In her first public move since being appointed as Rob Auld’s successor just under a fortnight ago, Squires on Sunday revealed she had written to her AFL counterpart McLachlan requesting the league review the progress and recommendations of the Future Directions of Tasmanian Football Report, as well as the state’s capacity to deliver on the recommendations.

Squires’ short tenure has been tumultuous, coming into the role the day before Burnie followed Devonport out of the State League, creating fresh doubts on the validity of that competition as well as clarity and strength of the talent pathway in the region and the state overall. Just one Tasmanian (Hugh Dixon) has been drafted in the past two years.

The TSL and the talent pathway, recommendations two and three in the report, should be what is addressed this time around, Squires believed. 

“Tasmanians want clarity on the path forward and it is time for a revisit of The Future Directions of Tasmanian Football Report to help provide some clarity,” she said

“The AFL needs to revisit and refresh the recommendations from the Garlick report. We need to measure how we are going against the stated recommendations, and consider whether circumstances have changed.”

Squires has also called for a working committee to be assembled, that would meet in Tasmania in the “coming months” to help provide those answers.

“I’d like to see Gillon (McLachlan) in Tasmania, working through the report and its recommendations with a steering committee, to help chart a plan for the future of Tasmanian footy,’’ she said. 

“We know that the AFL wants football to be sustainable in Tasmania, and I look forward to working with them to ensure that happens.”

Squires also believed that female football should be removed from recommendation one (which relates to community football) and become a stand alone recommendation.

The Future Directions of Tasmanian Football Report, prepared by former Western Bulldogs chief executive Simon Garlick, was released in 2016.

It recommended the points salary system across the state to prevent players being poached from the TSL, more resources be put into the talent pathway and the consolidation of community football leagues where appropriate.

It also suggested that just the one AFL team play in the state, rather than the current set-up of Hawthorn and North Melbourne having fixtures in Tasmania.