It was once Fortress Manuka. While the GWS Giants have struggled there in recent years, returning Manuka Oval to that status would not only help resurrect their AFL season, but be a boost for their embattled coach Leon Cameron.
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The Giants will look to turn around their 1-4 start in 2022 against St Kilda on Friday night, and get back to their undefeated years from 2016-18 at Manuka.
The side have lost their last three matches in Canberra, with their last win a 44-point triumph back in May 2019 against the same opponents they face this week: the Saints.
Cameron experienced those earlier winning years at Manuka and wants to make the venue a winning fortress once more for GWS.
"Probably the last two years we've been scattered and we've only been there a little bit here and there, but we haven't won those games. So we need to regain that fortress like performance," he said.
"It is a huge game.
"We've been off form, so it's massive. It's not just this week, but this month is huge for us starting on Friday night.
"It's not as if we're not there [but] we have to be all there for the whole game, especially against St Kilda because they're playing some first-class footy."
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The game is a must-win to try and turn the side's season around from their 14th position.
The Giants recent form is also adding outside pressure to Cameron's contract talks with the club, as 2023 marks the final year of his latest coaching deal.
It's his ninth season in the role but he said the club and himself had agreed to postpone contract talks until the end of the season.
"Whether we get to the round 15 mark and we've swung it around and we're 10-5, my answer will be exactly the same," he said.
"We'll make a mature decision at the end of the year. Because it's not just about going on for another year, going on for another three to four years.
"You decide, 'Is the coach the right person?', 'Has the coach got the right amount of energy to do it?'.
"You can't be 98 per cent as a coach, you can either be 100 per cent or you're not there."
Outside of the form discussions and coach chatter, there is some good news.
The Giants will receive a boost to their squad through Toby Greene, who returns after his six-game suspension.
Cameron said the group would get an energy lift from his return to the forward line. But the co-captain's return would not solve all of their problems from recent weeks.
"He's fit and hard and ready to go," Cameron said.
"It can take a week or two in terms of match fitness, that's just natural because he hasn't been able to play.
"We just want him to come in and play his role with energy. There'll be some dynamic mix stuff he's capable of, particularly his power running, it's one of his greatest assets."
AT A GLANCE
- Friday: GWS Giants vs St Kilda at Manuka Oval, 7.50pm