Little Rory Matthews doesn't have any brothers or sisters to play footy with – so he trains with an alpaca, a dog, a pig and a cockatoo.
And they have turned the once-timid footballer into a tackling machine.
The energetic eight-year-old, who lives on The Children's Animal Farm at Tarneit in Victoria, trains every day with his animal friends.
"Chicky" the alpaca tackles Rory at every opportunity while border collie Jet retrieves the balls.