From Grand Final glory and glamour in Melbourne’s awsome AAMI Park Arena - to the cold reality of a January afternoon in Auchinleck.
It’s been some six-month journey for Nathaniel Atkinson as he prepares to finally get his Hearts career underway in the unlikely setting of Talbot ’s quaint Beechwood Park.
But there’s no danger the Jambos’ new signing feels like he’s taken a backward step. Not a chance.