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Fremantle veteran David Mundy says coronavirus break was ‘godsend’ for banged-up Dockers

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Veteran Docker David Mundy admits 2020’s interrupted AFL season has been a “godsend” for the 316-gamer.

Mundy was in a race to be back for round two before the season was suspended following the COVID-19 outbreak.

The midfielder broke his lower leg while riding bicycles with his children after a pedal hit his shin but he’s now eyeing a return once the side relocates to the Gold Coast for round two.

“It was a bit strange, Alex Pearce, Nathan Wilson and myself were scrambling in the last three weeks to tick off our KPI’s and hopefully be ready for round two,” Mundy said.

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“The extra eight weeks have been a bit of a godsend for a few of us and now we’re all up-and-about and healthy and ready to go.”

Fremantle has benefited as much as any AFL side from the mid-season break. Mundy expecting Freo to have greater flexibility with rotations once footy returns.

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“We’ve got a pretty healthy group at the moment which will mean we’ve got a lot of different guys floating through a number of different positions,” he said.

“(For me), I think it will be a continuation of previous years gone by, majority midfield and rotating through the forward line.

“I’ve been preparing this preseason to play midfield minutes and I think I’m in physically a good position to do that.”

The stalwart was under former coach Ross Lyon for eight seasons but says the transition under Justin Longmuir has been stellar so far.

“JL has a few different things in the way he goes about it,” he said.

“I think just his relationship building and the way he gets amongst the playing group and really tries to have an open-door policy.

“He takes on player input which has been first class and something the playing group has responded really well to.

“I think JL has done a magnificent job so far.”

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