AFL Player #28: Xavier Duursma 🏹

[Vander18]

Seemed a different player his last year or two at Port to the guy we saw in his first year. Understand a few concussions impacted his attack on the footy…..which can happen.

He’s back to playing with flair and he’s certainly brave. Very happy with him.

 

[Doss]

Excellent last night.

 

[MiguelM]

Goes about it like Hird did from a tenacity pov.

Tough, good mark, runs all day, tackles well and can slot important goals.

 

[dirty2]

Good to see Xavier play some good footy even if he's in the wrong colours

 

[mcgrath_truther]

Good to see Xavier play some good footy even if he's in the wrong colours

i think you’ll find that a number of us (me included) were skeptical bringing him in but he’s been a genuine weapon over the past few weeks. very solid & consistent player

 

[MiguelM]

Was always happy with the signing before he played. His highlight package showed he had exactly what we needed.

Good recruiting.

 

[dirty2]

i think you’ll find that a number of us (me included) were skeptical bringing him in but he’s been a genuine weapon over the past few weeks. very solid & consistent player

Last couple of years at port weren't so good... But was quite often rushed back from injury and I believe he lost alot of confidence.

Hopefully gets a good run with you guys (injury free) and gets back to his best.

He does have his weaknesses but will work hard for you guys and give 100% effort (Love those sort of players)

 

[DERO]

Last couple of years at port weren't so good... But was quite often rushed back from injury and I believe he lost alot of confidence.

Hopefully gets a good run with you guys (injury free) and gets back to his best.

He does have his weaknesses but will work hard for you guys and give 100% effort (Love those sort of players)

What role was he playing at Port? looks like he has made the wing his own for us.

 

[dirty2]

What role was he playing at Port? looks like he has made the wing his own for us.

Wing as well for us... But we don't seem to use our wings as much as other teams.

Think they tried to bulk him up a bit (2ish years ago?) to give him a run in the middle but that didn't work out very well.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

When Duursma was seleted by Port Adelaide, he was about 186-73.

80kg and above shouldn't ever be his thing.

75-78kgs should be his thing.

Helps keep him fleet footed and less weight encumbered.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Amazing little patch of form. 3 excellent efforts in a row. I was sitting high on the wing and he was one of the few blokes running flat out to help out down back...others were plodding through the middle. (Goldy and Hobbs run flat out as well one time).

 

[VelvetSledge]

He was the recruit I was most excited by over the off season. Stoked to see how quickly he’s found his niche and how damn good he is.

What a player

 

[VelvetSledge]

Also, strong pic

 

[Happyskeret]

That first goal he kicked came at a critical time when we were around 10 points down. Seems to Bob up when the game is in the balance and has a little bit of X factor too.

 

[wayb2912]

Congratulations on a great recruit guys, Duursma is a gun and he has the ability to play even better than he is right now. Also played very well in finals and big games. We were so disappointed to see him leave, i always thought he was our future captain

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[nipst@r]

Amazing little patch of form. 3 excellent efforts in a row. I was sitting high on the wing and he was one of the few blokes running flat out to help out down back...others were plodding through the middle. (Goldy and Hobbs run flat out as well one time).

Bulldogs didn't expose it but we still are very slow to react and push back defensively.

Ball watching is hard habit to break and seems pretty ingrained in majority of our list.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Defensive work being severely underrated in my humble.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Defensive work being severely underrated in my humble.

Was immense in last quarter with last ditch tackles on the wing and mopping up loose balls

 

[brain taylor]

Defensive work being severely underrated in my humble.

yeah watched him up close in rd 3 and copped second hand exhaustion seeing him plow up and down the wing, guy goes hard

 

[Yoda_]

10 disposals in the last and most km's covered by any player on the ground shows his work rate.

Sneakily got up to 20 disposals and 6 marks

Another good outing

 

[Godzke]

He's more defensively accountable than Redman. I wouldn't exactly rate Duursma's delivery i50 nor his score involvements (albeit early days). Would that possibly open up a positional switch to HBF?

Again, not running a ruler through him as a winger. Just think every player needs a 2nd role in the team and he might be better suited off HBF than off HFF.

 

[brain taylor]

He's more defensively accountable than Redman. I wouldn't exactly rate Duursma's delivery i50 nor his score involvements (albeit early days). Would that possibly open up a positional switch to HBF?

Again, not running a ruler through him as a winger. Just think every player needs a 2nd role in the team and he might be better suited off HBF than off HFF.

pretty handy finisher so i’d like him closer to goal, unless he busts out a longbow i suppose

 

[mcgrath_truther]

he’s not going to blow the game apart but he’s basically strong together 7 consistent performances doing the exact same thing every game. hard running, high effort, accountable football

 

[cAsEy_18]

He's more defensively accountable than Redman. I wouldn't exactly rate Duursma's delivery i50 nor his score involvements (albeit early days). Would that possibly open up a positional switch to HBF?

Again, not running a ruler through him as a winger. Just think every player needs a 2nd role in the team and he might be better suited off HBF than off HFF.

I think it's more the opposite because of that reason. Because he's got quite good natural defensive instincts, I like him as a winger who can provide that extra number in defense, rather say he can be 1 of our 6. Wingers who can get up and down the ground deep at both ends, particularly defensively, to be an extra body are worth their weight in gold.

 

[crackers65]

Amazing work rate. A great example for our younger players, coming from Port, who have always had very fit teams. The Burgess effect?