GIANTS coach Leon Cameron expects young stars Adam Treloar and Dylan Shiel to prosper in 2015 with the addition of Ryan Griffen to the midfield.
 
Griffen gathered 15 possessions in his first game for his new club while being heavily tagged by Saint Maverick Weller in the GIANTS' nine point win at Etihad Stadium.
 
Coach Leon Cameron admitted after the game it was a nervous first outing for the experienced midfielder.
 
"I thought he was well tagged by Weller," Cameron said.
 
"He's still working out that connection that he has with our players and when we shift him forward we want him to have that impact as well.
 
“There's no doubt there is a lot of nervousness in your first game … him and Joel [Patfull], as much as they have 10 years of experience, you could clearly see they were nervous playing for their new club."
 
With Griffen under the watchful eye of Weller, it left the door open for GIANTS midfielders Adam Treloar (32 disposals) and Dylan Shiel (28 disposals) to run free.
 
The pair was instrumental in the GIANTS' first-ever win over the Saints, sharing 13 clearances between them.
 
"We knew [Griffen] would be sat on," Cameron said.
 
"The advantage of having Ryan in our team is that Adam Treloar and Dylan Shiel now pop up. This time last year they would have been sat on, so [Griffen's] going to go through that, but he's done that for probably the best part of seven or eight years."
 
Along with the performances of Shiel and Treloar, Cameron was pleased with how the GIANTS' forward line functioned.

The absence of spearhead Jon Patton, who is recovering from another knee reconstruction, was compounded by the loss of Tom Boyd in the off-season, but the GIANTS weren't short on key forwards against the Saints.
 
The GIANTS had seven different goal scorers. Jeremy Cameron kicked four, while emerging youngster Cam McCarthy booted three in his second game for the club.
 
The coach said it was important for the team to find multiple avenues to goal instead of relying too heavily on 22-year-old Cameron.
 
"We don't want to be just that one player focus and that was the great advantage of last year," Cameron said.
 
"As much as Jeremy struggled with his body, we had a number of players contribute to the scoreboard and we need to make sure that when six forwards go into a game they all look dangerous and all have their moments.
 
"We're going to continue to work with it and we've got some exciting young forwards. Cam McCarthy, young James Stewart, who's had an injury interrupted pre-season, will start to build and no doubt find his way into the team at some stage as well, but other avenues are so important."
 
The GIANTS face Melbourne next Saturday at StarTrack Oval Canberra with both teams looking to start the season with consecutive wins.