- Now 38, the Bloods great looked in outstanding trim
- McVeigh is now an assistant coach with his old team
- He and wife Clementine were training at Bronte Beach
He might have retired in 2019 but former Swans premiership captain Jarrad McVeigh has been spotted looking like he could still run out for the Bloods on a recent trip to the beach with his wife Clementine.
The 38-year-old – who clocked up an incredible 325 games for Sydney in a glittering career that spanned 17 years – was photographed as he hit the harbour city’s famous Bronte Beach with his better half.
He looked fit enough to turn out for his old team as he ran shirtless through the surf and went for a run with Clementine, with whom he shares daughters Lolita and Florence.
You wouldn’t know McVeigh was a 38-year-old whose body had copped punishment in more than 300 AFL games when he went for a dip at one of Sydney’s trendiest beaches
McVeigh and his wife Clementine pounded the pavement at Bondi in the city’s east recently
Now an assistant coach with the Swans, McVeigh skippered the team from 2011 to 2016 after making his debut in 2003.
The defender-turned-midfielder really hit his straps for the side in 2007, when he was named their most improved player, before winning his first Bob Skilton Medal as the team’s best and fairest player the following season.
His 2011 campaign was marred by tragedy when he and Clementine lost their first daughter Luella just weeks after she was born.
Luella succumbed to a heart condition, with McVeigh saying, ‘When someone asks how many children I have, I say three,’ in 2019.
‘When they ask where the third child is, it’s always an awkward conversation.’
The couple shared a tender moment as they cooled down after going for a run
He put his fitness to great use that year by participating in a 24-hour indoor exercise bike marathon called the Spinathon to raise money for the Royal Hospital for Women in the Sydney suburb of Randwick.
The Swans were inspired by him just days after Luella’s passing, when they played their way to a massive upset over Geelong at the Cats’ home ground, where the Victorian side hadn’t lost a match for a staggering 1462 days.
The Swans hadn’t won at the stadium since 1999.
‘We wanted to do that for Jarrad, he’s a big part of the Swans and we didn’t want to let him and his family down,’ Gary Rohan said of the victory.
‘I think everyone knew about it but it might have been Dan Hannebery who mentioned it right before we came out and said ‘We’ve got a brother who isn’t here and we really want to do this for him’.’
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