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[bornadog]

Dogs' son of a gun lands Rising Star nomination

WESTERN Bulldogs young gun Sam Darcy has landed the round four Rising Star nomination after his three-goal haul against Geelong on Saturday night.


Darcy impressed in his 10th AFL game during Gather Round, kicking three goals in the Bulldogs' four-point loss at Adelaide Oval.


The son of a gun also had 12 disposals, four tackles, eight hitouts and five score involvements in just 55 per cent time on ground.


Darcy's nomination marks a second straight for the Bulldogs after Harvey Gallagher in round three.

[josie]

Dogs' son of a gun lands Rising Star nomination

WESTERN Bulldogs young gun Sam Darcy has landed the round four Rising Star nomination after his three-goal haul against Geelong on Saturday night.


Darcy impressed in his 10th AFL game during Gather Round, kicking three goals in the Bulldogs' four-point loss at Adelaide Oval.


The son of a gun also had 12 disposals, four tackles, eight hitouts and five score involvements in just 55 per cent time on ground.


Darcy's nomination marks a second straight for the Bulldogs after Harvey Gallagher in round three.

Excellent news. Now for Saunders.

[angelopetraglia]

Love this https://x.com/westernbulldogs/status...56316114813359

[Testekill]

The young man is a Unicorn, Forward-Ruck is a hard position to play with not a lot of standout players capable of both roles so to have really good ruckcraft and be dangerous in the forward 50 is very rare.

[ledge]

The young man is a Unicorn, Forward-Ruck is a hard position to play with not a lot of standout players capable of both roles so to have really good ruckcraft and be dangerous in the forward 50 is very rare.

And he can go back.

[Eastdog]

Well done Sam. Great to have another Rising star nomination. Ryley Sanders next.

We do have some good youngsters coming through which is great to see.

Keen to see JOD playing again. Really liked how he has gone since he started particularly coming from cricket.

[mighty_west]

Great to get two Rising Stars in two week and hopefully Sanders isn't far away from getting a nod, you know there must be something special there with Sam Darcy when Leigh Matthews who very rarely has anything positive to say about the Bulldogs comes out and labels Sam the next big thing.

It's interesting that when drafted he was playing back but was always a forward ruck before that draft year and he also see's himself as a ruckman first then forward, i know i thought he was a forward who gave a chop out in the ruck as he looks so natural up forward but either way, he's a beauty.

Looking back to when Buddy and Roughy were dominating for the Hawks up forward and that final where they blew us out of the water especially at the G, wheres those two but especially Roughead would take the ball at the highest point and we had no answer for it, we didn't have that luxury in our forward line but with Sam now, that highest point is 208cm plus given his high reach, we even saw that on the weekend against two Cats players one being Tom Stewart both right in the contest but neither could get near him, it was just magnificent to see and will only get better.

[Mofra]

Great to get two Rising Stars in two week and hopefully Sanders isn't far away from getting a nod, you know there must be something special there with Sam Darcy when Leigh Matthews who very rarely has anything positive to say about the Bulldogs comes out and labels Sam the next big thing.

It's interesting that when drafted he was playing back but was always a forward ruck before that draft year and he also see's himself as a ruckman first then forward, i know i thought he was a forward who gave a chop out in the ruck as he looks so natural up forward but either way, he's a beauty.

Looking back to when Buddy and Roughy were dominating for the Hawks up forward and that final where they blew us out of the water especially at the G, wheres those two but especially Roughead would take the ball at the highest point and we had no answer for it, we didn't have that luxury in our forward line but with Sam now, that highest point is 208cm plus given his high reach, we even saw that on the weekend against two Cats players one being Tom Stewart both right in the contest but neither could get near him, it was just magnificent to see and will only get better.

You could argue it's his judgement of the ball in flight that is more important than his height. He's a natural football brain.

[ledge]

You could argue it's his judgement of the ball in flight that is more important than his height. He's a natural football brain.

Darcy and Jamarra both take it at the highest point, they are both footy naturals .
Naughton a little different he prefers to get as high as possible and take it on the chest.

[mighty_west]

You could argue it's his judgement of the ball in flight that is more important than his height. He's a natural football brain.

Absolutely, it's both positioning and height which why i think he just looks a natural up forward, a lot of times height is grossly overrated because a 200cm plus spud is still a spud, but with Darce it gives him that massive advantage with that skillset and height with taking the ball at the highest point.

[ReLoad]

he reminds me of Paul Salmon. hopefully he can dominate up forward like that too.

cant wait for another 3 years when his body development catches up with his height.

[angelopetraglia]

he reminds me of Paul Salmon. hopefully he can dominate up forward like that too.

cant wait for another 3 years when his body development catches up with his height.

Spot on. A modern day fish is what I was thinking too. What Paul Salmon was to 1984 (and prior to Geoff Raines rearraging his knee) is what Sam Darcy could be to 2024. He just needs a consistent injury free run at it.

[azabob]

What really impresses me is his ability below his knees.

He isn't afraid to be a link in the chain in general play and his teammates are more than happy to use him accordingly.

An extremely exciting talent.

[hujsh]

What really impresses me is his ability below his knees.

He isn't afraid to be a link in the chain in general play and his teammates are more than happy to use him accordingly.

An extremely exciting talent.

IIRC Rocket said in Darcy's draft year that while there isn't a perfect comparison, the player he could most liken Darcy to was Joe Danniher. I don't know if he's quite that agile but just being pretty agile as a 208cm ruck/forward is already huge.

[ledge]

IIRC Rocket said in Darcy's draft year that while there isn't a perfect comparison, the player he could most liken Darcy to was Joe Danniher. I don't know if he's quite that agile but just being pretty agile as a 208cm ruck/forward is already huge.

Difference is Darcy is already a better kick.