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Andrew Slevison • July 18th, 2025 9:23 am
Jake Stringer looked very sharp for GWS on Thursday night.
While it may have been an extremely undermanned Essendon lineup, the 31-year-old appeared in very good touch against his old club.
He’s been made to do the work by coach Adam Kingsley and it’s now bearing fruit. In the 48-point win at Marvel Stadium, Stringer kicked 3.1 from 18 disposals including 11 contested possessions.
Stringer also produced eight score involvements and provided two goal assists. So, that’s eight goals (five behinds), 22 score involvements and four goal assists in his last three since the bye including four majors against Geelong.
His creativity in attack has never been an issue and after a stop-start beginning to his first season with GWS those crafty skills are being honed and sharpened. His pressure work was also impressive, highlighted by Kingsley in his post-match presser.
“When we decided to bring him across, this is what we had in mind,” Kingsley said.
“He’s going to contribute to our game both on offence and on defence, he’s going to be able to kick goals for us, but he’s going to create goals.
“We’ve been really pleased with him. His intent to chase, tackle, pressure feels like it’s at a really good level.”
Continuity is helping Stringer find his feet in orange and his presence in the Giants’ forward line could be crucial come September - once they get there of course.
Stringer has been a big-game player in the past - well, at the very least a ‘big moments’ player - and he’d be absolutely intent on having his say in some big finals.
He has played in just two Elimination Finals since winning the flag with the Doggies in 2016. His losing finals appearances for the Bombers came in 2019 and 2021 and were largely underwhelming.
The Giants recruited ‘The Package’ to take them to the next level and it looks like he’s primed to contribute greatly in a multi-dimensional forward line that’s starting to hum.
