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Pick 31 in the 2010 Rookie Draft.
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Height: 188cm
Weight: 81kg
DOB: 17/10/92
Recruited from: Colac/Geelong Falcons
Bio: Versatile player who can play both forward and back. Has strong hands and an ability to read the play.
In his own words
What type of player are you?
Versatile, mainly key-position defender.
Which AFL player do you feel you resemble, and why?
Andrew Mackie - similar style and role within the team.
What are your strengths as a footballer?
Decision making, kicking, defending, attacking, versatility.
What parts of your game would you like to improve?
All aspects.
Which AFL team do you support and how did you come to barrack for them?
Essendon - family tradition.
Who has been the biggest influence on your career so far, and why?
Father, mother, coaches, Buddha Hocking.
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Is this the guy that had a big article in the sun before the draft?
I like how some had him rated as high as 15!
The rangy Geelong Falcons defender from Nalangil, outside Colac, has gone from an underdeveloped face in the crowd to a possible top 30 draft pick on November 26 after a dream season in the TAC Cup.
But, perhaps in a sign of how quickly his life has changed, Dare refuses to believe he is guaranteed anything on draft day.
The moment things changed for the 188cm, 81kg backman can be traced to the afternoon of July 18 - the day club scouts finally became aware he was 18 and not 17.
Dare had been in sparkling form all season, but recruiters had been put off because his age was incorrectly listed in the AFL Victoria Record.
"A couple of recruiters said, 'Isn't it a pity Joe Dare is 17 and only available to the Gold Coast?'," Falcons regional manager Michael Turner said.
"He's got a great attitude, wins his own footy, he's a fantastic decision-maker with good skills and he can really set up the play."
IT IS rare in football at any level that two players from the same team might share their league's equivalent of the Brownlow, and virtually unheard of that they would be brothers.
Throw in also tying for the competition's most valuable player award - voted on not by umpires but opposition coaches - and finishing one-two in a local radio award, and it's clear Levi and Joe Dare have been breathing rarefied air on the family's Nalangil dairy farm, west of Colac.