A few months later, I was traded to the Pies. One of the first things I thought was how my relationship with Josh going to be, given the last words I spoke to him were insults?

I used to love playing against Josh because I knew it was going to be a good contest physically and verbally. I remember the last time I played against him while I was playing for Sydney. I had a big stoush with him in the last quarter. I had a crack at him and questioned his courage around the ball - among other things.

Personally, I'm not one who sledges a lot, but I will give out the occasional line. And it just so happened that the two guys I loved to get stuck into verbally, I have ended up playing alongside - Josh Fraser and Ben Hudson.

I really loved hearing the things that came out of his mouth. Some were intimidating and, as his teammate, it made you walk just that little bit taller.

It's safe to say that I was really shocked by Josh's attitude towards me during my time with him at the Pies. It was very acrimonious. Unfortunately, he chose to ignore me instead of embracing the situation and barely spoke to me for that entire season. I'm sure if he'd had a better attitude, we could have had a good ruck combination and he would have continued at the Pies for a bit longer.

I also knew that every time I played against Hudson I was going to cop it physically and verbally. He would give it to me before the first bounce when he would pace back and forward in the centre circle ranting about things, trying to put me off my game. If he won a contest against me, he would run up to me and give me some more, and if I won one, I loved giving it back to him.

I once made a gesture to my wife in the crowd after kicking a goal, and Huddo used that as material against me for years. I know Huddo won't mind me saying that I didn't like him on the field, and I was not alone, I know a lot of the Collingwood players felt the same.

When I found out he was going to be my teammate, like with Josh, I wondered how it was going to be. But from the moment Huddo walked through the Collingwood doors, he has been nothing but a great bloke. He's the perfect example of a prick on field and great bloke off field. He has turned everyone's perception around and is now very much liked among the playing group.

I enjoy working alongside Huddo because he's someone who enjoys a laugh with the boys and loves hearing what the boys thought of him when they played against him and can have a laugh at himself.