Strong and bold, young Tiger Jason Castagna had a significant impact in just his third game of senior league football, against the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium last Saturday night, picking up 19 disposals, including four inside-50s, six score involvements, two team-lifting goals, and taking seven marks.  Here’s what he had to say in a concise, post-match interview with ‘Roar Vision’ . . .

Overall assessment of his performance

“It was good to find a bit of the ball.  I had a bit of a slow start and then moved up in the midfield and got on the scoreboard as well, which was good.”

Scoring two goals

“I was pretty rapt with them.  It was good for the boys to get around me and make it a pretty memorable moment . . .”

His on-field role

“They brought me in telling me I was going to play a bit in the midfield and forward.  They just really emphasised me putting on tackle pressure and just doing what I’ve been doing in the VFL.  So, it was really reassuring.”

Oleg Markov’s debut

“I’ve played most of the year with Oleg and he’s just stepped it up even more coming up into the AFL.  He showed some good run and he’s got real good skills, so it was good to have him out there.”

Aims for rest of the season

“It would be good to just play next week (against Essendon at the MCG on Saturday) . . . Take it week by week and then hopefully play out the season.  But we’ll just go next week first.”

Round 16: Castagna kicks a pair