Seems as good a place as any for this:I just read an article about a young indigenous fella named Irving Mosquito in the Herald Sun.
Does 20m in 2.80, and at age 15 could run a 400 in 53 seconds. Already 180 cm. Played for Vic Country at the U16 Championships.
Very similar story to Tippa apparently.
@benfti One for your watch list?
Want, just for the name.
Does he have a swarm of siblings?
Seems as good a place as any for this:I just read an article about a young indigenous fella named Irving Mosquito in the Herald Sun.
Does 20m in 2.80, and at age 15 could run a 400 in 53 seconds. Already 180 cm. Played for Vic Country at the U16 Championships.
Very similar story to Tippa apparently.
@benfti One for your watch list?
Want, just for the name.
Does he have a swarm of siblings?
Nickname - Zika
Seems as good a place as any for this:I just read an article about a young indigenous fella named Irving Mosquito in the Herald Sun.
Does 20m in 2.80, and at age 15 could run a 400 in 53 seconds. Already 180 cm. Played for Vic Country at the U16 Championships.
Very similar story to Tippa apparently.
@benfti One for your watch list?
He could be the face of the mosquito fleet 
Seems as good a place as any for this:I just read an article about a young indigenous fella named Irving Mosquito in the Herald Sun.
Does 20m in 2.80, and at age 15 could run a 400 in 53 seconds. Already 180 cm. Played for Vic Country at the U16 Championships.
Very similar story to Tippa apparently.
@benfti One for your watch list?
Want, just for the name.
Does he have a swarm of siblings?Nickname - Zika
Buzz
Seems as good a place as any for this:I just read an article about a young indigenous fella named Irving Mosquito in the Herald Sun.
Does 20m in 2.80, and at age 15 could run a 400 in 53 seconds. Already 180 cm. Played for Vic Country at the U16 Championships.
Very similar story to Tippa apparently.
@benfti One for your watch list?
What do you think Skeeta?
WSPHU
Seems as good a place as any for this:I just read an article about a young indigenous fella named Irving Mosquito in the Herald Sun.
Does 20m in 2.80, and at age 15 could run a 400 in 53 seconds. Already 180 cm. Played for Vic Country at the U16 Championships.
Very similar story to Tippa apparently.
@benfti One for your watch list?
AFL names that fly
■ Craig BIRD
■ Che Cockatoo-Collins
Irving Mosquito is turning heads for the Gippsland Power.
FLYING creatures have long played in the AFL, from Swifts to Swallows, Swans and even Cockatoos, but they all pale into insignificance with a prodigiously talented Gippsland teenager.
Meet Irving Mosquito, a 16-year-old from Gippsland Power who will surely become a cult figure should he progress to AFL ranks.
And that is a distinct possibility in two years time – Mosquito lit it up for Vic Country at the 2016 U16 National Championships in July.
His story, like his name, is one of great interest.
Mosquito grew up in the northern Western Australian town of Hall’s Creek – more than 2500km north of Perth – and his family are highly respected in the area.
At age 11 he was taught by Mick and Shane Roberts, who became his guardians and brought him back to their home in Gippsland at Briagolong, 30 minutes north of Sale.
He now attends Gippsland Grammar on a scholarship and plays with Gippsland Power where regional manager Peter Francis has taken pleasure in his progress.
“He is a delightful, respectful boy with a ready smile,” Francis said.
“As a footballer he reminds me a bit of Michael Long, being very, very quick (2.80sec for 20m, 53sec at age 15 for 400m) and being capable of taking a really good mark (he stands 180cm).
“His parent still live at Hall’s Creek and Irving is going back up there in a couple of weeks. I suppose his story is similar to Anthony Tipungwuti.”
Mozzie. Believe.
Too skinny to play at Essendon.
Why are people having a laugh at his name? Irving isn’t that bad.
I umpired him and his brother this year never have i seen someone as clean below the knees and excellent in the air for his size
Irving Mosquito, how could you say no? SIGN HIM UP!
Failing that I still haven’t given up on Didymus Blanket after he went undrafted last year and crushed my dream of having a player called Didymus Blanket playing AFL footy.
Seems as good a place as any for this:I just read an article about a young indigenous fella named Irving Mosquito in the Herald Sun.
Does 20m in 2.80, and at age 15 could run a 400 in 53 seconds. Already 180 cm. Played for Vic Country at the U16 Championships.
Very similar story to Tippa apparently.
@benfti One for your watch list?
Want, just for the name.
Does he have a swarm of siblings?
