North Melbourne are on the move this pre-season. Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun
THE North Melbourne Kangaroos will hop to Craigieburn for pre-season training this summer while Aegis Park gets a facelift.
The playing surface at Arden St has been ripped up and will replicate the size of Etihad Stadium - a ground the Kangaroos played at 13 times this year.
"If we did a training session on an oval the equivalent size of Etihad and did that same session at Arden St, the GPS results were showing that the players were running up to 2km less because of the dimensions of the ground," North's football manager Donald McDonald said.
"It was just too small, too tight.
"So we think this is another thing that's going to help our performance."
Work at Arden St will be completed about Christmas, but the club will not be able to train there until March.
McDonald said the club put a lot of thought into the interim training facility.
"The last thing we wanted to do was have any disruption to the way we prepare," he said.
"It's nothing new in a sense. Prior to the last three seasons ... we always had to train at other venues over summer because of cricket being played at Arden St.
"We're going to train at Craigieburn, Highgate Reserve, which is a great coup because Highgate is the same size as the MCG. It's a footy-dedicated oval, awesome surface, great facilities."
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