Richmond sign PNG player

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Richmond FC have announced they have signed Gideon Simon from Papua New Guniea on their International Rookie list. Obviously impressed with what they saw from the combine.
 

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The guy is a speed machine, also got some tricks, short but chunk muscled. Excited by his potential, and what I've seen so far.
 

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actually we have had him (and another PNG guy) listed for a couple years now, this is just the point where they are old enough to be properly signed up.
They're signed, do junior development, but not listed (due to age).

From memory, he played a couple of games for Coburg over the past year.

Ray Hall (ex-player), noticed them when he was up there doing development work.
 

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When I lived in Cairns from '95 to '97, there were players then that used to get flown in and out each week from PNG to play in the local Cairns comp. IIRC, 2 of them were brothers, very handy footballers.
 

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actually we have had him (and another PNG guy) listed for a couple years now, this is just the point where they are old enough to be properly signed up.
From what I can gather he is the first ever player to have made an AFL list (rather than an International scholarship) having played Australian Rules Football originally outside of Australia. An historically significant moment. A testament to all those who have worked so hard to take the game in PNG to a level where something like this can happen.
 

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From what I can gather he is the first ever player to have made an AFL list (rather than an International scholarship) having played Australian Rules Football originally outside of Australia. An historically significant moment. A testament to all those who have worked so hard to take the game in PNG to a level where something like this can happen.
does this guy Gideon Simon go on our international list (whatever that is) or our 8 place 'rookie' list?
 
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The guy is a speed machine, also got some tricks, short but chunk muscled. Excited by his potential, and what I've seen so far.
Hopefully in The Dave Rodan mould.. They reckon he will give the backs some problems played some games with coburg ressies.. Nice and solid looking thats for sure.
 

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