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    West hands 7 to Higgins

    By Jennifer Witham
    11:03 AM Thu 27 November, 2008

    Western Bulldogs champion Scott West has passed his No. 7 guernsey on to Shaun Higgins



    RETIRED Western Bulldogs champion Scott West has chosen emerging forward Shaun Higgins as the player who will wear his famous No. 7 guernsey next season.

    West, who called an end to his decorated career in September after 324 games, mentored Higgins in his early days at Whitten Oval.

    "He's helped Higgo along for the last couple of years and Higgo's a good young kid who's hard at it," assistant coach Leon Cameron said on Thursday.

    "He's got a lot of natural ability and he's starting to realise he's got to work pretty hard like a Scott West to get to where he's got to get to.

    "I think Westy sees that in him, so that's a good choice."

    Higgins has played 32 games since his 2006 debut, but added just seven this year after breaking his ankle in round two.

    He has worn guernsey No. 19 for the last three years.
    West will be a part-time assistant coach at Melbourne in 2009 after accepting a position late last week.
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    Re: West hands 7 to Higgins

    Thanks for the article..

    Great choice imo, Higgins is a future leader.

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    Re: West hands 7 to Higgins

    Good choice.

    Hopefully Higgins can actually have an injury free year, he's been very unlucky to date. He was pretty impressive in the last two Finals, hopefully he can continue on.

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    Re: West hands 7 to Higgins

    I think that higgins is a great choice for the number 7. Hopefully we will see him play every match in 2009.

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    Re: West hands 7 to Higgins

    Great chioce do the jumper proud Missy

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    Re: West hands 7 to Higgins

    OK. Can we now officially BURN the cursed number 19 in the centre of the Oval?

    No supporter would be against this. Please. It should never be allocated to a player EVER again.
    What should I tell her? She's going to ask.

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    Re: West hands 7 to Higgins

    Quote Originally Posted by mjp View Post
    OK. Can we now officially BURN the cursed number 19 in the centre of the Oval?

    No supporter would be against this. Please. It should never be allocated to a player EVER again.
    How about showing some respect to Gary Merrington.

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    Re: West hands 7 to Higgins

    Quote Originally Posted by Sockeye Salmon View Post
    How about showing some respect to Gary Merrington.
    And Darren Stanley and Zeno Tzatzaris!

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    Re: West hands 7 to Higgins

    Higgins with number 7 mmm I see a bit of Doug Hawkins in his movement at times.

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    Re: West hands 7 to Higgins

    Quote Originally Posted by Desipura View Post
    And Darren Stanley and Zeno Tzatzaris!
    Burn the jumper. Number 19 should NEVER be seen again...it has already led to 2 broken bones for young Shaun - please - let's prevent any further damage!
    What should I tell her? She's going to ask.

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    Re: West hands 7 to Higgins

    Sockeye probably wants to hand it to Cameron Wight.

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    Re: West hands 7 to Higgins

    Quote Originally Posted by ledge View Post
    Sockeye probably wants to hand it to Cameron Wight.
    I wish no ill will on Cam Wight. It's just he no more belongs on an AFL list than I do.

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    Re: West hands 7 to Higgins

    Makes it an interesting thought, we had posted before the best performed jumper numbers, i wonder which are the worst?

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    Re: West hands 7 to Higgins

    19 is the worst. Burn it. Burn it.
    What should I tell her? She's going to ask.

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    Re: West hands 7 to Higgins

    Sorry MJP i cant back you on that Zeno being an old freind of mine.

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