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The guy's allowed to go to Torquay for an event isn't he? Perhaps he's just helping a mate with creating a buzz around the event or even getting some appearance money himself for showing (the hotel did say players from other clubs will be there).
No matter how crass the promotional material is I don't really see an issue with the event itself or players attending on a day off. It's the showing up for work in decent nick afterwards that matters and that's up to JUH to manage.TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.Comment
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Geelong bigfooty suggesting other players think Smith is soft, a sook, a flog, and potentially shagging his way through Torquay.Comment
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Doesn't seem like a good move if he's trying to get back on an AFL list.
Ex-Western Bulldog Charlie Clarke has returned to the Southern league
The favourite son has returned to the stable.
Former Western Bulldog Charlie Clarke has made his way back to where his career started – the Port Melbourne Colts.
Clarke was drafted to the Bulldogs in 2022 and spent two years on their list, playing one game against Hawthorn in 2024.
His father Jason is a legend of the club who played a telling hand in the Colts’ comeback from 48 points down in the 2006 Western Region league grand final.
Footy operations manager Elton Stevens is excited to have someone with Clarke’s passion for the Colts back home.
“We’ve watched Charlie grow up at our club, as long as I have been there he has too,” he said.
“It’s great, the passion and the love he has for the club, I think it’s unmatched – he just loves the place.
“His Dad (Jason) is a Colts legend and loves the place, I didn’t think I had seen anyone love it more than him but I think Charlie does.
“He’s a lovely kid who is always respectful.”
The Colts have had a strong off-season, already adding one ex-AFL Bulldog in Robbie McComb as well as SANFL premiership defender Rory Lehmann.
McComb and Clarke played together in Clarke’s first season in the AFL system in 2023.
Coach Justin Taylor says McComb and Clarke are changing the dynamic of the Colts’ midfield while Lehmann is keen to tackle the best forward every week.
“Charlie and Robbie just add something to our midfield we probably didn’t have last year, that’s pace, power and the ability to explode away from stoppages,” he said.
“We were good around stoppages but adding those two … seeing them at training has been pretty exciting.
“Rory is a wealth of knowledge and is quite bigger than I thought he was, he’s really looking forward to taking the best forwards in the competition each week.
“With defenders these days it’s pretty rare that they want to take the best forwards – it’s three really quality additions for us.”
Taylor, who stacked up possessions every week last year, is looking forward to seeing others take control of midfield.
“Adding those two blokes into the midfield, then throw in Lukey McComb and (Chris) Deluca has done his first full pre-season in a long time,” Taylor said.
“The midfield is looking really deep, I can kind of hand over to those boys now and take a back seat.
“I’ll still play my role but not as much as I have in the past, I am pretty happy for those boys to take the mantle of the midfield.”
The Colts take on Springvale Districts away in Round 1.
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Thanks Axe, that's great news.Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"Comment
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Yep. Given up on the AFEL dream.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'. 15/7/2023Comment
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Yep we are back to here in the Jake Stringer reporting cycle (he's really fit and he might pinch hit in the midfield)
Old wine in new bottles!Comment
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Hilarious. I thought you were joking but nope, first paragraph!Yep we are back to here in the Jake Stringer reporting cycle (he's really fit and he might pinch hit in the midfield)
Old wine in new bottles!Comment
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That just doesn't ring true
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