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WHY SHANE HARVEY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO GET DRAFTED AS A 25-YEAR-OLD
BY SEN
Harvey managed just 14 career games across both clubs but when he went back to play local footy, he kicked 100 goals in a season on nine different occasions for three different clubs.
The 36-year-old has been playing at North Heidelberg in the Northern Football Netball League, which is the same club that brother Brent plays at, for over 10 years.
Harvey says this success may have translated to his AFL career if he was drafted at a later stage of his life.
“A lot of people talk about the draft age but if I had have got drafted at 25, I reckon I would’ve been a hell of a lot better player than getting drafted at 19,” he told Kevin Bartlett and Terry Wallace on SEN Drive.
“I was a lot more mature and enjoyed my footy a lot more.
“It was obviously a little easier, local footy, than the AFL ranks.
“Now at 25, 26 (years of age), a lot of players nowadays get an opportunity I think just because they mature a lot more and they’re bigger bodies and they’re ready to go, ready-made AFL players.”
Mature-age recruits that currently play in the AFL include Carlton’s Michael Gibbons, St Kilda’s Matthew Parker and Melbourne’s Marty Hore.
BY SEN
Harvey managed just 14 career games across both clubs but when he went back to play local footy, he kicked 100 goals in a season on nine different occasions for three different clubs.
The 36-year-old has been playing at North Heidelberg in the Northern Football Netball League, which is the same club that brother Brent plays at, for over 10 years.
Harvey says this success may have translated to his AFL career if he was drafted at a later stage of his life.
“A lot of people talk about the draft age but if I had have got drafted at 25, I reckon I would’ve been a hell of a lot better player than getting drafted at 19,” he told Kevin Bartlett and Terry Wallace on SEN Drive.
“I was a lot more mature and enjoyed my footy a lot more.
“It was obviously a little easier, local footy, than the AFL ranks.
“Now at 25, 26 (years of age), a lot of players nowadays get an opportunity I think just because they mature a lot more and they’re bigger bodies and they’re ready to go, ready-made AFL players.”
Mature-age recruits that currently play in the AFL include Carlton’s Michael Gibbons, St Kilda’s Matthew Parker and Melbourne’s Marty Hore.