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Re: Rising Star - 2016
Originally Posted by
bornadog
The NAB Rising star award for 2016 is a little flawed in the way players are nominated and the final judging, but generally the winners are pretty good footballers.
Eligible from the Dogs are:
Daniel, Dale, Webb, McLean, Prudden, Cordy, Dunkley, Smith, Roarke , Collins, Goetz, Hamilton, Lynch, Williams
NOMINATIONS
Round 1: Clayton Oliver - Melbourne
Round 2: Darcy Parish - Essendon
Round 3: JACOB Weitering - Carton
Round 4: Caleb Daniel - Western Bulldogs
Round 5: Tom Papley - Sydney
Round 6: Blake Acres - Saints
Round 7: James Harmes - Melbourne
Updated
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: Rising Star - 2016
Round 8: Jacob Hopper - GWS
Great debut
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: Rising Star - 2016
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Round 8: Jacob Hopper - GWS
Great debut
32 disposals, 17 contested
9 clearances.
One could say it's the best ever debut.
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Re: Rising Star - 2016
Just looked like an AFL footballer. Though he was playing against human sized witches hats.
Looking forward to seeing our inside mids teaching him a footballing lesson.
Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.
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Re: Rising Star - 2016
It's such a great thing having these northern academies, otherwise players like Jacob Hopper might never have discovered Aussie Rules football. Credit surely must be given to GWS for fostering an interest in the sport and converting him from another game
Also really happy for the player himself, as he noted in his interview, it's been his goal in life to play AFL football since he was 6 years old.
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Re: Rising Star - 2016
Originally Posted by
ratsmac
32 disposals, 17 contested
9 clearances.
One could say it's the best ever debut.
That is one serious debut, has anyone received a Brownlow vote on debut ?
It's better to die on our feet than live on our knees.
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Re: Rising Star - 2016
Originally Posted by
KT31
That is one serious debut, has anyone received a Brownlow vote on debut ?
Brett Goodes did.
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Re: Rising Star - 2016
Originally Posted by
KT31
That is one serious debut, has anyone received a Brownlow vote on debut ?
Jason Tutt and Andrew Walker certainly both did. John Georgiadis got 3.
You would think that there would be a few others over the years.
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Re: Rising Star - 2016
Originally Posted by
KT31
That is one serious debut, has anyone received a Brownlow vote on debut ?
Not sure about a Brownlow vote but John Coleman kicked 12 goals on debut.
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Re: Rising Star - 2016
Originally Posted by
Bulldog4life
Not sure about a Brownlow vote but John Coleman kicked 12 goals on debut.
Georgiadis kicked 8
Last edited by bornadog; 17-05-2016 at 03:39 PM.
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: Rising Star - 2016
John Georgiades polled 3 votes in R1 1989 against Carlton and then doubled up with another 3 votes in R3 against Norf. Exceptional start to his AFL career but it all went downhill from there.
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Re: Rising Star - 2016
What happened to Georgiades?
More of an In Bruges guy?
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Re: Rising Star - 2016
Originally Posted by
azabob
What happened to Georgiades?
He just couldn't reproduce the form he showed and eventually went back to WA. Only played 15 games.
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: Rising Star - 2016
Originally Posted by
bornadog
He just couldn't reproduce the form he showed and eventually went back to WA. Only played 15 games.
Ah ok. I was wondering if something else was at play.
More of an In Bruges guy?
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Re: Rising Star - 2016
Originally Posted by
azabob
Ah ok. I was wondering if something else was at play.
In one of his last games at VFL park he kicked Trevor Barker in the face when he tried to kick the ball off the ground.
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.