For a footballer who has starred in front of huge crowds, the buzz of a different audience is getting too loud to ignore for Marlon Motlop.Key points:Marlon Motlop is turning to music after a successful football careerHe is playing in a new band with fellow team-mate Rulla Kelly-MansellThey will play at Womadelaide this year, along with many other First Nations artistsFrom a lead role in an SANFL premiership with Glenelg at a packed Adelaide Oval, to playing with Port Adelaide in the AFL, Motlop has tasted wide-ranging sporting success.But now his calling is for music, a much smaller stage but just as big a thrill."I get a different type of excitement out of playing in front of people and singing in front of people as well," Motlop said."There's a certain type of vulnerability that you display I think and I get a different high out of that."Football in one hand, guitar in the otherAs his football career was blossoming as a junior, his dad was insisting he also learn the guitar.Along with his cousins and future fellow AFL footballers Daniel, Shannon and Steven, he'd write raps and play music.Now Motlop can see the curtain coming down on his football career with a final season with Glenelg, with the itch to scratch with his music becoming overwhelming."Like a bull at a gate, I just can't wait to get out there, It's a really different feeling for me, it's a new feeling," he enthused.
Netball world champions New Zealand seal their first Constellation Cup title since 2012 with a thrilling win over Australia in the fourth and final Test.
For a footballer who has starred in front of huge crowds, the buzz of a different audience is getting too loud to ignore for Marlon Motlop.Key points:Marlon Motlop is turning to music after a successful football careerHe is playing in a new band with fellow team-mate Rulla Kelly-MansellThey will play at Womadelaide this year, along with many other First Nations artistsFrom a lead role in an SANFL premiership with Glenelg at a packed Adelaide Oval, to playing with Port Adelaide in the AFL, Motlop has tasted wide-ranging sporting success.But now his calling is for music, a much smaller stage but just as big a thrill."I get a different type of excitement out of playing in front of people and singing in front of people as well," Motlop said."There's a certain type of vulnerability that you display I think and I get a different high out of that."Football in one hand, guitar in the otherAs his football career was blossoming as a junior, his dad was insisting he also learn the guitar.Along with his cousins and future fellow AFL footballers Daniel, Shannon and Steven, he'd write raps and play music.Now Motlop can see the curtain coming down on his football career with a final season with Glenelg, with the itch to scratch with his music becoming overwhelming."Like a bull at a gate, I just can't wait to get out there, It's a really different feeling for me, it's a new feeling," he enthused.
Netball world champions New Zealand seal their first Constellation Cup title since 2012 with a thrilling win over Australia in the fourth and final Test.
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