THE Beerwah Bulldogs A grade side is full of related players, which helps develop a bond within the group, making them a stronger team.
Bulldogs’ halfback Mathew Kidd is one of four brothers in the team, with their coach, Brett Hill, being the father of one set of brothers.
Mathew said he thinks playing with family is a great advantage for their team and spoke about why he loves playing with his brother.
“It’s good to play with Daniel, it makes me even hungrier to win a grand final because you don’t really get to win many football games with your brother alongside you,” he said.
“I personally love it… it’s kind of a sense of security out there for me, knowing that I have a brotherly bond there, so it makes me confident in the way I play, because I know they always have my back. It’s something pretty special.”
Mathew has been at the club now for quite a long time – 17 years to be exact – and said the Beerwah Bulldogs has always had a different feel to other clubs, in the sense of its family-feel.
“I think that’s a big thing about the club, that a lot of people see Beerwah as the outsiders, we are not really like any other clubs in the comp, but inside the club it’s like one big family,” he said.
“Me and my older brother were actually going to go to Kawana, but it didn’t really suit us, and we ended up coming back to Beerwah.”
The Beerwah halfback has been successful in his own right having been picked in the representative 47th Battalion team this year to compete, but unfortunately he was unable to play due to sustaining a wrist injury the week before.
He is also quite clear about his love for the club, using any spare time he has available to help junior bulldogs improve and grow as young players.
“I’m just trying to focus on Beerwah a lot at the moment, I was actually coaching the under 13s team at the start of the year but work’s been too busy, so I had to give that up,” he said.
“I’m really just trying to help out the local juniors and boost them up so they can become A grade players when they come of age.”
