Fyfe was captured on the broadcast giving advice to Jye Amiss, with Fyfe previously playing a significant mentoring role with the young key forward.
 
After Amiss was drafted at no.8 in 2020, he briefly moved in with Fyfe as he settled in at the Club.
 
Amiss said Fyfe has spotted Geelong’s extra number when the ball was moving down the wing, and told Amiss to help negate the Cats’ move.

The 19-year-old was instrumental in Walyalup's win, kicking three goals to bring his season tally to 16.
 
“He was talking about the leading patterns and my work (as a marking target) down the line,” Amiss said.
 
“They (Geelong) wanted a plus one to roll over and (he said) to just close that gap.
 
“He’s always giving me little things about leading and you saw the kick that he kicked to me, just knowing where I would be. That sort of stuff, we’re building that connection.
 
“When he comes up forward, we connect really well. I lived with him for a bit and he’s taught me a lot. I’ve given some (goalkicking advice) back which was really cool.
 
“We connect really well and it’s good to see him back out there.”

Nat Fyfe continued to build his game time after returning from a plantar fascia injury.
 
He had 53 per cent game time, compared to 32 and 25 per cent in previous week.
 
He racked up nine contested possessions, 17 disposals, eight ground ball gets and five score involvements.

Senior Coach Justin Longmuir said it was tough to substitute him out late in the third term.
 
“I thought he was instrumental at the start of the third, he had a really good period there in his first rotation, he was moving really well,” Longmuir said.
 
“He’s going to take a little bit of time to come to hand but I think we got what we expected and it worked out well that we were able to get him out of the game when we did.
 
“We left him on for a bit longer than some people would have wanted us to.
 
“Our medical staff are really good, medical is one part of it but performance and winning games of football is obviously the most important part. So we left him on for a little bit longer than what we had anticipated. It won’t hurt him, in the long run.”

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