Sabrina Frederick calls SAS Australia ‘the toughest, but best experience of her life’ after passing the selection course on the military-style show
Sabrina Frederick passed SAS Australia‘s gruelling selection course, alongside Nick Cummins and Merrick Watts.
And after the finale aired on Tuesday, the AFLW star shared a touching tribute to the Directing Staff (DS) and her fellow recruits.
The 24-year-old shared a series of photos after the final challenge on Instagram, and wrote in the caption: ‘It was one hell of a ride.
‘It was one hell of a ride’: Sabrina Frederick called SAS Australia ‘the toughest, but best experience of her life’ in a touching tribute on Tuesday. Sabrina is pictured with her top three co-stars Nick Cummins and Merrick Watts
‘The TOUGHEST, but the BEST experience of my life! I am so grateful to be apart of the first ever @sasaust7.’
She also thanked the directing staff – Ant Middleton, Ollie Ollerton, Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham and Jason Carl – for giving them an ‘authentic experience’.
‘We are privileged to consider you all both life mentors and friends,’ she added.
Grateful: In the post she thanked the DS – Ant Middleton (pictured), Ollie Ollerton, Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham and Jason Carl – for giving them an ‘authentic experience’
Sabrina paid tribute to her fellow 16 recruits, saying: ‘I wouldn’t have been able to do it without you all by my side. I am so proud and lucky to say I have come out of it with friends for life.’
She championed their efforts, regardless of where the finished on the course, writing: ‘I mean who in hell can say they fell out of a helicopter backwards?!’
The Richmond footy star also gave a special mention to Merrick Watts and Nick Cummins, proudly writing: ‘we did it!’
Great effort: Sabrina paid tribute to her fellow 16 recruits, saying, ‘I wouldn’t have been able to do it without you all by my side. I am so proud and lucky to say I have come out of it with friends for life’
Sabrina thanked her partner Lilii Peta for her support and ‘giving me the self belief to go in the first place and jump into the deep end (out of a helicopter).’
‘I guess I had what it took,’ she added, ‘This is only the beginning.’
After Ant declared the trio had passed the selection course in the finale, Sabrina embraced Nick, Merrick and the DS.
She said: ‘I have so much respect for the SAS, to embark on this and to pass selection, and for them to embrace me as one of their own is something I’ll never be able to explain how much that means to me.’
Appreciation: Sabrina thanked her partner Lilii Peta for her support and ‘giving me the self belief to go in the first place and jump into the deep end (out of a helicopter)’