Launceston's pink guernseys looked a treat but even they couldn't match the smile Isaac Hyatt wore for his TSL debut on Saturday.
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Nicknamed 'Cheeky', the Blues' third debutant of 2020 looked far from out of place in the 97-point win over Glenorchy and gathered 10 touches at half-forward.
The 16-year-old was grinning though each of his three last-term set shots and never more so than when the third sailed inside the left-hand goal post, prompting jubilant celebrations from both his senior teammates and development league comrades on the boundary line.
"The level of the game got way higher than the development league," said Hyatt, who thanked the club and his parents following his senior debut.
"The boys got around me and it was pretty good.
"They looked after me in the first few quarters and as the game got on they hit me up more and tried to get me my first goal."
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A former Prospect Hawk, Hyatt has settled in well at Windsor Park and is already popular among the senior group.
Captain Jobi Harper is confident the former junior state cricketer has an exciting footy career ahead of him.
"He's a good young kid Isaac, he's very quiet," Harper said.
"At three-quarter time we were lucky enough that we had a little bit of a buffer that we could say 'let's try and get the young fella a goal' and get around him.
"I was actually on the bench when he kicked the goal which I was a bit stiff about, I wanted to get around him but I got into him after the game.
"He loved it and had the biggest smile on his face when we were singing the song and I think it meant a lot to him."
Hyatt will cap off a huge week on Saturday by lining up for St Patrick's College in the statewide SATIS football grand final.
Guilford Young College earned hosting rights after going through their four round robin matches undefeated, including a seven-point come-from behind win over St Pats in the opening round.
Both sides boast oodles of TSL talent including Oliver Davis, Noah Holmes, Lachlan Borsboom and Sam Banks (Guilford) and North Launceston pair Oliver Sanders and Jackson Callow (St Pats).
"I'm definitely looking forward to it down in Hobart," Hyatt said.
"We've [played] Guilford before - we were up by 30-odd and they just came back and won.
"We'll be eager to beat them this week."
The SATIS grand final will be played at Kingborough at 12 noon.
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Hamish Geale
Hamish Geale is a senior reporter at The Examiner. Got good news? Email: hgeale@examiner.com.au
Hamish Geale is a senior reporter at The Examiner. Got good news? Email: hgeale@examiner.com.au
