and the bloke in front of Redman doesn’t even make it past his boots…
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Well he is 2 cm taller and boots would give him another 2 cm at least.
Thought his game was one of his best Friday night. Looked a bit more composed with the footy but i noticed at the ground he started reading the play better and getting to the right spots(even if he didn’t end up getting it) Defensive running was sound. He i the kind of player that could take a big leap up next few years.
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I thought billy duckworth as well
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Agreed. I actually get abit of Goddard vibes about young angus!
yep - and we remind ourselves of his back story where he’s attitude to work his butt off chopping wood and early morning sacrifices stood out.
He has that drive to make it as a successful footballer.
First year player and he’s shown quite enough to be excited about.
" Nine-hour roundtrips in the car to Adelaide were part of the winter routine, but not always feasible. Flights from Mount Gambier airport were the other option – the more expensive alternative – which is why Clarke started a side hustle selling cut firewood to help cover some of the expenses.
"My Pa has a scrub on his farm, so after school when I’m free, I cut wood with a chainsaw, split the wood by hand and go and sell it,” Clarke told AFL.com.au at the AFL Draft Combine in October.
"I sell stringy bark loads of wood to help pay for my flights up to Adelaide. I halve whatever I sell with mum and dad to help cover the costs of the flights. I flew up every Friday when I was playing for the state team and it’s about $250 per flight and I sell a ute load for $200.
"I came up with the idea when someone came up to me and asked, ‘Do you sell wood?’ I thought, you know what, I can do that. It just grew from there. Word of mouth in a country town.”
Sitting on level three of the MCG a week after the 2024 Grand Final, where the last semblance of the footy season is Brisbane’s fading logo on the broadcast wing, Clarke is close to realising a childhood dream. He can’t believe he is sitting here. And he knows he wouldn’t be without the staunch support of his family.
"I wouldn’t be in this scenario right now if it wasn’t for my parents. It is a big commitment, 4.5 hrs drive each way," Clarke said.
"When the state program started, my dad took me up every Wednesday. We’d leave at 10.15am and we would make it just in time. Then the next day we would leave at 4 in the morning to get back for work. I helped dad on the farm to start the day because I don’t start school on Thursdays until 10.15. I would cut wood and drop a load of wood off."
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Probably one of the reasons he is tough.
Back in the day when VFL players had real jobs, many were tradies. Paul Van Der Haar was a plumber who continued to work his trade throughout his footy career and until recently still had a plumbing business, Ian Marsh was a Bricklayer and both were tough and strong.
I heard Sheedy say early on that he would always recruit a boy from the land or who had a trade before anyone else.
Reckon Dodoro missed that message.
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No pointing, no scowling
James Sicily is 188cm. I actually see a lot of James in the way Angus plays.
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