North Melbourne defender Scott Thompson has enjoyed his hectic preseason. Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun
IT'S been a fairly hectic off-season for Scott Thompson.
The North Melbourne defender came runner-up in the best and fairest, got engaged, spent three weeks in Utah where he caught a serious staph infection, got married and then yesterday was promoted to the Roos leadership group.
That's called not wasting the summer.
Thompson is excited about his elevation to the six-man leadership team led by captain Andrew Swallow.
"As a junior I was always sort of the captain of the team at school and stuff so it's something I've always strived to be, a leader in the team," Thompson said.
"I won't be changing anything but it's going to be very exciting.
"If you look at our list, it's so young and we have probably got about 10 guys on the 40-game mark so it's really an exciting time.
"Some exciting footy was played in the second half of the year and it's a good time to be at the club.
"We have a pretty tough draw to start off so we'll know where we're at after the first eight weeks."
Thompson proposed to his girlfriend, Lauren, in October and rather than wait another 12 months, they got married in December.
"It was a shotgun wedding, but not really because she's not pregnant. We thought it was either this December or next December and we didn't want to wait around as we'd been living together for three years," he said.
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The day before he left the Roos' training camp in Utah, Thompson got a small cut inside his nose. By the time he got home that had developed into a serious infection needing hospital treatment.
"My face was all blown up and it was only a few days out from the wedding so it was an anxious time but it all worked out in the end," he said.
After stringing together 86 games, Thompson, 26, missed two games for the first time last year.
"It was the first two games I've ever missed in my life," he said. "It was a back-related tight hamstring and I was pretty disappointed to miss those two.
"I thought I was right for the second one but they wouldn't let me.
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