You’d have thought they’d know the McKay twins and the Kolodjashnij twins over nonentities like the Lonies and the Kols.
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Will be a rule change by the AFL for 2022 only
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But are the McKays and Kolodjashnijs identical?
Side note: The article mentions that Alwyn and Jayden will likely be the 12th set of identical twins to play in the AFL, but then names 12 other sets of twins. So, that would make the Daveys the 13th, right?
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First F/S Twins
Think they are both 179cm but could still be growing still
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Perfect height for CHF
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Apart from the McKays being one left, one right…i’d have thought they were identical.
The Blackwell twins who played cricket for Australia were identical in all but handedness, but they were considered identical.
Sure. But fraternal twins can still look alike without being identical. I get the feeling that might be the case for the McKays.
They’re already tall enough for where they’ll play, probably too tall for CHF, but they’ve got a decent build for kids who are 18 months away from draft night
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37 already, my god. Feels like the other day I was watching him run around in his early 20’s
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James Hird’s coaching legacy to Essendon is on the verge of running a lot deeper following events at a Hawthorn oval last Saturday week.
It was where a goal was kicked that one long-time Xavier College watcher in Shane Healy described as the best he’s seen at the school’s Roach Oval, and it came courtesy of a 17-year-old named Jayden Davey.
Essendon supporters are allowed to become excited given Jayden is the son of Alwyn “Froggy” Davey, the sublimely talented small forward who played exactly 100 games for the Bombers, the last few courtesy of Hird’s foresight in 2013 (father/son qualification is 100 games).
But wait, there’s more, as Jayden’s identical twin brother, Alwyn Jr, also played in the game, the boys being Year 11 students at Xavier after being brought to the school under cultural scholarships from Darwin.
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Matthew Egan, All-Australian centre half-back in 2007 when at Geelong, runs the football program at Xavier (who sit equal with Scotch College on top of the ladder after five rounds), but in 2013 he was Alwyn Davey Sr’s line coach at the Bombers.
“No doubt ‘Hirdy’ was amazing like that, looking after people and family, plus the twins were always around the club and it was obvious they had some unique skills which we are now seeing,” Egan, 37, said.
Alwyn Davey Sr, 37, whose brother Aaron “Flash” Davey was a star with Melbourne, hopes to travel from Darwin to watch his sons soon.
Alwyn Davey Jr, his twin brother Jayden and Jobe Watson (centre).
“Jayden was in his first game back after 18 months out with a knee injury, so it was exciting they both got a few kicks. They were homesick when they first went down but at least they had each other. Now they love the place,” said Davey Sr, who works with the Clontarf Foundation in Darwin.
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“Alwyn is a half-forward/mid who kicks right foot, while Jayden is a left-footed forward who loves kicking goals. We all barrack for the Bombers and love the club.”
Alwyn Davey in action in 2013. The year James Hird helped get him to the magical three-figure number in games.
Essendon recruiting boss Adrian Dodoro will have the opportunity to select the twins in next year’s AFL national draft.
There’s more football talent in the Davey clan with 14-year-old Alijah to join his brothers at Xavier next year plus other siblings in Cruz, 8, and sisters Charlize, 5, and Layla, 1.
Alwyn Davey Jr has been turning heads at Xavier College.
TIDY DOZEN
Should Alwyn Jnr and Jayden Davey play senior AFL footy, they will become the 12th set of identical twins to do so in the past 60 years.
Shane and Daryl Wakelin combined for the most AFL games (513) ahead of Matthew and Steven Febey (401) and Brad and Chris Scott (383).
Others include Mitch and Nathan Brown, Adam and Troy Selwood, Nathan and Ryan Lonie, Alistair and Stewart Lord, Mike and Steve Richardson, Simon and Paul Atkins, Ed and Nick Lower, Michael and Nigel Kol, and Ben and Max King
In the case of the Davey twins, so alike are they that if their father sees them 20m away, he just yells out “Alwyn”.
“If he doesn’t turn around then I know it must be Jayden,” Alwyn Snr laughed.
Former star Paul McNamee has delved into the art of claycourt tennis in his new book.
LET’S DANCE
“Welcome To The Dance” is Paul McNamee’s ode to clay court tennis, a book released on the eve of the French Open at Roland Garros where McNamee beat world No. 2 John McEnroe in the third round of the 1980 French Open.
It’s a good read about a surface that has been a graveyard for Australians until the 2019 triumph by Ash Barty. It also contains a chapter on one of McNamee’s idols, the mercurial Australian Lew Hoad.
In it McNamee quotes a 2019 interview with Rod Laver, the man some believe to be the greatest ever. When asked two years ago to describe Hoad, Laver replied “the best player who ever held a racquet”.
Harold Lambert limbers up with Greg Tate at Essendon training in 1949.
UNIQUE RECORD
Harold Lambert, who died on May 22, had one of the more unique VFL records.
After reaching a preliminary final with Essendon in his debut season of 1940, Lambert never missed the Grand Final in his seven remaining seasons in 1941 then 1946-51, winning three flags and drawing one GF.
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A brilliant half-back flanker who was named in Essendon’s Team of the Century, Lambert also served his country at war with great distinction from 1942-45 in New Guinea and the Pacific.
And his games tally? Ninety-nine, the very same number as the age at which he died.
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Maybe because the Scott brothers don’t count as identical.
According to Wikipedia the Scotts are identical 
I’m as identical as they are.
Gimme ten minutes and wiki will say the scott brothers arent related at all
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Identical ■■■■ wits though
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Bit slow mate!
I am reporting any post that mentions the Scott brothers in this most holy of threads
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Need a Father-Twin Sons rule.
Will we have enough points to take both?