Young fullbacks who were brutalised

[joe444]

Been a while since we've seen something like McQualter just allowing unspeakable things to happen to Sandy Brock.

It doesn't always end badly. Young Matthew Scarlett in 1998 was left to handle Matthew Lloyd and gave up 6 big ones. But Geelong won that one in a final round upset.

Tim McGrath (1992/8th game) on Dunstall (12 goals) and Zac Dawson (4th game) on A Rocca (8) come to mind ... Any others?

 

[maskmcgee]

Dustin Fletcher in every second game in his first season, Paddy Ryder had Buddy kick 9 on him in 2008

 

[MagpieExcalibur]

Jack Madgen

 

[MagpieExcalibur]

no specific game or anything he just got monstered in general unless we played him on a wing lol

 

[NetworkNerd]

Schoenmakers struggled a bit... On the flip side Dunstall kicked 17 on Scott Turner in the latter's 2nd year in the league I believe.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Dustin Fletcher in every second game in his first season, Paddy Ryder had Buddy kick 9 on him in 2008

Sheedy playing Ryder as a CHB… brilliant

 

[XhazzafootyX]

Zac Dawson at hawthorn

 

[boncer34]

Fev ripped Darcy Daniher apart, only his inaccuracy saved Darcy from it being a huge bag.

 

[Hamingja]

Jezza kicking 9 on Ginbey in the final round last year. Ginbey drafted as a blue chip mid. One of the craziest coaching moves I've seen in a while.

 

[ioppolo]

Didn't Kepler Bradley get sent to Matthew Richardson very early on and got left there the whole game?

 

[iameviljez]

Been a while since we've seen something like McQualter just allowing unspeakable things to happen to Sandy Brock.

It doesn't always end badly. Young Matthew Scarlett in 1998 was left to handle Matthew Lloyd and gave up 6 big ones. But Geelong won that one in a final round upset.

Tim McGrath (1992/8th game) on Dunstall (12 goals) and Zac Dawson (4th game) on A Rocca (8) come to mind ... Any others?

I mean, at the start of the 1989 Grand Final, Chris Langford got the nice cushy job of handling Billy Brownless. Scott Maginess, in his second full season and built like a twig, got handed Gary Ablett Sr...

Sanity prevailed at half-time and probably saved Hawthorn the premiership.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Paul Salmon on 17yo first gamer Brett Gloury, Vic Pk Rd 1 1986

Ugly

 

[StillAtLarge]

Paul Salmon on 17yo first gamer Brett Gloury, Vic Pk Rd 1 1986

Ugly

On a positive note at least Bruce Springsteen wrote a song about it

 

[Corn Cobbers]

On a positive note at least Bruce Springsteen wrote a song about it

"If I Should Fall Behind"?

 

[boncer34]

I mean, at the start of the 1989 Grand Final, Chris Langford got the nice cushy job of handling Billy Brownless. Scott Maginess, in his second full season and built like a twig, got handed Gary Ablett Sr...

Sanity prevailed at half-time and probably saved Hawthorn the premiership.

Ablett kicked 5 of his 9 in the 2nd half.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Ablett kicked 5 of his 9 in the 2nd half.

Could have been 15, he got a lot of looks especially in the last quarter, Langford did pretty well

 

[Tall poppy Syndrome]

Interesting aside that those 3 players, Ablett and the 2 who played on him Chris Langford and Scott Maginness, all had/have sons play in the AFL.

 

[carndapies]

Travis Cloke kicking 7 goals on Alex Rance in 2013.

Cloke absolutely ragdolled Rance.

 

[iameviljez]

Ablett kicked 5 of his 9 in the 2nd half.

Yeah but he got near zero supply in the first half.

 

[Aura]

Schoenmakers struggled a bit... On the flip side Dunstall kicked 17 on Scott Turner in the latter's 2nd year in the league I believe.

I’d be able to live with Dunstall kicking 17 on me. Best forward to ever live bar maybe Hudson or Coleman.

 

[iameviljez]

I’d be able to live with Dunstall kicking 17 on me. Best forward to ever live bar maybe Hudson or Coleman.

... ... Lockett??

 

[Theprofessional]

Zac Dawson at hawthorn

The game against Anthony Rocca was tough viewing.



Think this was the one where he started defending him from 10m in front or behind as he knew he was giving up about 20kg. Resilient from Zac Dawson to end up having the career that he did- that first season of his was tough.

 

[Aura]

... ... Lockett??

He’s 4th for me

Matthews and Senior the better players though.

 

[Former Decathlete]

Jackson Ferguson St Kilda

 

[Bipolar Bear]

Fev ripped Darcy Daniher apart, only his inaccuracy saved Darcy from it being a huge bag.

Tayte Pears had his measure though in his debut year.