As Launceston Football Club claimed the State League premiership, Fletcher Seymour entered himself into distinguished company.
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At just 22 years of age, the Deakin University business student became one of few to have won both a Cricket Tasmania Premier League and TSL football premiership.
Completing the cricketing feat with Clarence in 2017-18 with an outright victory after a first-innings defeat, the former Scotch Oakburn College student admitted it's something he hadn't really thought about.
"It's probably something I'll reflect on more when I finish sport but at the time it's obviously exciting to win premierships," he said.
"While I'm still playing sport, the goal is to still win them."
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An Australian under-age representative, he hasn't played cricket since winning the flag on Bellerive Oval but said the urge to return isn't there.
Seymour always had the passion for football, winning three NTFA premierships with Old Scotch before making the leap to Clarence then Launceston in the TSL.
He said the overall fitness required to become a top-level TSL player was something that was tough to comprehend during his sporting transition.
"I look at players like Jobi Harper and Josh Ponting who have dominated the league and their aerobic capacity is elite.
"The difference between a mid-level player and a top-level player is the running capacity."
Juggling his final year at university, working at Preston Rowe Patterson and his football commitments, Seymour admitted he may have taken it a little bit easy during the COVID lay-off but he certainly stepped up his gear.
"I think the whole club's diligence during that period was really impressive and it probably showed with our start to the season, I think we won our first five - beat North Launceston for the first time in six or seven years.
"The club have to be commended for the way they conducted themselves during that period and managed to keep everyone motivated.
"It showed the professionalism of our footy club during that time."