{"id":19096,"date":"2016-03-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/robbie-gray-voted-afl-s-tenth-best-player-for-second-year-in-a-row\/"},"modified":"2016-03-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T00:00:00","slug":"robbie-gray-voted-afl-s-tenth-best-player-for-second-year-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/robbie-gray-voted-afl-s-tenth-best-player-for-second-year-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Gray voted AFL\u2019s tenth best player \u2013 for the second year in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the second year in a row Port Adelaide star Robbie Gray has been voted No. 10 in the AFL Players\u2019 Top 50.<\/h3>\n

And according to Port Adelaide assistant coach Gary Hocking, it was Gray\u2019s terrible 2012 knee injury which proved to be the star\u2019s making.<\/p>\n

“It was a really horrific injury,\u201d Hocking told AFL.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was almost like the world had crashed down for Robbie in terms of his football, but after getting the initial surgery he really ticked every box \u2013 and probably went far and beyond that \u2013 to get as strong and fit as he could so he could get back to playing.<\/p>\n

“The last couple of years Robbie has seen the real benefit of that hard work.<\/p>\n

“Robbie was super talented as a player, but the knee injury probably came at a good time for him in a way. It gave him an understanding that football could be over pretty quickly if he didn’t grow his game,\u201d Hocking said.<\/p>\n

“It made him work even harder, get super fit and the last couple of years he’s really become a great player of the competition.”<\/p>\n

WATCH ROBBIE GRAY\u2019S HIGHLIGHT REEL HERE:<\/h3>\n \n \n