‘Excited’ Crameri waiting in the wings

WESTERN Bulldogs forward Stewart Crameri says he is feeling “refreshed” in body and mind and believes he has plenty of football left in him despite a frustrating past two seasons.

The 29-year-old has not yet been offered a new deal for 2018 by the Bulldogs, who have said they will wait until after the trade period before making a call on him.

Crameri kicked 32 goals from 18 games in his last full season in 2015 before the former Bomber was suspended in 2016 as part of the Essendon supplements saga and managed only two games this year because of a persistent hip injury.

“My body’s refreshed so I’d be really excited to play again next year,” he said.

“I’ve started training the last month or so, back into my running program, so that’s been good. But I had a couple of operations throughout the year and it was just a case of bad timing really.

“The year before having that off through the Essendon stuff didn’t really work out and it just hasn’t really worked out for me this year.”

Crameri said he was willing to move interstate if an opportunity presented but said he felt other clubs may be holding out to see what call the Bulldogs made on his future at Whitten Oval.

“I’m sure I’d be able to fit in with most teams with my running ability and my speed,” he said on AFL Trade Radio. “I started a little bit later in my career, so I think I’ve got at least three or four, five years left to go.

“I had interest initially but in my case if the club doesn’t decide to re-sign me I’ll be a delisted free agent, so clubs will be interested after they find out what the go is.”