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28-08-2016, 08:09 PM
#766
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
macca
beautiful ode to eker merantau
an interesting stat on Sean Dempster
five Grand Finals – two in his time at the Sydney Swans, and three at the Saints.
not sure if that qualifies as eker but there must be a unique category. his tough no doubt having to go through so close but so much heartbreak. 221 games
Dempster is no eker as far as I'm concerned. He's a good player
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01-09-2016, 09:38 AM
#767
Re: Ekers
Vale Cameron Wood. 12 AFL seasons, 3 clubs, 88 games, 5 kicks a game average.
Solid eker numbers. Well played sir.
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01-09-2016, 09:46 AM
#768
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
PeanutsPeanuts
Vale Cameron Wood. 12 AFL seasons, 3 clubs, 88 games, 5 kicks a game average.
Solid eker numbers. Well played sir.
Well played in deed. Like Eker hall of famers like Dale Kickett or Jonathan Giles, he also had a state league club stint in between AFL clubs. I think he's a possible Hall of Fame nominee Rocco.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
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01-09-2016, 11:00 PM
#769
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
PeanutsPeanuts
Vale Cameron Wood. 12 AFL seasons, 3 clubs, 88 games, 5 kicks a game average.
Solid eker numbers. Well played sir.
That's some serious eking. Must be a "Simon 'The Likeable'," (out of 'Get Smart') type of personality. Always on hand to pass on a hot tip in the 4th at Dapto dogs or to drive you to training while your BMW is at the mechanics. He's probably picked up more witches hats after training than there are grains of sand on the beaches of the earth. Five kicks per game over 12 years. Almost makes him the Ekers' eker. Must confess I've never heard of him. Any further details re his sub-terranean career most appreciated. A bloke like Cameron Wood deserves to be widely known just like the famous jumps jockey Les Boots who went around about 38 times and is credited with 39 falls.
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01-09-2016, 11:03 PM
#770
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
PeanutsPeanuts
Vale Cameron Wood. 12 AFL seasons, 3 clubs, 88 games, 5 kicks a game average.
Solid eker numbers. Well played sir.
That's some serious eking. Must be a "Simon 'The Likeable'," (out of 'Get Smart') type of personality. Always on hand to pass on a hot tip in the 4th at Dapto dogs or to drive you to training while your BMW is at the mechanics. He's probably picked up more witches hats after training than there are grains of sand on the beaches of the earth. Five kicks per game over 12 years. Almost makes him the Ekers' eker. Must confess I've never heard of him. Any further details re his sub-terranean career most appreciated. A bloke like Cameron Wood deserves to be widely known just like the famous jumps jockey Les Boots who went around about 38 times and is credited with 39 falls.
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01-09-2016, 11:05 PM
#771
Re: Ekers
Picked up as a kid by Brisbane with pick 18. Traded to Collingwood for pick 14. Kept out of the team by Leigh Brown, Chris Dawes & Darren Jolly. Delisted. Played for Willi at VFL. Then onto Carlton. A lot of disappointed clubs, most probably Collingwood giving up a first rounder for a kid that spud second rucks were out shining. But still 4 clubs in 9 years, 3 AFL & 1 VFL.
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01-09-2016, 11:13 PM
#772
Re: Ekers
https://www.punters.com.au/news/The-...jockey_136520/
Interesting article on Les. I did him a disservice - 39 rides, 41 falls.
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01-09-2016, 11:17 PM
#773
Re: Ekers
I remember him now playing for Carlton. Had a Liam Jones-like presence but at the opposite end of the ground to Liam.
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01-09-2016, 11:23 PM
#774
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01-09-2016, 11:25 PM
#775
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Throughandthrough
Travis Cloke?
Picking us tonight on national TV. Nah!
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
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02-09-2016, 12:14 AM
#776
Re: Ekers
Originally Posted by
Throughandthrough
Travis Cloke?
Bloody champion and a gun, to good to be mentioned in this thread.😀
It's better to die on our feet than live on our knees.
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28-11-2016, 09:16 PM
#777
Re: Ekers
Updated Eker list....
Crows- Kyle Cheney
Lions- Josh Walker
Blues- Rhys Palmer
Pies- Jesse White
Dons- Shaun McKernan
Freo- Jonathon Griffin
Cats- Josh Cowan
Suns- Daniel Currie
GWS- Dawson Simpson
Hawks- Jack Fitzpatrick
North- Majak Daw
Dees- Jake Spencer
Port- Nathan Krakuouer
Tigers- Shaun Hampson
Saints- Sam Gilbert
Swans- Jeremy Laider
Eagles- Jonathan Giles
Bulldogs- Josh Prudden
Last edited by Rocco Jones; 30-11-2016 at 12:10 PM.
Reason: In: Palmer, Out- A.Silvagni
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28-11-2016, 09:22 PM
#778
Re: Ekers
Daniel Currie is King Eker.
9 seasons and 3 clubs for 8 AFL games.
Jonathan Giles comes in second
10 seasons, 4 clubs for 58 games.
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28-11-2016, 09:38 PM
#779
Re: Ekers
Rocco, obviously it is hard to challenge the judgement of a man like you who is basically a 'Professor of Eekdom',
However, Does Gilbert of the Saints fit the bill? thats almost 180 games
I would argue that Shane Savage - debuted in 2009 for 53 career games, or Dylan Roberton were more natural selections, or even Nathan Freeman - 4 years no games
Clearly if you are a ruck man you have more hope
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28-11-2016, 10:14 PM
#780
Re: Ekers
Oh, to be a ruckman. Eker paradise.
Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.