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Anyone watching Isaac Heeney take down Mark Blicavs last Friday wouldnt be surprised he learnt to tackle deep in the heart of rugby league country.The young, comparatively pocket-sized Sydney star outpaced and outmuscled Blicavs, at one point jamming the Geelong big mans arm in an unplanned wrestling move he admitted felt a bit weird.It was one of seven tackles laid by Heeney during the 37-point preliminary final thumping, in a 28-possession performance that was close to best on ground.The 20-year-olds ability to hold his own against larger, older bodies was fostered on the family farm in the tiny NSW town of Stockrington, between Newcastle and Cessnock.It was an upbringing tested by hardship but also one fondly remembered for backyard smackdowns with big brother Beau and father Adam, a former first-grade rugby league player.We would play rugby league, throw the footy to each other and it was biggest hit wins, Heeney said.Wed start with touch and end up pretty competitive trying to put a shot on each other.I think Beau made me cry more than I made him.Heeney, whose mother Rochelle is a former elite swimmer, started his sporting love affair with soccer, scoring 68 goals in 12 games at an early age.He then played up an age level in cricket with a batting average of 216 before the Swans academy snapped him up as a 12-year-old.Heeney also scored five tries in the grand final of a school rugby league tournament, but that he only dabbled in the code was against the grain for a Novocastrian.Rugby league, being at schools in Newcastle, was massive, he said.If you didnt play it you got bullied a little bit - not that I got bullied much.No one would have dared, given that by 15 the laid-back blonde-haired surfer had already made his senior debut for Cardiff in the hard-as-nails Black Diamond League.It was pretty physical and I was able to play that top level - the Premier League - at a young age.Growing up with bigger bodies helped with that as well.Heeney made his AFL debut last year in the Swans forward line alongside the likes of Lance Franklin and Kurt Tippett, where his impact earned him the 2015 AFL Players Association rookie award.In Saturdays grand final against the Western Bulldogs hell likely be deployed further up the field, where hes been thriving on the added physicality in recent weeks.Im moving into the midfield and playing that wing role, said Heeney, this years recipient of the AFL Coaches Associations award for best young player.With that Im able to run defensively pretty hard.Our game is based a lot on defence so if I can get back and outnumber and support in defence its a massive contribution. 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After 25-30 kilometers they follow together or see who is (to) go in front ... I think Liina (will be) a little bit behind.While the Olympics have seen twins competing together, triplets are a first, according to Olympic historian Bill Mallon, who keeps a database of athletes.According to Lily, it is Leila who is maybe the toughest of the trio.But Liina is the easiest to spot when her arms arent ccovered because she has a three-swan tattoo which, naturally, symbolizes the three of them.ddddddddddddIts an amazing feeling, I think its better to run with sisters, Liina said. I feel good support, a mentally good vibe and good energy from my sisters also.I think I have two supporters in the race. We are supporting each other very much and I think we feel that kind of energy with each other.The Luiks, from the medieval city of Tartu, only turned pro at the relatively late age of 24.We saw that we cant now ... do the shorter distances, to do so much speed work, Leila said. We love to be (with) nature or do the long training and we love running. Because of (that) we decided to do marathon running.The dream would be finishing on the podium together in Rio de Janeiro but they know that is unlikely.We are happy, Leila said, if we finish together. ' ' '