And Van de Ven told Optus: "Mile most of the time is also with the defenders with Wellsy (Matt Wells), the other assistant trainer. Mile is a top guy, of course he had a great career. He was also the captain for Australia but in our team he's also really important with the set pieces, with also every day on the pitch he's keeping us sharp and he keeps us ready every day. Off the pitch he's a really nice guy, he's a top guy.
"It's really good to work with him because even when we're training he can bring us to the highest level, even if we have to defend and he has to cross balls in, even then we have to be at the highest level because Mile still can play.
"So he always reaches in training the high level, so we need to be top every time. On and off the pitch he helps us a lot."