Real player profile: Adam Freier - The little train that could

This tenacious pocket rocket is one of the games great characters.Vertically challenged since berth, Adam has proved his critics wrong his whole life.
He was taunted & laughed at by his school colleagues when he turned up for basketball try-outs at the age of 12. The coach even suggested he apply for the job as team scorer or mascot.Adam refused to hop into the life-size mascot’s suit & 5years later was the schools 1st captain and MVP. He even worked in a basketball card shop where he developed an obsession with Game-Boy Tetris, which eventually cost him his job.

He tried his hand at Rugby League as a child & although he showed promise as a hooker Adam struggled with the laws of the game. He was given a 1 year’s suspension (imposed by the coaching staff) from the South Sydney Junior’s competition for repeatedly kicking the ball out on the full from inside his 22m on his team’s 1st or 2nd tackle. (Unconfirmed by any source)An inspirational leader he still likes to pump his players up by using the Chicago Bulls basketball style huddle with “All hands in, what time is it? Game time” chant. This method however, much to Adam’s disappointed is not well accepted by the current Wallabies squad.

Adam has also developed an obsession with kneeboarding. While he has yet to build up the courage to grace the water, he has mastered all aspects of the sport on land. We'll load some videos on later in the week so you can get the jist.