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Byrne, who joined the club’s development program in November, believes the hard work on the training track during the pre-season is already starting to pay off for the Bombers.

“One thing I have noticed in my time with the playing group is that they have been really hungry,” Byrne said.

“They are training really hard at the moment and continuing to put the things in place to improve which is a good thing.

“We have noticed as a coaching group how much they want to do - they keep looking for work which shows they are very keen and for us as coaches that is exactly what you want,” he said.

Byrne praised the efforts of the playing group in embracing the fitness program put forward by new high performance manager Dean Robinson.

“The players have trained really hard and to their credit, have put in a really good six weeks which has continued since they returned from the Christmas break,” he said.

“It is important we continue to drive a culture within the footy club that the players have high expectations to do good things and strive to achieve.”

The former Adelaide player, who retired at the end of the 2008 season to pursue a career in stockbroking, said he was excited to return to football in a coaching capacity.

“It has been fantastic getting back in to footy coming from a completely different industry in finance. Obviously I have had a heavy involvement in footy previously, but it is good to be back in this environment.”

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