"It is what it is. I'm an AFL player now."
Warragul local Jacob Konstanty could hardly keep the smile off his face saying those words, having now officially become a Sydney Swans player after being selected in the AFL National Draft last week.
Jacob will be trading in the maroon and gold of the Drouin Hawks, his club of choice over the past few years, for the red and white after the Swans chose him with pick 20, the second last pick of the draft's first round.

And to have finally achieved his dream has left the recently-turned-18