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Tom Rockliff weighing up his future at Brisbane Lions as rival clubs circle
THERE is fresh doubt about whether Tom Rockliff will remain in Brisbane as the former captain weighs up his future.

The Lions have an offer in front of Rockliff, he is understood to be still undecided even in the post-season about whether to accept it or move to another club.

The Lions had been confident about Rockliff remaining in Brisbane, but there is more doubt surrounding the midfielder, with rival clubs believing he is a good chance to move.

Sources said “a number of clubs” were interested in Rockliff, who was up for trade last year and had very little interest but has more currency in 2017 following an improvement in performance and attitude. While the Lions sought to trade Rockliff this time last year, they have been impressed by his approach this year and are hoping to retain the free agent.

Rockliff’s partner is due to give birth soon and he is also having post-season shoulder surgery. He averaged 24 disposals per game this year. “The way he’s acting and talking around the footy club I don’t think he’s going anywhere,” Fagan told Melbourne radio station SEN three weeks ago. "He seems very happy at the moment. His wife is pregnant, he’s just built a new house. “I’d be hopeful that he stays.”
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bit of a pity gave us his all . thought he was a lion for life

playing for a poor mans Collingwood ? enjoy and good luck rocky
 
Why Rockliff would leave a club that is definitely on the way up, for one in decline defies logic. Must have something to do with the money, but remember ...



Once he realises what a tight knit bunch of flogs they are at Port Adelaide, he will miss us. He should ask Akermanis how things worked out at Footscray for a mature age player with tickets on himself, arriving at a club with a group of senior players who had been wizzing in each other’s pockets for years.

Hope Rockliff enjoys the balance of his career.
 
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Tom Rockliff says farewell to the Brisbane Lions and thanks the club and fans for their support.
 
FORMER Brisbane Lions captain Tom Rockliff has one foot inside Alberton Oval after officially accepting a free agency offer from Port Adelaide on Tuesday.

Rockliff, 27, was also hotly pursued by Carlton, with the Blues rolling out club greats Stephen Kernahan and Chris Judd in a meeting with the All Australian midfielder in an attempt to sway him to move to Ikon Park.

But Rockliff informed Carlton last week that he had opted to join Port, and the Power made it official on Tuesday when they tabled a free agency offer with the AFL.

It's believed Rockliff is set to join the Power on a four-year deal worth about $650,000 a season.
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-10-10/rocky-takes-the-road-to-port-with-fa-offer
 

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Nathan Barley said:
Whenever I think of Rocky I think what a waste of a career. If only he'd had better guidance he might not have had such a forgettable career
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The crazy thing was that he both had an amazing career with his work effort to get there, remembering he was a PSD pick up against Nick Davis and basically did nothing in his first year, and then once he hit his pinnacle unfortunately not much happened from then on and was more interested in stat padding.

I think the club as a whole is to blame for a fair bit of that though. He clearly had motivation in spades, but then being on a constantly losing team where everyone else is turning the ball over and stuffing up must have been sapping, not to mention the lack of culture around him to pull in some of his more stupid stuff off the field.
 
McIvor said:
One of my memories is after I think his first season he committed to a pre-pre-season where he came down to Melbourne and teamed up with a boxing coach and came back in such great shape off his own bat and became a mainstay in the first 18 even as a PSD selection against more fancied teammates.
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Yep, that's exactly what I was thinking of. He was a BF favourite because he lit up the TAC Cup finals but got passed over in the ND. Came into the club, saw how far behind he was during his first year, had an insane off-season and then it was like night or day.
 

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McIvor said:
I could be testing my memory, but didn’t he win the TAC flag with Murray Bushrangers and his teammate Steel Sidebottom in the GF kick 10 and Rocky like 6 or 7?

If I’m right about Steel being his teammate, it either speaks to Steels longevity or Rocky’a body letting him down but then Rich was taken same time and finished up last year and the other R Jack Redeen finish up a few years ago?
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Yep, that's the one.

Rocky's body didn't really let him down from memory - it was more than we started to improve and he stopped being the big (only) fish in a small pond, so was moved on/let move on to Port, where the "system" didn't revolve around him and he was basically found out as only having the one trick - could run ok but not with speed and mainly handballs and short safe kicks.
 
dlanod said:
Yep, that's the one.

Rocky's body didn't really let him down from memory - it was more than we started to improve and he stopped being the big (only) fish in a small pond, so was moved on/let move on to Port, where the "system" didn't revolve around him and he was basically found out as only having the one trick - could run ok but not with speed and mainly handballs and short safe kicks.
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Didn't he get carpel tunnel syndrome in his legs, and that ended his career.
 
McIvor said:
I could be testing my memory, but didn’t he win the TAC flag with Murray Bushrangers and his teammate Steel Sidebottom in the GF kick 10 and Rocky like 6 or 7?

If I’m right about Steel being his teammate, it either speaks to Steels longevity or Rocky’a body letting him down but then Rich was taken same time and finished up last year and the other R Jack Redeen finish up a few years ago?
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If my memory serves me, Steele kicked 10, and Tommy kicked 3 or 4, but fed Sidebottom about 6 of his.
 

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