Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Louis Butler

[Twodogs]

Dusty was born in Castlemaine.

Yeah, now that I look at it it says some players just have connections.

[Twodogs]

Dusty was born in Castlemaine.

Yeah, now that I look at it it says some players just have connections.

And more importantly played for Campbells Creek in the juniors

I wonder where in Castlemaine he was born? I cant remember there being a hospital or a clinic when I lived there-all my scrapes and bruises (and I once broke every bone in my right foot at Castlemaine pool-it's why I kick left foot to this day) were taken cdare of at Bendigo Base.


Anyway Chewton is better!

[Axe Man]

I wonder where in Castlemaine he was born?

Rebels MC club house?

[Bulldog Joe]

Player VFL/AFL Years* VFL/AFL Matches* Connections to New Zealand, References
Dustin Martin 2010– 178 Father (Maori)[46]
Ben Rutten 2003–2014 229 Mother[47]
Jasper Pittard 2011– 115 Mother[47]
Daniel Pearce 2012–2015 6 Father[47]
Marley Williams 2012– 81 Father (Maori)[47]
Nathan Van Berlo 2005–2016 182 Both parents[48]
Karmichael Hunt 2011–2014 44 Born Auckland, father from Cook Islands, mother from Samoa[49]
Shane Savage 2009- 56 Born; Maori father[50][51]
Brent Renouf 2008-2014 68 Born, both parents[51][52]
Heath Grundy 2006- 139 Mother[53]
Aaron Edwards 2003-2014 91 Father, Samoan mother[54]
Simon Black 1998–2013 322 Father (born)[47]
Paul Bower 2006–2012 70 Maori mother[55]
Brett Peake 2005-2012 118 Maori[55]
Brian Peake - 66 Maori[55]
Kurt Heatherley - 0 Born Tauranga[56] (international rookie)
Jay van Berlo 2009–2012 32 Both parents[48]
Jordan Russell[47] 2005–2013 125 Mother[48]
Adam Campbell 2006–2009 13 Born Christchurch, Parents[57]
Trent Croad 1998–2009 222 Born, Parents[58]
Daniel McAlister 1997–2002 6 Born, part Maori[55]
Danny Dickfos 1996–1999 65 Part Maori[59]
Donald Dickie 1996–2000 55 Born, part Maori
Wayne Schwass 1988–2002 282 Born, part Maori[60]
Warren Jones 1978–1988 123 Born
Peter Bennett 1944–1954 103 Born
Marty McDonnell 1939–1950 92 Born
Thomas O'Halloran 1925–1934 142 Born
Joe Sellwood 1930–1945 181 Born
Harry Haughton 1912-19 113 Born
Greg Broughton 2009-2015 110 Father (Maori) [61]
Max Gawn 2010– 74 Raised in Greymouth[62][63]
Beau Maister 2005-2014 44 Mother from Christchurch[64]

Jordan Russell too.

Why is Easton Wood not on this list.

Both his parents represented NZ in athletics.

[ledge]

Why is Easton Wood not on this list.

Both his parents represented NZ in athletics.

Wasn’t one Australian and one NZ ?

[Bulldog Joe]

Wasn’t one Australian and one NZ ?

They both definitely competed for NZ.

Easton's father Phil Wood, still holds the NZ triple jump record set at Edmonton in 1978.

[Axe Man]

Why is Easton Wood not on this list.

Both his parents represented NZ in athletics.

I imagine it would be fairly difficult to know the ancestry of all players parents.

It’s a bit silly anyway, there must have been thousands of league players with parents born overseas. I think the player being born overseas is the only interesting statistic.

[Twodogs]

They both definitely competed for NZ.

Easton's father Phil Wood, still holds the NZ triple jump record set at Edmonton in 1978.

Why is Aaron Edwards on the list at all when he doesn't appear to have any NZ heritagel? If I read it correctly his mum was Samoan. Good luck explaining to a Maori how his heritage is the same as someone from Samoa. Unless it means that his dad was Maori.

[azabob]

I wonder where in Castlemaine he was born?

Obviously the NZ part.

[Twodogs]

Obviously the NZ part.

One year at the Royal show in Castlemaine things got a bit out of hand when this senior copper got up on the back of a tray truck and read the Riot Act to the crowd. It basically says that unless everyone packs up their shit and *!*!*!*!s off then the cops can do whatever is needed to move you on (disperse you). I often wonder if Dusty's old man was there that night.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

One year at the Royal show in Castlemaine things got a bit out of hand when this senior copper got up on the back of a tray truck and read the Riot Act to the crowd. It basically says that unless everyone packs up their shit and *!*!*!*!s off then the cops can do whatever is needed to move you on (disperse you). I often wonder if Dusty's old man was there that night.

Haha. Considering it's Australia Day, I wonder if the cops read out the act at Eureka. Bulldogtragic might know, with respect, very different times.

[bulldogtragic]

Haha. Considering it's Australia Day, I wonder if the cops read out the act at Eureka. Bulldogtragic might know, with respect, very different times.

Not sure, it's a fair chance. The Riot Act itself was meant to be read to the public by a Justice of the Peace and was a very rare event. In my early days I worked with older members who were involved in the 1979 Riot/Riot Act outside and at the old Frankston Police Station. Those were some insane stories and it was really lucky no police members were killed.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Gotta respect the police in the face of a mob. Nothing more cowardly than a mob. I live in Frankston so I can imagine...

[bulldogtragic]

Gotta respect the police in the face of a mob. Nothing more cowardly than a mob. I live in Frankston so I can imagine...

I've been stuck in violent mobs which is not fun, but the 1979 event was 1,000-1,500 person strong. Tipping over cars, then smashing them up, smashing the police station Windows, trying to knock the police station doors in, trying to throw projectiles into the station and so on. A small group of police members were stuck inside unable to escape. The last card they had to play was a JP to read them the Riot Act and hope that with a counter push aimed to disperse them as permitted by the Riot Act would work. Luckily it did.

[Twodogs]

I've been stuck in violent mobs which is not fun, but the 1979 event was 1,000-1,500 person strong. Tipping over cars, then smashing them up, smashing the police station Windows, trying to knock the police station doors in, trying to throw projectiles into the station and so on. A small group of police members were stuck inside unable to escape. The last card they had to play was a JP to read them the Riot Act and hope that with a counter push aimed to disperse them as permitted by the Riot Act would work. Luckily it did.

From memory that's what the riot act is meant to do. It's basically saying "disperse or all bets are off so don't whinge if you get hit with a stray baton" and gives the cops carte blanche. And some of those coppers took to it with a particular relish. There were thugs on both sides of the barrier that night.