He was the biggest 17 year old I'd ever seen. His legs were enormous when he first came over.
Toast Shannon 'Bunga' Hurn: Our new captain.
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Yeh agreed, though Quadzilla's were huge when he came in and Watermans are pretty monsterous too!
He is a big unit young Waterman. Hope he kicks like his skipper!
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Congrats Bunga
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Excellent news. Congrats Bunga!
I'm glad they sorted it before Xmas
I'm glad they sorted it before Xmas
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Stoked. Brilliant choice.
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Or his dad... Arguably the two best kicks over distance our club has had
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I think it's more an excuse for teams like Melbourne to say that something other then terrible player management managed to ruin their future young guns like Trengrove and Grimes. That is the only possible reason I could think of that any team would appoint a 23 year old as captain.
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While i'm disjointed and at a loss as to why Powell wasn't given the gig, Hurn would be my second choice. Congrats.
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The right choice. Unanimous support for this decision, which is a good thing.
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Wasn't Worsfold 23 when he was appointed as captain?
Clearly too much emphasis was put on shoulder to hip ratio.
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I really hope not for the sake if my previous post. :/
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How old were Crotchin, Trengrove and Grimes in their first year as captain?
Crotchin and Murphy are A grade mids who attract tags every week and neither are big bodied, Murphy especially.
All three of those clubs had very few options available to be captain so maybe the choice was flawed, we know now the Melbourne co -captain set up didn't work at all.
Hurn is 27, he's big and won't be pushed around. He's copped tags in the past and struggled at times but worked through it.
Hurn IMO is in a similar position as Hodge. Established, experienced and also surrounded by other leaders. Judging on his performances last year he'll be fine and we are about to see the best of Hurn.
The first half of your post was spot on. Second half...well lots of 23 yr olds are well equipped enough (Cousins and Judd were both 23, for instance).
Adelaide game I'm pretty sure. Maybe not.
On an unrelated note, how minimal is his wikipedia page! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Hurn
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Loved the Adelaide victory ,rewatched on Sunday .
Congrats Bunga a very good choice as captain and will be even better if you become a Premiership Captain .
Congrats Bunga a very good choice as captain and will be even better if you become a Premiership Captain .
When Steve Malaxos was dropped for good in the 1990 finals series, Woosha took over. He was 21y 362d at the time of the 1990 1st Semi vs Melbourne.
His first game as the official captain was Rd 1 the next season - he was 22y 180d.
I reckon it was our best game in 2 years.
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No, for the fact we were absolutely annihilated in the first 15 minutes. Wasn't a full 4 quarter performance.
Not best as in most thorough performance, but best to come back after being so far behind away from home.
Or maybe just the most satisfying
I thought Adelaide were quite poor when we were on top, so it didn't feel like we matched a good side and then elevated above that level
