‘I didn’t know what high performance was’:What Judd taught Cripps
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AFL 2024

‘I didn’t know what high performance was’:What Judd taught Cripps

A mad Eagles supporter growing up in WA,Patrick Cripps was eager to learn from AFL great Chris Judd when he was drafted to Carlton. But the respect and admiration soon flowed both ways,as the pair told The Age.

  • byJake Niall

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