Universal Love Welcome Pick #39 Rhys Mathieson!

[baaaall!]

What a pleasant surprise!
Welcome Rhys!

 

[HowYouDoin]

Talk about the icing on the cake. Cannot believe how we have been able to gain the 3 players that we really wanted, plus another gun player.

 

[Hysteria25]

http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au...k/news-story/67fdcef93d9f0467ce5a81889d7a0682

Looks like we got a bargain here!

 

[Jman78]

How on earth did that happen.... that's great news

 

[Schache It Off]

YESYEYSYEYEYSYEYSYES

 

[exile]

this guy seems like such a funny bloke, check him out in the videos below. such a larrikin i reckon hahaha.

 

[James North]

Great to have a bit of lip too!

 

[Not a Psycho]

We now have more sliders than Carlton has downhill skiers.

 

[HowYouDoin]

He seems stoked about it.

This is his facebook post about joining us.
"Years of hard works finally pays off"

 

[lionshine]

He can't wait to get up to Brisbane according to our captain

 

[Monkey Daniel]

Oooh yeahhhh... one of my choices !!!

 

[Lion of Panjshir]

He seems stoked about it.

This is his facebook post about joining us.
"Years of hard works finally pays off"

"works"

Hehe.

 

[Rally]

I'm still baffled by this. He was touted as a first-rounder!

"This is better than a fairytale - you can't dream these scenarios!"

 

[jackess]

Looks like a real character.

 

[wattoxi]

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He seems stoked about it.

This is his facebook post about joining us.
"Years of hard works finally pays off"

think that was someone with the same name just having some banter. Correct me if i'm wrong but.

 

[Simba Moyo]

Loving this pick! Welcome Rhys!

 

[Kevvo]

I like that our drafting team doesn't try to be too clever. We often pick up the slider with AIS-AFL/carnival runs on the board.

Really excited to pick up someone who excels at contested work.

 

[BrizzyBandit]

Amazing we got this kid. A competitive beast. Will play next year.

Welcome Rhys!!

 

[acuguy]

Really like Mathieson, he has the bounce to play AFL. Some ripping recruits!

 

[mikey127]

I just got home and can't believe we got him with 39 #bargin

 

[SizeMatters]

Out goes Redden and in comes Mathieson.

 

[patfullfankezz]

Greetings, welcome to the pride!

 

[WA Lion]

As already mentioned by others, this is the icing on the cake really.

He shall be known as Lewis Taylor II due to sliding way further down the draft than any pundit tipped

 

[captainrich]

apparently very low fitness base, might need a couple of preseasons

 

[JasRulz63]

apparently very low fitness base, might need a couple of preseasons

Quigley mentioned in his phantom draft that he was bottom 5% in the beep test. Combine that endurance base with the Queensland heat and supposed increased running loads at training so far, Rhys is going to have a tough pre-season ahead of him. He's apparently super competitive though, so he'll enjoy the challenge!