Toast AFL's Rambos

[WillHayward]

We hear a lot about the mummas' boys of the AFL.

The "go home factor" and the "flight risks". The JHFs and the Archie Perkins. The "Qld one day and home the next" Josh Shaches. And of course Ollie "Bellarine Dream" Henry

But what about the blokes who never go home. The road warriors. The true pros. The Rambos. The blokes you put on a plane and send anywhere and they still get the mission accomplished without mercy or complaint.

I'm thinking blokes like Lachie Neale

9

Lachie Neale

Age

30

Ht

178cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.0

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

15.5

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.7

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

28.3

5star

K

13.9

5star

HB

14.4

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

7.4

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

and James Aish

Multiple players found. Use birthday to differentiate. eg [PLAYERCARD="23/11/1962"]Joe Smith[/PLAYERCARD]

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Who else fits into the category?

 

[Bianconeri]

Brodie Grundy

4

Brodie Grundy

Age

30

Ht

202cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

9.6

5star

CL

4.1

5star

HO

32.0

5star

D

16.4

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

9.6

5star

CL

4.0

5star

HO

34.6

5star

D

13.8

4star

K

5.2

2star

HB

8.6

5star

CL

2.6

5star

HO

20.6

5star

 

[Back Pocket Rocket]

Pavlich is the founding father

 

[brmi]

Simon Black would have to be close to being the GOAT.

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

Travis Boak

10

Travis Boak

Age

35

Ht

183cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.7

5star

K

11.6

4star

HB

12.0

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

4.4

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

22.0

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

11.0

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

4.9

5star

D

16.4

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

9.0

5star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.4

4star

.

Cats came hard for him when we were at our worst. Would have been very easy for him to leave but he stuck with and is now our games record holder.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Cale Hooker

26

Cale Hooker

Age

35

Ht

198cm

Wt

103kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.2

4star

K

8.2

3star

HB

8.0

5star

M

6.3

5star

T

1.8

4star

MG

213.6

3star

D

11.8

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

6.0

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

0.8

1star

MG

107.0

2star

D

14.6

4star

K

3.2

2star

HB

11.4

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.4

4star

. We tried to trade him multiple times, incl back to his hometown of Perth. Once he even switched his phone off and hid at a random friends house until after the trade deadline so he couldn’t be reached to agree to a trade.

After the drug saga he was one of the first to sign on because he wanted to return and help rebuild. By this stage he was an All Aust key back who had no shortage of offers.

Why somebody would be so keen to stay at ******* Essendon I don’t know, possibly some kind of Stockholm Syndrome, but he loved the joint and the club didn’t deserve him. Love.

 

[Cyclops]

Dunstall left his troop and came to live among the humans for decades, pretty tough.

 

[Pistol Night]

Jonathon Brown had some Godfather offers to return to Vic when the Lions were s**t later in his career

 

[Minka Beaver]

Brent Reilly

Brent Reilly

Age

40

Ht

183cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.3

4star

K

10.9

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.5

4star

T

2.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.2

2star

HB

2.4

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

0.4

3star

. Melbourne boy who left for Adelaide just after his 18th birthday. He was given the role of being the mentor for many Crows recruits. He's now a stalwart in South Australian footy and many local NFPs.

 

[werdna78]

Nick Riewoldt.

 

[Soggy2112]

Does Joe Daniher count? Chose to leave home and now lives in a different state to his club?

 

[Engimal v3]

Jason Horne Francis. Was told to go cry to his mummy, and he did. You tell this bloke to jump, and he asks how high?

 

[TerryWallet]

Cale Hooker. We tried to trade him multiple times, incl back to his hometown of Perth. Once he even switched his phone off and hid at a random friends house until after the trade deadline so he couldn’t be reached to agree to a trade.

After the drug saga he was one of the first to sign on because he wanted to return and help rebuild. By this stage he was an All Aust key back who had no shortage of offers.

Why somebody would be so keen to stay at ******* Essendon I don’t know, possibly some kind of Stockholm Syndrome, but he loved the joint and the club didn’t deserve him. Love.

Not sure it was The Hangar that was the pull that kept Cale in Melbourne.

Hookesy and his great chum Bellcho were the Kings of Chapel St for a time. Driving up the Strip in the topless mini moke on a sunny arvo musta been some sorta lure. The duo did well.

