Isaac Heeney's journey from the farm to the Sydney Swans

By Emma Quayle
Updated August 22 2015 - 12:13am, first published August 21 2015 - 11:25pm

Some things, Isaac Heeney already knew. He knew he could hold his own against bigger, older bodies with larger fists and an inclination to use them. He knew Sydney must be interested in him, because the recruiting manager had called before he flew to Europe on a football tour to check how he was going. What he still wasn't convinced of was where he sat among all the other kids, of how good his footy was compared to the things they could do.

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