AFL season 2016: Living the dream, but not in the bubble: life in Sydney for Stevie J

By Steve Johnson
Updated June 24 2016 - 2:14pm, first published 1:16pm

When you aspire to be an AFL footballer it's hard not to think about what life would be like, living the dream. You think about the opportunity to play against the best players and the chance to play in front of a big crowd as well as something not many young people can prepare themselves for: the limelight, the enormous volume of attention that comes your way. From the moment you enter an AFL club these days, your anonymity is lost and you find yourself being recognised in public by people you don't know.

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