Jamarra - How excited are YOU???

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Naughton & Bonts officially chopped liver!!

Exactly....Before Jamarra, my son was all about Naughton...he wanted his number as his club guernsey for his under 8's team.
I'd say to him Naughts is exciting, but what about Bont??? 'Yeah he's good too'
So now JUH is here, as you say Bont and Naughts, officially chopped liver...

[1eyedog]

My kids are all over Weightman. Weightman this, Weightman that.

[Ozza]

My 10 year old is definitely a big fan of 'The flea!' as well.....but was pretty happy with Jamarra on the weekend.

[Twodogs]

A lot of these are from an era where players were left on the pine longer, but here are a few other blokes that had underwhelming starts:

Andrew McLeod v Melbourne at Football Park, round six, 1995
Stats overview: One kick, three handballs, two tackles

Jonathan Brown v Adelaide at the Gabba, round five, 2000
Stats overview: Zero kicks, zero handballs, one tackle

Kade Simpson v Geelong at Docklands, round 11, 2003
Stats overview: Zero disposals, two tackles, one clanger

Jobe Watson v Geelong at Docklands Stadium (now Marvel Stadium) round 13, 2003
Stats overview: Two handballs, zero kicks, two tackles

Jack Martin v Richmond at Metricon Stadium, round one, 2014
Stats overview: Zero kicks, three handballs, zero marks

Jeremy Cameron v Sydney at ANZ Stadium, round one, 2012
Stats overview: Eight disposals, five marks, no goals

Sam Mitchell v Richmond at the MCG, round five, 2002
Stats overview: Four disposals, four tackles

Allen Jakovich v West Coast at Subiaco, round one, 1991
Stats overview: Five kicks, two marks, six disposals, no goals

Brent Harvey v Richmond at the MCG, round 22, 1996
Stats overview: One handball

Warren Tredrea v Essendon at Football Park, round two, 1997
Stats overview: Two kicks, two handballs, one tackle, no goals

Nick Riewoldt v Adelaide at Docklands Stadium (now Marvel Stadium), round 15, 2001
Stats overview: Three disposals, one mark, no goals

Jude Bolton v Carlton at Princes Park (now IKON Park), round 12, 1999
Stats overview: Six disposals, three tackles

Luke Darcy v St Kilda at Waverley Park, round 21, 1994
Stats overview: Two handballs, one tackle, zero kicks, zero hitouts

https://www.afl.com.au/news/68158/gr...of-the-afl-era

As a matter of interest in his debut Kelvin Templeton had 10 kicks 1 handball and kicked 6.3 in a loss.

[The Underdog]

Don't worry BT when I kick the footy to myself in my lounge room or at the park I am most definitely Bontempelli and am kicking it to Naughton.

I must admit I am pretty surprised how good I am at the transition going between Bont and Naughton. I'm also a more accurate kick for goal than Naughton.

I’m still Pat Veszpremi kicking it to Andrew McDougall because I have a very good imagination.

[Dry Rot]

I’m still Pat Veszpremi kicking it to Andrew McDougall because I have a very good imagination.

When I look in the mirror, I see Trent Bartlett.

I understand that when TwoDogs does that, he sees Ben Harrison.

[The Underdog]

When I look in the mirror, I see Trent Bartlett.

I understand that when TwoDogs does that, he sees Ben Harrison.

He sees Ben Harrison everywhere he goes, like that film “Being Ben Harrison”

[1eyedog]

As a matter of interest in his debut Kelvin Templeton had 10 kicks 1 handball and kicked 6.3 in a loss.

I was all Kelvin this, Kelvin that when I was a kid.

[Bulldog4life]

As a matter of interest in his debut Kelvin Templeton had 10 kicks 1 handball and kicked 6.3 in a loss.

I remember that. He was killing it in the reserves that year but the dogs insisted on playing Sandilands at full forward each week.

[Ozza]

As a matter of interest in his debut Kelvin Templeton had 10 kicks 1 handball and kicked 6.3 in a loss.

I notice he didn't play the following week. Do you recall him getting injured or suspended for round 4.....before returning in round 5 and kicking 5 behinds in his second game (in a win!)

[Twodogs]

I notice he didn't play the following week. Do you recall him getting injured or suspended for round 4.....before returning in round 5 and kicking 5 behinds in his second game (in a win!)

I have no idea why he missed the following week. I'll ask around and see if I can find out why.

[Twodogs]

I was all Kelvin this, Kelvin that when I was a kid.

Yep me too. He was the player I pretended to be kicking the footy around the backyard. And the hallway. And the park. Everywhere really. I still do.


One day at training they got about five of us kids watching to grab a footy each, stand in a semi circle and fire handballs at him, it was just about the pinnacle of my life to that stage. I managed to hit him up just fine with the first couple and then I went a bit early and falconed him with the third. I'll never forget the feeling of horror as the ball bounced off his head!

[Twodogs]

When I look in the mirror, I see Trent Bartlett.

I understand that when TwoDogs does that, he sees Ben Harrison.

He sees Ben Harrison everywhere he goes, like that film “Being Ben Harrison”

I do like the current number 22 much better.

[1eyedog]

Yep me too. He was the player I pretended to be kicking the footy around the backyard. And the hallway. And the park. Everywhere really. I still do.


One day at training they got about five of us kids watching to grab a footy each, stand in a semi circle and fire handballs at him, it was just about the pinnacle of my life to that stage. I managed to hit him with the first couple and then I went a bit early and falconed him with the third. I'll never forget the feeling of horror as the ball bounced off his head!

My goodness when I was in the almighty KT's presence I could barely move I was that awestruck.

He was lining up for goal in the forward pocket of the Hickey Stand end at Kardinia Park must have been 1980 perhaps 81 and he was right on the fence 40 metres out and boy were the ferals getting stuck into him. I remember just looking at him he was just such a huge presence, massive legs and that strange hunched over powerful physique, almost a leaner G Ablett Snr build.

I was barely 5 metres from him yelled out 'You can do it Templeton'. It's all I could think of saying. He slotted it. I was right behind it and it was the straightest kick I've ever seen. Straight through the middle spinning fast it did not deviate in any way. He ran back to CHF and gave a thumbs up behind him. I knew who it was for and there was no better day for me from that day until the day my kids were born.

[Twodogs]

My goodness when I was in the almighty KT's presence I could barely move I was that awestruck.

Yep. I could have told anyone who care to ask me beforehand that it was going to happen but I went ahead thinking that it would be something that I could tell my kids about. Funnily enough I have never told my kids about it.