Traded Luke Dunstan

[hayes]

Every betting agency in the country effectively has.

Most punters lose don't forget.

 

[saintsrfreak]

Every betting agency in the country effectively has.

Which I find quite silly tbh, his season has been more flash than substance. Not saying he won't be a great player, just that his hasn't been the best season.

If Aish finishes strongly he'd be my pick.

 

[hayes]

I think by the time the seasons over he'll be out of the judges minds unfortunately, particularly with the best part of his season being the start.

 

[karaoke]

Nah, won't win it with 16 games.

Better to get him right for next season than worry about the rising star anyway.

err Bontempelli has played only 12, so he'll only hit a max of 16.

FWIW, along these type of lines.......

http://www.theroar.com.au/2014/08/07/can-bontempelli-buck-rising-star-trends/

Can Bontempelli buck Rising Star trends?

At the moment, it would appear Marcus Bontempelli is the clear frontrunner for the 2014 Rising Star.

The bookies have him as a $1.85 favourite, far ahead of equal second-placed favourites Tom Langdon and James Aish, who both sit on $6.

He hasn’t played a poor game this season if you exclude the match with the green vest. But is a four-block game of fantastic performances surrounded by performances that are on par with other contenders enough to win the award?

Let’s look at the number of regular season games played by the eventual winners in the past decade.

Jaeger O’Meara – 22
Daniel Talia – 22
Dyson Heppell – 22
Daniel Hannebery – 19
Daniel Rich – 22
Rhys Palmer – 20
Joel Selwood – 18
Danyle Pearce – 22
Brett Deledio – 22
Jared Rivers – 21

That’s an average of 21 games per season and points to a large body of work being preferred by the panel.

Lowest games played in RS winning year was 18, that was by Joel Selwood.

History seems to be against both Luke & Marcus.

 

[lenny_07]

new number 7 now too. Luke Dunstan as expected. handed over in the rooms. might need a new bigfooty name.

 

[Jack Stevens]

We all saw it coming, now confirmed: http://www.saints.com.au/news/2014-08-31/hayes-passes-no7-to-dunstan

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Lenny's given his jumper to Dunstan. Great gesture from the Champ.

 

[Manimal_Dunstan]

We all saw it coming, now confirmed: http://www.saints.com.au/news/2014-08-31/hayes-passes-no7-to-dunstan

Absolutely fantastic.

 

[Barrels]

Now my son can wear my old no 7 guernsey as he grows up...

 

[lethalsaints]

Walk tall Luke

 

[Manimal_Dunstan]

 

[Saintos The ITK]

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Massiff moment for the lad. And me.

 

[Manimal_Dunstan]

Thought it was thread worthy.

LENNY Hayes has handed his famous number seven guernsey over to Luke Dunstan.

The now-retired champion, who played his 297th and final game on Sunday afternoon against Adelaide, made the gesture in the rooms after the match, continuing the number’s proud history at St Kilda.

http://www.saints.com.au/news/2014-08-31/hayes-passes-no7-to-dunstan

 

[Mowman]

Massiff moment for the lad. And me.

Great Stuff, Thanks mate

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Dunstan 7 - Be Afraid Bitches.

Good week for the number 7 with my teams.

 

[hayes]

Would've been a great moment. Hopefully there's a video put up at some stage.

Well done Luke.

 

[Plugger35]

Great to see Lenny handing over the no.7 jumper to Dunstan.

Good choice.

You're not going back to South Australia now Luke, you're a made Saints man.

 

[CALL ME SNAKE]

I spent the afternoon with family & friends watching the game & having quite a few frothies enjoying our last time of watching Lenny play.
It might just be the beer talking but that photo makes me a bit emotional.
So glad he broke the all time tackle record.

 

[Hayes4PM]

I promised myself I wouldn't cry.

 

[sverik25]

Great to see Lenny handing over the no.7 jumper to Dunstan.

Good choice.

You're not going back to South Australia now Luke, you're a made Saints man.

Could you imagine the uproar if he ever did?

 

[goodie23]

Wouldn't Luke have preferred the one off Lenny's back?

 

[Plugger35]

Could you imagine the uproar if he ever did?

Lenny has obviously done a character assessment on Luke and given his seal of approval, that's good enough for me.

He'll do the no.7 justice.

 

[Dopey BJ]

I promised myself I wouldn't cry.

Me too, didn't work

 

[Munga]