Faulkner to play

[footyman]

http://westernbulldogs.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=76004

Young Faulkner to play
6:02:07 PM Wed 26 February, 2003
Kevin Diggerson
afl.com.au


Cameron Faulkner, selected by the Western Bulldogs with the No.17 pick in last year’s National AFL Draft, is in line for his first senior chance when the Dogs travel to Nurioopta – in South Australia’s Barossa Valley - to tackle Port Adelaide on Saturday.

Faulkner will return to his native South Australia with the Bulldogs after impressing with Werribee.


“We will take young Cam Faulkner to play,” Bulldogs coach Peter Rohde confirmed.

“He played very well for Werribee and I think we would like to give him a go. I don’t think we will be trialing too many more. We have a lot of younger players in the team and I don’t think we need to worry about injecting too much youth. We are excited by some of the things Cam has been doing and playing 24 players we can afford to take one or two young players and give them experience.”

The Bulldogs are likely to include captain Chris Grant, but Simon Garlick remains in doubt after taking a heavy knock to the ribs last Sunday against Geelong.

“Garlo has bruised ribs, they are not broken,” Rohde said.

“It’s just a matter of how he goes. He’ll run around today and we will make a call on him tomorrow. It’s probably not the time of the year to take too many risks with people like that. Granty ran yesterday and kicked and he will train today and we have no problems with Granty coming up.”

 

[Dry Rot]

McGuinness? Cross?

 

[jim440]

Surely Darcy will miss. Bruton, perhaps?

 

[Westy_Boy]

Originally posted by jim440
Surely Darcy will miss. Bruton, perhaps?

He's set to play most of the match according to Rohde. Although it'd be a good opportunity to give Bruton a run, Darce usually takes a few games to get into full swing during the season, so if there's no trouble with his hammy, we should be looking to get him match fit ASAP.

 

[The Doctor]

Originally posted by Westy_Boy
He's set to play most of the match according to Rohde. Although it'd be a good opportunity to give Bruton a run, Darce usually takes a few games to get into full swing during the season, so if there's no trouble with his hammy, we should be looking to get him match fit ASAP.

why not play them both?

I'd look at giving Darcy an early run in the ruck then send him to FF. That way he gets to gather some match fitness and gives Bruton a crack against decent rucking opposition. We really need to use these games to find out if Bruton can play.

 

[stefoid]

The Hun has an article called 'dogs drooling over faulkner' which says that darce will play 3 quarters, and that Faulkner wont be expected to play seniors until maybe mid year but definitely by the end of the year, probably a sitch very similar to Sam Power last year. That will be something to look forward to, Browny and Faulkner crumbing on the same forward line to Wiggins and Bandy.

 

[footyman]

Did anyone see the Werribee game last weekend? If so, what did you think about Cameron Faulkner's game?

 

[Turtleman3]

The Football (Faulkner not Sherrin)

He is quick, clean and reads the play well. Scary thing is he will only get better as he adjusts to the tempo and game plan

 

[Dry Rot]

Re: The Football (Faulkner not Sherrin)

Originally posted by Turtleman3
He is quick, clean and reads the play well. Scary thing is he will only get better as he adjusts to the tempo and game plan

In time, I woder how he will compare to Salopek?

 

[Captain Sensible]

Re: Re: The Football (Faulkner not Sherrin)

Originally posted by Dry Rot
In time, I woder how he will compare to Salopek?

Havent seen Salopek play but he will need to be good to be better than Faulkner. Faulkner is better than any young player I have seen at the club.