That was a recent thing. Lucas was the higher rated through their junior careers. He was in the SA squad as a 16yo where Ben was not. The coin flipped in 2024 where the inside player Ben stepped up to become prolific and went past his brother in the court of public opinion. Lucas has always been a wingman, they initially played on opposite wings, with physical development, Ben moved inside to become a high output inside mid. We can ponder how and why Lucas played his entire underage career as an outside type. The classic wing role, maintaining width. He was always a chance to excel at the next level, being a genuine disciplined wing player. It has become a soecialist role in most teams now, nit just a spot to fit in an extra mid.
For most of their junior years Lucas was the higher rated. Ben became All Australian in their U18 season and lost little in comparison to the more vaunted types like Jagga, Lalor, Ashcroft, Draper, Smillie etc other than an overstated question on his kicking.
We will have two Camporeale boys in our top team for the next decade and a half, once Ben gets some game time and a spot opens up.
Edit: The boys may, or may not have been asked to lay low a bit in their draft year, we will never know.
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