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-09-05/tigers-eyeing-off-kayle-kirby-as-a-category-b-rookieRICHMOND will have first access to exciting goalkicker Kayle Kirby as part of its next generation academy if the Bendigo Pioneers product does not get selected in November’s national or rookie drafts.
Kirby played for Vic Country at the NAB AFL Under-18 Championships and recently kicked five goals for Richmond’s VFL side on debut at the level. He followed it with four goals the following week.
The Tigers have nominated the 18-year-old as one of five players they will be able to automatically list as category B rookies under the new indigenous and multicultural academies.
The AFL has approved the full list of 33 players and circulated it to clubs last week. Under the newly formed rules, clubs will be able to list the players as category B rookies if the prospects are overlooked at the national and rookie drafts.
The club will need to lodge relevant paperwork immediately after the rookie draft on November 28 to secure the multicultural or indigenous talent.
If the relevant club does not choose to take the player as a category B rookie, or if they are an AFL nomination and are not selected in the rookie or national drafts, then any club can list the player as a category B pick.
However, the player has to give his consent before it is confirmed in that case.
The Tigers will also have access to emerging ruckman Esava Ratugolea, who has a Fijian background, should he not be drafted and have also nominated indigenous prospect Jy Simpkin.
Simpkin has been injured for most of the year with a broken leg but is next to no chance to get through to the category B process. He is still likely to be a top-25 pick.
Melbourne has nominated Daniel Allsop, who finished equal second in the TAC Cup’s Morrish Medal on Sunday, while Mitchell McCarthy (St Kilda), Emmanuel Irra (Port Adelaide) and Ben Ronke (Essendon) are among the other notable nominees under the rule.
The AFL has also nominated a group of 10 players (five indigenous and five multicultural) who will be up for grabs after the rookie draft if they don’t find an AFL home.
That list includes Kenny Ong, Tom Jok, Francis Watson and Cedric Cox. Cox hails from Halls Creek in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, but has impressed this year playing in the TAC Cup competition for the North Ballarat Rebels.
2016 NEXT GENERATION ACADEMY NOMINATIONS LIST
Collingwood
Isiah Farrell-Nelson (Indigenous)Essendon
Aaron Tatchell (Indigenous), Ben Ronke (Multicultural), Muhammad Saad (Multicultural), Ovie Magbegor (Multicultural), Hisham Kerbatieh (Multicultural), Ozgur Uysal (Multicultural)Geelong
Temoa Brown (Multicultural), Cameron Gurrumulnga (Indigenous), Deshan Gindkindi (Indigenous), Kamal Bukulatjpi (Indigenous)Hawthorn
Tristan Tweedie (Indigenous)Melbourne
Daniel Allsop (Multicultural)Port Adelaide
Emmanuel Irra (Multicultural), Ariek Lual (Multicultural)Richmond
Kayle Kirby (Indigenous), Billy Cooper (Indigenous), Esava Ratugolea (Multicultural) , Derek Smith (Indigenous), Jy Simpkin (Indigenous)St Kilda
Mitchell McCarthy (Indigenous)West Coast
Tarir Bayok (Multicultural)Western Bulldogs
Dion Johnstone (Indigenous)AFL nominations
Mading Atem (Multicultural), James El Moussalli (Multicultural), Kenny Ong (Multicultural), Jai Rout (Indigenous), Darren Allen (Indigenous), Jamaine Jones (Indigenous), Thomas Jok (Multicultural),Goy Lok (Multicultural), Cedric Cox (Indigenous), Francis Watson (Indigenous)
Love that first paragraph… “Richmond will have first access to… if no one picks him up”
If they really want underrepresented groups to be eligible for rookie B selection how about a section for “fat, middle aged, supporter website addicted personnel”?
If they really want underrepresented groups to be eligible for rookie B selection how about a section for "fat, middle aged, supporter website addicted personnel"?
Ha. But imagine if you ended up at Richmond…
If they really want underrepresented groups to be eligible for rookie B selection how about a section for "fat, middle aged, supporter website addicted personnel"?Ha. But imagine if you ended up at Richmond…
it’d still be an improvement to their list.
What makes a person “multicultural”?
What makes a person "multicultural"?They eat yogurt AND cheese?
What makes a person "multicultural"?
They love halal bacon?
The roos are getting a gun in 2 years time. Indigenous kid Tarryn Thomas from North Launceston. Only U/16 but was Tassie’s best player in the U/18’s. Check out some of the “Eyecatchers” footage. No wonder the roos were so keen on pushing this rule through and making sure they got Tasmania as their recruiting zone.