Port Adelaide recruit Jason Horne-Francis has revealed leaving North Melbourne was the perfect choice of his life.
Talking solely to 7NEWS, the 19-year-old mentioned he is relishing the transfer again house to Adelaide.
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North Melbourne drafted Horne-Francis with the coveted first choose within the 2021 draft, however he endured a nightmare debut season.
He confronted questions on his professionalism and was dropped for disobeying workforce orders when he refused to complete a full ice bath recovery program.
He additionally flew house to South Australia with out the membership’s information earlier within the season and when he finally was traded, he copped criticism on social media from North Melbourne star Cam Zurhaar.
However now at Port Adelaide – the membership the place his stepdad Fabian performed 86 video games – Horne-Francis is feeling proper at house.
“I am loving it, I am loving having my assist community round me, my household, it is the perfect choice I’ve made,” he informed 7News.
Horne-Francis additionally talked up the coaching requirements at Port Adelaide, however clarified his feedback weren’t a dig at his former membership.
“The coaching requirements that they uphold are superb,” he mentioned.
“The competitiveness they bring about out in themselves and now it is popping out in me.”
He additionally needed to clear the air about latest headlines he unwittingly created about North Melbourne.
“North Melbourne’s coaching requirements had been nonetheless very, superb,” he mentioned.
“I simply assume it is the competitiveness of all of the boys at Port Adelaide is simply high tier and I feel it is unmatched within the competitors.”
The stress of being a high choose turned high-profile recruit has taken their toll on {the teenager}, who has made his psychological well being a precedence since shifting house.
“(It has been) very exhausting as a result of I do not like a lot of the media consideration on me. I like to take a seat again and watch all of it however, yeah, it has been robust.”
Horne-Francis resumed coaching final month following post-season surgical procedure on his knee.
“It was a reasonably heavy surgical procedure that wanted to be finished,” Horne-Francis mentioned on the membership’s web site.
“There isn’t any points with them now aside from some fairly heavy scars. The whole lot’s going rather well.
