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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs Rory Lobb

    Quote Originally Posted by EasternWest View Post
    Did someone say basketball background?
    Apparently there are 1 or 2 other players in the league with a basketball background, but it's hardly ever mentioned.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EasternWest View Post
    Did someone say basketball background?
    I don't think that there has ever been an AFL footballer with a basketball background. Certainly the commentators have never mentioned it.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs Rory Lobb

    Quote Originally Posted by Axe Man View Post
    Some background on Lobb before he was drafted:

    Swan Districts ruckman Rory Lobb is an AFL draft long shot

    SWAN Districts big man Rory Lobb will complete a fairytale arrival into the AFL if he is recruited on Thursday after a rapid rise into the draft spotlight.

    The exciting Lobb, 20, started the 2013 season in the WAFL reserves after an invitation to try his luck from his former amateurs coach Andrew Pruin, who handles the Swans' seconds

    The athletic follower with a basketball upbringing completed his on-ball initiation attracting heavy interest from AFL talent scouts.

    A distinct lack of big man appeal in Thursday's annual intake of new draftees, means he could even be taken somewhere inside the first 30 picks.

    Lobb graduated to play 12 senior games with Swans, averaging 25 hitouts an outing after nine runs in reserve grade.
    Is he our first Swan Districts recruit since Simon Beasley?
    "I'll give him a hug before the first bounce and then I'll run into my pack and give them orders to rip him apart."

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    Quote Originally Posted by SquirrelGrip View Post
    Is he our first Swan Districts recruit since Simon Beasley?
    Paul Gow

    And Riley Garcia started out there.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs Rory Lobb

    Quote Originally Posted by josie View Post
    My brother went. He died in 2015 and I miss him heaps. He loved Billy Thorpe. There was an excellent exhibition at arts centre - about Australian music history and they had a large booth you could enter and they played Sunbury festival footage with surround footage and audio. Might be still there. I spent time watching it a number of times and think I spotted my brother!! Also had countdown footage with Molly, that was fun too.
    Sorry to hear about your brother. I too loved Billy Thorpe. When I was in form 2, my school hired him for our school social. They played in a small gym, and had the amps up full blast. My ears were ringing for a week and I blame him for my tinnitus.
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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs Rory Lobb

    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    Paul Gow
    He once conceded 7 goals in a quarter on Peter Sumich on a night as wet as today in Melbourne. I still don't know how he managed this feat.
    "Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"

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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs Rory Lobb

    Quote Originally Posted by EasternWest View Post
    Did someone say basketball background?
    AFL draft bingo!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sedat View Post
    He once conceded 7 goals in a quarter on Peter Sumich on a night as wet as today in Melbourne. I still don't know how he managed this feat.
    I guess that explains why after 7 consecutive games from debut he never played again. Maybe we told him not to bother getting on the plane back to Melbourne?

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    FFC: Established 1883

    Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs Rory Lobb

    Quote Originally Posted by Happy Days View Post


    Welcome Rory.
    Loved Lobby and his coloured balls.
    We lived near him in Ferny Creek. My young kids unfortunately witnessed his pony being killed by a pack of domestic dogs, grabbing it by the nose and pulling the noble beast down. Brutal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bulldog4life View Post
    I remember him from the "Wild Cherries".
    And with Billy Thorpe!
    Sixteen yo me was disappointed if I did not see them, Chain or Max Merrett live on a Saturday night at Peppers, Box Hill town hall.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sedat View Post
    He once conceded 7 goals in a quarter on Peter Sumich on a night as wet as today in Melbourne. I still don't know how he managed this feat.
    I remember listening to it on the radio at a mate's place in Ballarat. We were sitting at his kitchen table and he thought it was the funniest thing he'd ever heard. Then I reminded him how we sat up watching Arsenal and Liverpool play off for the first division title in 1989. It shut his Liverpool supporting mouth up quick smart.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Quote Originally Posted by BornInDroopSt'54 View Post
    And with Billy Thorpe!
    One of my other favourites was Max Merritt and the Meteors. First saw them at a disco/venue called Sebastians in Melbourne when I was 15. Sneaked in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bulldog4life View Post
    One of my other favourites was Max Merritt and the Meteors. First saw them at a disco/venue called Sebastians in Melbourne when I was 15. Sneaked in.
    Haha I used to catch the train to Sebastians and miss the last train back. We had to break into the christian brothers hostel in Sydney Rd to get a bed.
    You must've been an early developer to sneek in at 15.
    Yesterday at the self checkout the machine wanted proof 68 me was over 18 to buy matches haha.

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    Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs Rory Lobb

    Ian Williams was from Swan Distracts too. He made his debut the year after Simon Beasley I think.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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