And in their time off, they headed down to Tulla to fill out the week.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Dustin Martin rejected the biggest offer ever made to an AFL footballer to this day in 2017 to play out of Elizabeth Arden St, which is much closer to his home town of Castlemaine than is The Swinburne Centre.

You gotta be made of some serious stuff to do that.

 

[TedDougChris]

Chris Grant from our side of things.

 

[Dazzler9]

Luke Shuey

13

Luke Shuey

Age

33

Ht

184cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.7

5star

K

13.0

5star

HB

10.7

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

4.9

5star

CL

5.6

5star

D

18.7

4star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.8

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.7

4star

CL

4.3

5star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.2

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.8

5star

CL

1.4

4star

Andrew Gaff

3

Andrew Gaff

Age

31

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

26.6

5star

K

15.9

5star

HB

10.7

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.0

4star

CL

2.5

4star

D

24.5

5star

K

15.6

5star

HB

8.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.0

3star

CL

2.5

4star

D

11.2

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

0.6

3star

CL

0.6

3star

Shannon Hurn

25

Shannon Hurn

Age

36

Ht

187cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.9

5star

K

15.7

5star

HB

5.2

4star

M

7.0

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

389.5

5star

D

16.1

4star

K

12.1

5star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.0

2star

MG

271.6

4star

D

19.0

5star

K

11.6

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

6.8

5star

T

1.6

4star

Beau Waters

Beau Waters

Age

38

Ht

188cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.0

5star

K

11.3

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

6.1

5star

T

2.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.6

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.6

4star

Liam Duggan

14

Liam Duggan

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.4

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

5.3

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

283.7

4star

D

16.0

4star

K

12.0

5star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.7

5star

T

1.1

2star

MG

283.7

4star

D

13.2

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.2

3star

Tom Cole

28

Tom Cole

Age

26

Ht

188cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.9

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

2.7

4star

MG

110.3

2star

D

10.5

3star

K

6.3

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.5

3star

MG

110.3

2star

D

9.8

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

4.2

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.8

4star

David Hynes

just off the top of my head.

 

[Orange crush]

Cal Ward

 

[RonnieRaven]

Simon Black would have to be close to being the GOAT.

He had success not long after he was drafted a bit easier staying

 

[Purple Suit]

We hear a lot about the mummas' boys of the AFL.


The "go home factor" and the "flight risks". The JHFs and the Archie Perkins. The "Qld one day and home the next" Josh Shaches.

But what about the blokes who never go home. The road warriors. The true pros. The Rambos. The blokes you put on a plane and send anywhere and they still get the mission accomplished.

I'm thinking blokes like Lachie Neale and James Aish.

Who else fits into the category?

Lachie Neale & James Aish?

I don't think Rambo would leave his team and go to another one, even if the new team isn't in his home state.

 

[Pistol Night]

Lachie Neale & James Aish?

I don't think Rambo would leave his team and go to another one, even if the new team isn't in his home state.

What are Rambo’s strengths as a footballer? Apart from obviously being super handy if a melee breaks out

 

[Purple Suit]

What are Rambo’s strengths as a footballer? Apart from obviously being super handy if a melee breaks out

Inside mid, high contested numbers, can hit a target, hates Murdoch.

 

[Cyclops]

What are Rambo’s strengths as a footballer? Apart from obviously being super handy if a melee breaks out

Good in the mud.

 

[hawkman]

Kurt Tippett

Kurt Tippett

Age

36

Ht

202cm

Wt

106kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.8

3star

K

6.7

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.8

5star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.2

3star

G

1.0

4star

had the opportunity to go home to the Gold Coast but was brave and chose to try and grow the game in Sydney instead

 

[WillHayward]

Pavlich is the founding father

What a beast he was. One man army.

 

[WillHayward]

Cale Hooker. We tried to trade him multiple times, incl back to his hometown of Perth. Once he even switched his phone off and hid at a random friends house until after the trade deadline so he couldn’t be reached to agree to a trade.

After the drug saga he was one of the first to sign on because he wanted to return and help rebuild. By this stage he was an All Aust key back who had no shortage of offers.

Why somebody would be so keen to stay at ******* Essendon I don’t know, possibly some kind of Stockholm Syndrome, but he loved the joint and the club didn’t deserve him. Love.

Love this nomination.