Saint Hannebery rocks up early

DAN Hannebery gave St Kilda’s youngsters a pleasant surprise yesterday when the star recruit joined them for the first day of pre-season.

Hannebery, 27, was not due to start training for two weeks but was so keen to meet his new teammates he rocked up at Moorabbin without notice.

The three-time All-Austra- lian introduced himself to club staff and was eager to soak up the details scrawled across the Saints’ club rooms.

While Hannebery will not complete every training session with the club’s first to fourth-year players, his premature arrival was appreciated.

Hannebery will skip today’s 3km time trial at Bricker Re- serve. Paddy McCartin, who has bulked up during the break, will also miss the time trial because the fitness staff restricted the spearhead to only running on grass.

Jack Steele is another nonstarter in today’s run due to illness, although emerging star Jade Gresham is in good health and set to participate.