He has notched more than 100 first grade games during his 17-year career for the Orange Tigers, and now Kirk Phillips is taking on his next big task ... organising the Auskick.
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The smaller sized version of Aussie rules, Auskick gives kids aged between five and 12 years old a chance to develop their skills before they hit the junior competitions.
"(Club secretary) Kass Ings reached out to me at the back of last year and just said that obviously I'd been at the club for a number of years and I've done my fair share working with the juniors," Phillips said.
"But I've got a good footy brain and she wanted someone a bit fresh and younger to bring the superstars into the limelight."
But before the fun stuff can start on the field, there is still a bit of off-field administration that needs to take place.
"I've got my first lot of meetings coming up next week and then in February we have our workshop out at Waratahs with the rest of the Central West coordinators," Phillips added.
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"But I don't think we'll end up starting the season until after the Easter holidays.
"We might be able to get some training sessions in around March, but at the moment it's just too hot for the kids to be running around out there."
Phillips takes over the role from Andrew McIntyre who had been the coordinator for the past few years.
Asked what he hoped to bring to the table, Phillips said: "A bit more fun.
"I've got young kids myself and it's good for me to be out and mingle with the community.
"I'm not taking away from Andrew McIntyre but it's just bringing something different, a bit more atmosphere around the club and a bit more family oriented is what Kass and I were talking about bringing back to the Orange Tigers community."
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Although he didn't pick up the sport until he was 12 years old, he recognises how important it is for the club to get kids involved from a young age.
"Orange is a big rugby league, rugby union and soccer town," he said.
"Especially for soccer, you go out on a Saturday morning at Jack Brabham Park and its hundreds of kids running around playing soccer.
"To see the commitment coming into AFL, it's starting to be a bit bigger with the juniors and stuff.
"Obviously we're getting all the different age groups and getting a lot of response through those.
"For us, there's more involvement by people to bring their kids up and learn the basic forms of AFL, which is always a good start."
He said that anyone interested in getting involved should head to the 'Orange Tigers Auskick' page on Facebook.
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