Delisted 42. Nick Bourke (2014) Delisted

[SJ]

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
188cm
Weight:
80kg
Born:
30/4/95
Home club:
Geelong Falcons

2013 STATS​

CompPK*H*M*G

U18s​

4
8.0
5.8
5.0
0
TAC Cup
11
12.1
7.0
6.8
6​

*Average
The inside word

Medium midfielder with fantastic athleticism and overhead marking ability. Can play at both ends of the ground as well as through the midfield. Is a thumping left-foot kick and loves to run and carry the footy on the outside. Has clean hands and likes to bring his teammates into the game.

 

[SJ]

 

[Danforged]

Sounds pretty chop.

http://boundforglorynews.com/country-boy-bourke-might-be-the-biggest-steal-of-the-draft/

http://www.scpaige.com.au/draftees-in-focus-nicholas-bourke/

 

[Stig_90]

He looks like Dexter in that picture!

 

[JPod_31]

He could be a Wells special.

 

[jim boy]

He looks like Dexter in that picture!

Great - Two dexters

Nick Bourke - Dexter the choppy, choppy, killy, killy
James Toohey - Dexter of the secret lab

 

[Beanstalk]

He looks like Dexter in that picture!

 

[Beanstalk]

Here he is in the hoops at his home club...

 

[Sttew]

He looks like Dexter in that picture!

Hope he is as elusive on the field as Dexter is in Miami

 

[Moggy]

Hope he makes Simonds Stadium centre square his very own "kill room"

 

[TheHonestyPolicy]

Um some amusing posts above.
Shame that show is finished!

I would have been happy to take Bourke at pick 41 in the main draft and suspected/expected we would need to use our first rookie pick to get him, so it's a throwaway draft cliche but what the hell....

This is a steal! (Still a crime, but not quite a kill as listed above)

 

[Stig_90]

Forget the Bay Harbour Butcher, Bourke's the Corio Bay Butcher.

 

[meto]

Um some amusing posts above.
Shame that show is finished!

I would have been happy to take Bourke at pick 41 in the main draft and suspected/expected we would need to use our first rookie pick to get him, so it's a throwaway draft cliche but what the hell....

This is a steal! (Still a crime, but not quite a kill as listed above)

I know he was highly regarded by some in the ND, he's slipped through and we've snared him with the second pick after Toohey, he's a bonus.
I have high hopes with this kid, reckon he's got a bit of Mitch Duncan about him.

 

[Jagshemash]

reckon he's got a bit of Mitch Duncan about him.

This is exactly what I said to myself after watching his highlights...a left footed Mitch Duncan.

 

[Beanstalk]

 

[Trek]

Dexter it is. So he'll murder the opp, unsuspectingly.

 

[THE CAT WRANGLER]

Looks similar to Jordan Lewis ?

 

[denicat]

I think this kid could very well be a steal.and is at right club to make him a player

 

[Jon Douglas]

Looks similar to Jordan Lewis ?

I rate Lewis and would be happy if he was as good.

 

[dazbroncos]

I rate Lewis and would be happy if he was as good.

As much as I can't stand the prick I have to respect him...
Would not mind if he turned out a good as him...
But can we did a better example ?!?
Go Catters

 

[Jon Douglas]

I wrote I rated him not liked him !

 

[sarah.13]

As much as I can't stand the prick I have to respect him...
Would not mind if he turned out a good as him...
But can we did a better example ?!?
Go Catters

How about Grigg from the Tigers?
Can't see the Lewis comparison as he is an inside bull and Bourke is an outside runner.

 

[Jon Douglas]

I do not know about drafting and only use this Board, Phantom drafts, the papers and TV to get my info.

But from what I read and heard I thought Bourke was a real chance at being picked up in the ND. Most named him to be selected.

So either how drafters rate players is very different to what the media and others do - or he slipped thru for some reason.

All I can say is that the non drafting people who wrote up the critiques on potential draftees have hyped up Bourke a bit - because he sounded really good in their assessments.

Perhaps he was over rated a bit by them but Wells did some virtue in Bourke - enough to give him a crack at VFL as a Rookie and to see what transpired form there.

I am pretty happy about that. He is as good as chance to make as any Rookie we have picked before I suspect. Not great odds but definitely he seems to bring enough to the table get some Eardley fans over their loss.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Looks similar to Jordan Lewis ?

I thought the same did'nt want to say hes name dont like him,but hope nick is as good.

 

[Jagshemash]

From the highlights, Bourke is an outside mid. Not sure where the Lewis comparison is coming from as he is an inside mid.