WHEN asked about their on-field strengths most young footballers talk about speed, ball-handling, ability to get in and out of packs and so forth.

Not Red Cliffs’ Cooper Germaine – despite possessing all those attributes.

“I talk a lot,” this week’s Mildura and District Real Estate SFNL Rising Star said.

“I know I am not a senior member of the team but that’s what I do. I like to ...