Beams worries the pandemic will contribute to mental health issues, but hopes the season suspension will prompt players to explore their outside interests. The exact cause of the crash is being investigated.". "It's so important, I think, to have something outside your everyday job in life," Beams said. He's a very popular selection and will be a reliable point scoring machine. "I'm quite calm about the whole thing. He remained in hospital overnight.”. "[You're] just trying to reassess everything in terms of your budget and home loan repayments and any other repayments that you might have — like my rent at the factory I have … and just trying to adjust accordingly.". AFL 2020: Dayne Beams breaks silence as career appears all but over | Fox Sports Dayne Beams says the last few years of his life have been “a blessing” even though they’ve coincided with mental health issues, the death of his father and, seemingly, the end of his footy career. He will be reliable for over 100pts on a weekly basis, with the big score thrown in occasionally. Beams stepped away from the AFL indefinitely in December to deal with mental health issues. This will not happen. "I know for a lot of players it's a big stress trying to find what you're passionate about, because what I think a lot of people don't understand is how demanding football is and how much it takes up of your life. Beams went on to have an outstanding 2018 season, averaging 29 disposals and obtaining over 30 disposals, a high of 40 against Carlton in round 16, in … Beams spent Thursday night in hospital after suffering minor injuries.

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For certain matchups when Collingwood is playing another club, Dayne Beams may be considered as a great Captian choice. He is enrolled in a counselling diploma and hopes to one day use his art factory as a therapy room.

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"It's a great feeling - I get out of bed now full of energy and wanting to attack the day. In September, he was admitted to hospital following an adverse reaction to pain medication.

"So I'm happy that I've got a clear outlook on where I want to get to, and I've just got to do the work now to be able to get there.". "I scoffed at those things, I felt 'those are two things I'm not gonna enjoy' and they actually turned out to be the two things I enjoyed the most. "Trying to improve my quality of life and meet the demands of playing and training for football at the elite level continues to be a struggle," Beams said in a statement released by Collingwood in December. We and our partners will store and/or access information on your device through the use of cookies and similar technologies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development.

He returned to Collingwood from Brisbane in the 2018 trade period and played nine games in 2019.

Dayne Beams worries the pandemic will contribute to mental health issues, but hopes the season suspension will prompt AFL players to explore their outside interests.