Player Watch #13 Jai Serong

[Punts]

Imo he might have to be more important than Curnow

Defence wins flags

 

[Kiama Chris]

I know we sold the farm to get Curnow,
But
Serong could be the significant piece of the puzzle we ne need to go further into September.

I remember when we had Paddy McCartin in defence and we looked so composed.
I know Serong was brought in to be a lockdown defender.
Maybe Tommy can become Paddy and do that interceptor role.

Hoping our defence becomes a weapon.
We have the smalls in Cunningham and Wicks.
Carmichael, Rampe and Bice as mediums.

You're beginning to sound like me.

 

[Jewelsbon]

Cough best mid for a decade

And my personal all time favourite

 

[LikeAVersion]

Gee, a former Hawthorn young talent with strong footy genes coming to us after being starved for opportunity.

How did that work out last time?

Kaiden Brand

Only 31. So.. quite underwhelmingly

 

[Jewelsbon]

Kaiden Brand

Only 31. So.. quite underwhelmingly

Never realised Brand had strong footy genes, never read that anywhere. Elaborate perhaps?

 

[LikeAVersion]

Never realised Brand had strong footy genes, never read that anywhere. Elaborate perhaps?

Compared with Jai Serong who's genes are that his older brother plays with Freo

Brands dad did play in s.a, not sure what level

 

[Jeffers]

Never realised Brand had strong footy genes, never read that anywhere. Elaborate perhaps?

Maybe he’s related to Sydney Sweeney?

 

[RubbaDuck]

Kaiden Brand

Only 31. So.. quite underwhelmingly

Why dampen our hopes of déjà vu with inconvenient truths?

 

[RubbaDuck]

And my personal all time favourite

Sibling genes are just as important as parental genes, or even more so.

Josh Kennedy shared exactly 50% of his father's DNA or 25% of his grandfather's but Jai Serong could share even more of Caleb Serong's DNA. Siblings share an average of 50%* of DNA but this can be anything from 37.5 to 61%*

So we could have our Hawthorn supplied cake (Josh) and get to eat it too (Jai).

*Excluding Tasmanians

 

[Jewelsbon]

Sibling genes are just as important as parental genes, or even more so.

Josh Kennedy shared exactly 50% of his father's DNA or 25% of his grandfather's but Jai Serong could share even more of Caleb Serong's DNA. Siblings share an average of 50%* of DNA but this can be anything from 37.5 to 61%*

So we could have our Hawthorn supplied cake (Josh) and get to eat it too (Jai).

*Excluding Tasmanians

 

[Kiama Chris]

Sibling genes are just as important as parental genes, or even more so.

Josh Kennedy shared exactly 50% of his father's DNA or 25% of his grandfather's but Jai Serong could share even more of Caleb Serong's DNA. Siblings share an average of 50%* of DNA but this can be anything from 37.5 to 61%*

So we could have our Hawthorn supplied cake (Josh) and get to eat it too (Jai).

*Excluding Tasmanians

Jai got the tall half.

 

[liz]

Jai got the tall half.

Or maybe he was the good kid who ate all his vegetables.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Or maybe he was the good kid who ate all his vegetables.

Both ate their red meat!
Doesn't the intelligence come from the mother?

 

[Jewelsbon]

Both ate their red meat!
Doesn't the intelligence come from the mother?

Yep!!!!
Certainly did in my family anyway

 

[Kiama Chris]

Yep!!!!
Certainly did in my family anyway

Both our kids smarter than both parents.

 

[Jewelsbon]

Both our kids smarter than both parents.

Yep, same here

 

[Punts]

Imo he plays straight away

 

[dosser]

Both ate their red meat!
Doesn't the intelligence come from the mother?

My dad used to say we had our mother's brains...because he still had his.

 

[Cadsky]

Imo he plays straight away

I think the picture of him wrestling with CC indicates that might be the case, or at least in their plans for the not too distant future.

 

[Jewelsbon]

Jai's my boy in '26....

 

[Adnico26Parker]

"I spoke to a few clubs, and Sydney felt like the best and right opportunity. They said to come in, work hard and earn your spot. They said no guarantees, there are no promises in AFL footy."

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Jai Serong has also made his mark internally, with the 22-year-old’s presence felt immediately during match simulation.

“He’ll be one that should slot straight into the backline. He’s very athletic and a massive competitor. He flogs whoever he’s playing on in match sim,” Warner said.

“I reckon he’s a bit of a Ramps-type (Dane Rampe

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Dane Rampe

Age

35

Ht

187cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

2.5

4star

MG

358.8

5star

D

14.1

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.1

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

284.5

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.4

4star

) as well. He can close fast, is really athletic and has a pretty decent kick too which is great for a key defender.”

 

[dosser]

Jai Serong has also made his mark internally, with the 22-year-old’s presence felt immediately during match simulation.

“He’ll be one that should slot straight into the backline. He’s very athletic and a massive competitor. He flogs whoever he’s playing on in match sim,” Warner said.

“I reckon he’s a bit of a Ramps-type (Dane Rampe) as well. He can close fast, is really athletic and has a pretty decent kick too which is great for a key defender.”

Of course, he could be saying that our forwards are crap...

 

[Punts]

Big wrap

 

[caesar88]

Sir Dane is obviously my favourite Swan but if Serong is as good as the hype around him suggests then we shouldn't be seeing much of Rampe this year. Unless someone like Mills or Melican go down with an injury (very possible, given their histories). But even then I think I'd rather roll the dice on an Edwards and see if there's something to work with there.