(Image Gallery) AFL pre-season begins: Collingwood, Carlton among others to begin 2015 preparations

The 1-4 year boys kicked off preseason with a 2k time trial today. @robbbo18 and @mclose7 were the stand outs, taking out 1st and 2nd respectively #prideinthejumper

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Straight back into skills, @luke_dahlhaus didn't miss a beat in the first skills session back. #bemorebulldog

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The boys are back.

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We're checking our watches to @mitchywallis, the boys are setting are cracking early pace in the time trial. #bemorebulldog

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The boys are happy to be back… #BeMoreBulldog

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Great to have our 1st-4th year players back at Gosch's Paddock for today's open training session! @christiansalem is absolutely raring to go! #myheartbeatstrue

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And just like that another tough pre-season gets underway with a 3km time-trial first up. We'll have a video of the run at gwsgiants.com.au a bit later on.

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68 days after 2014 ended, our 2015 campaign begins. Our young players started their pre-season this morning #gopies

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They're back! Our 1-4 year players have returned to the Club to commence their pre-season! #NAVYBLUES

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