Following our exes...................

[Axe Man]

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Dahlhaus joins Higgins in retirement.

Hopefully he will return for the premiership reunions if he can get motivated enough to attend.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Following our ex's...................

Dahlhaus joins Higgins in retirement.

Hopefully he will return for the premiership reunions if he can get motivated enough to attend.

It would be interesting to hear him talk about the club in reflection.

It ended sourly, but he was a big part of our fabric for more than a few years.

[angelopetraglia]

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The energy and excitement Dalhaus brought to our group was fantastic during dark times at our club. In his first few years we finished 10th, 15th, 15th and 14th. I loved watching him play and his attack on the ball. Bulldog immortal and played a key role in the 2016 Premiership. Unfortunately the game evolved faster than his key attributes.

Was luckier enough to get a photo of him on the fence after the 2016 Prelim win which is one of the best nights of my life.

[whythelongface]

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Best wishes to Luke. Loved him at the Dogs. He was king of the kids during his time with us. Obviously some issues in his exit from the club but he was a big part of our premiership success.

[The Underdog]

Re: Following our ex's...................

Dahlhaus joins Higgins in retirement.

Hopefully he will return for the premiership reunions if he can get motivated enough to attend.

Dahlhaus Clubhouse reunions upcoming

[EasternWest]

Re: Following our ex's...................

Dahlhaus joins Higgins in retirement.

Hopefully he will return for the premiership reunions if he can get motivated enough to attend.

Motovated.

BullGod. For a while just about one of the only reasons to watch us play.

[G-Mo77]

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Best wishes to Luke. Loved him at the Dogs. He was king of the kids during his time with us. Obviously some issues in his exit from the club but he was a big part of our premiership success.

My son still talks about him so he left an impression.

[ledge]

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Wow Tommy Campbell gets another year at the Saints . He would have to be closest to the player with the most years in the system with the least games.

[Axe Man]

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Wow Tommy Campbell gets another year at the Saints . He would have to be closest to the player with the most years in the system with the least games.

Welcome back Ledge! Check the Eker thread.

[GVGjr]

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Paul Amy
@PaulAmy375
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24m
Pretty handy signing for VAFA Premier club Old Xaverians, securing old boy and former AFL Bulldog Billy Gowers, who has spent the past two years with Southport in the VFL. His grandfather Trevor and father, Andy, both played at Xavs.

[Bornadog]

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Paul Amy
@PaulAmy375
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24m
Pretty handy signing for VAFA Premier club Old Xaverians, securing old boy and former AFL Bulldog Billy Gowers, who has spent the past two years with Southport in the VFL. His grandfather Trevor and father, Andy, both played at Xavs.

Great pickup.

I saw many Old Xavs games when I lived around the corner from their home ground.

[jazzadogs]

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Paul Amy
@PaulAmy375
·
24m
Pretty handy signing for VAFA Premier club Old Xaverians, securing old boy and former AFL Bulldog Billy Gowers, who has spent the past two years with Southport in the VFL. His grandfather Trevor and father, Andy, both played at Xavs.

Great of Billy to support local amateur football and go play for the Old Boys for free.

[Bornadog]

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RAWLINGS REFLECTS ON BEING INVOLVED IN THE AFL’S MOST INFAMOUS TRADE DEAL

Jade Rawlings has opened up on being involved in perhaps the most infamous AFL trade of all time.

The ‘Lochlan Veale deal’ as it’s been referred to, was a trade that changed AFL rules as Hawthorn and the Western Bulldogs arranged a trade to have Rawlings land at Whitten Oval.

Rawlings, who had played 116 games for the brown and gold, was hoping to get to North Melbourne to play with his brother, Brady, but with the Kangaroos unable to satisfy the Hawks, the Bulldogs entered the frame.

As Rawlings didn’t want to join the Bulldogs, the Hawks traded 19-year-old Veale, who had been taken with pick no. 65 a year earlier, to the Dogs for pick no. 6 – with the promise of delisting Rawlings so the Dogs could pick him up with the first selection in the pre-season draft.

While Rawlings wanted to get to Arden Street, he revealed he never wanted to leave Hawthorn in the first place with the trade “forced upon” him by the lowball contract he was tabled.

“I had no intention of leaving Hawthorn,” Rawlings told SEN’s This Is Your Journey – thanks to Tobin Brothers.

“There were a lot of back-ended contracts that put a lot of pressure on the salary cap.

“I was out of contract and never in my wildest dreams thought of leaving Hawthorn.

“It was forced upon me, it was really poorly handled and we were in a position that someone had to go by the end of it and that was me.

“I got offered a contract that was offensive.”

Rawlings says he was keen to get to the Kangaroos and was disappointed by the “underhanded tactics” that saw him end up at Whitten Oval.

“I know the club had concerns with my knees at the time … but there was an opportunity to go to North Melbourne and play with my brother and the money was probably worth it,” Rawlings explained.

“There were some underhanded tactics that occurred and that basically left me in no man’s land.

“That led me to the pre-season draft where the Bulldogs had the number one pick.

“That was the conspiring among clubs and individuals that occurred.”

The trade ended up being a lose-lose for all parties as Veale was delisted a year later, Rawlings played just 29 games for the club and pick no. 6 would be on-traded with Essendon picking up Kepler Bradley.

[jeemak]

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Great of Billy to support local amateur football and go play for the Old Boys for free.

Absolutely. Billy would be getting nothing at all out of it........

[Bulldog4life]

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RAWLINGS REFLECTS ON BEING INVOLVED IN THE AFL’S MOST INFAMOUS TRADE DEAL

Jade Rawlings has opened up on being involved in perhaps the most infamous AFL trade of all time.

The ‘Lochlan Veale deal’ as it’s been referred to, was a trade that changed AFL rules as Hawthorn and the Western Bulldogs arranged a trade to have Rawlings land at Whitten Oval.

Rawlings, who had played 116 games for the brown and gold, was hoping to get to North Melbourne to play with his brother, Brady, but with the Kangaroos unable to satisfy the Hawks, the Bulldogs entered the frame.

As Rawlings didn’t want to join the Bulldogs, the Hawks traded 19-year-old Veale, who had been taken with pick no. 65 a year earlier, to the Dogs for pick no. 6 – with the promise of delisting Rawlings so the Dogs could pick him up with the first selection in the pre-season draft.

While Rawlings wanted to get to Arden Street, he revealed he never wanted to leave Hawthorn in the first place with the trade “forced upon” him by the lowball contract he was tabled.

“I had no intention of leaving Hawthorn,” Rawlings told SEN’s This Is Your Journey – thanks to Tobin Brothers.

“There were a lot of back-ended contracts that put a lot of pressure on the salary cap.

“I was out of contract and never in my wildest dreams thought of leaving Hawthorn.

“It was forced upon me, it was really poorly handled and we were in a position that someone had to go by the end of it and that was me.

“I got offered a contract that was offensive.”

Rawlings says he was keen to get to the Kangaroos and was disappointed by the “underhanded tactics” that saw him end up at Whitten Oval.

“I know the club had concerns with my knees at the time … but there was an opportunity to go to North Melbourne and play with my brother and the money was probably worth it,” Rawlings explained.

“There were some underhanded tactics that occurred and that basically left me in no man’s land.

“That led me to the pre-season draft where the Bulldogs had the number one pick.

“That was the conspiring among clubs and individuals that occurred.”

The trade ended up being a lose-lose for all parties as Veale was delisted a year later, Rawlings played just 29 games for the club and pick no. 6 would be on-traded with Essendon picking up Kepler Bradley.

Grizzle guts. Let it go.