A full house witnessed Daniel Giansiracusa make his final public address ahead of his farewell game this weekend and Bulldogs Senior Coach Brendan McCartney says that in itself is telling.

With 264 games and 329 goals in hand, the 32-year-old forged a successful career at the Bulldogs and McCartney said his legacy will remain even after he pulls off the boots on Sunday.

“The full room says it all, it’s his last game on Sunday and he can leave the game knowing that he did everything he could to be the best he could,” McCartney said.

“If that is what people write about you… that is a great testament and that is what he’s done and that was obvious to me the first time I met him and the first week I was around him and he’s been brilliant to work with.

“I know I can speak on behalf of his teammates too that he is brilliant to play with too.”

While Giansiracusa’s playing days are over, his time at the kennel is not – with the 32-year-old to now transition into a coaching role at the Bulldogs – a role McCartney believes is a good fit.

“It’s about fulfilling another stage of his life for his family and he will end up being exactly as he was as a player, he will leave no stone unturned,” he said.

“Quite clearly his greatest attribute apart from his competitiveness is he never stops learning, he is just so open to getting better and listening and looking at new and better ways of doing things.

“He will bring that to his coaching and he will be a roaring success I have no doubt.”

As a student of the game, Giansiracusa has continued to grow under McCartney’s guidance over the past three seasons and he will soon begin his coaching apprenticeship under him.

“[With Giansiracusa] it’s just a great blend of telling them where they sit and what they need to work on but doing it in a way that doesn’t offend them and gives them a sense of direction and hope,” McCartney said.

“It is a nice balance that he has – it will test him now that he is doing it for a living but [he] is ready for that now.”

Looking to his final game for the Club against GWS Giants on Sunday, McCartney said he believes Giansiracusa has the legs to run out and farewell the game in an appropriate fashion.

“I can see him running into a couple open goals for us on Sunday and I think the competitiveness will come out and I think his teammates will want to play the right way for him,” he said.