Greater Western Sydney was the first AFL club to show interest in possibly drafting Western Jets’ Finn Davis.
While he would later speak to other clubs, it was the Giants that would take him in the AFL draft with pick 51.
Speaking during his first week of training for the Giants, Davis said the realisation that he had been drafted had started to settle in.
“It’s still pretty unbelievable,” he said. “I’ve still got to come back down to earth in the next week or so.
“It’s been easy to be honest, the club has made the move pretty smoothly.
“It has been nice moving in with the other two and the second year Joey [Delana] has been great for us so far.”
Davis said it was pretty emotional to get picked up.
He said his parents had been on the phone a bit since he had made the trip up to Sydney.
“They’re definitely missing me,” he said. “They put in all the work as well.
“It’s definitely emotional as I’m the first kid to leave the house.”
The Williamstown Junior and Williamstown CYMS defender had a mixed top age year.
Injuries early meant he missed the start of the season.
Once he was on the field, Davis starred and ended up finishing second in the Jets’ best and fairest.
“I knew if I came back and played the footy that I wanted to play,” he said.
“If I could put myself in the best possible position and get drafted and make the dream come true.
“It all panned out pretty well.
“The Giants were watching closely from the start and I always knew they were in the running.”
While Davis missed some early rounds, a strong off season including time with Williamstown’s Victorian Football League side had helped him.
“It was good that I was introduced into next level,” he said. “The next level of intensity got some good training under my belt to prepare me for the Coates season.
“It is definitely still a step up from VFL to AFL.
“It was good to get the early exposure in the pre-season helped when I came here.”
Now having taken the next step to achieving the dream he’s had since he was 11 and first started playing football, Davis is settling into life as an AFL player.
He said he was trying to get into the swing of things before Christmas and then ramp it up.
Helping make the transition a light bit easier is having former Jets coach and now Giants assistant Trent Dennis-Lane to call on.
“It’s a bit reassuring that having that if I need to talk to any of the coaches about anything, I’ve got that comfort with him, it’s been good.”
