Player Watch Welcome to Port Adelaide Rookie Pick #13 (2023) - Xavier Walsh

[JimmyBC]

Had a glimpse of Xavier being interviewed on the news. He's going to be a big brute of a lad.

Yea he's gonna fill out nice, already has the big fukcer jawline.

 

[Powerade 08]

He hates Port. Sounds good to me

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[240volt]

He hates Port. Sounds good to me

Even better he’s already had a 3 game suspension, we need some biff around the ground.

 

[Sleezy]

Even better he’s already had a 3 game suspension, we need some biff around the ground.

From watching the highlights, I'd say its more a case of him needing to refine his tackling technique. He wraps and dumps, which is a recipe for disaster these days.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

What did he get suspended for?

 

[Port2Power]

What did he get suspended for?

"Dangerous" tackle according to a podcast he was in but felt he was treated unfairly

 

[Powerade 08]

The tackle is in the news segment

 

[Grave Danger]

The tackle is in the news segment

I'm more concerned about the multiple hamstring injuries mentioned in that clip.

 

[yepits2020]

Great rookie gamble and likely to pay off. He is 195cm and about 90 kg and may grow a few cms, so could become a monster of a player. (Noted that Lord was 195cm and 84kg when drafted and is now 197cm and 92kg). Will follow him with interest.

 

[Marmozet]

Play him in Round 1 as the scapegoat to knock out Jeremy McGovern

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Jeremy Mcgovern

Age

32

Ht

197cm

Wt

97kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

4.6

3star

M

6.8

5star

T

1.5

3star

MG

238.7

4star

D

12.4

3star

K

8.6

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

6.4

5star

T

2.0

3star

MG

183.4

3star

D

11.0

3star

K

8.8

4star

HB

2.2

2star

M

7.2

5star

T

1.4

4star

.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

+1 for singing the song

 

[WillemDaDrew]

He hates Port. Sounds good to me

Should fit in playing in the Sanfl then

 

[1954]

Walsh may have been selected as the replacement for Jake Pasini whose form unfortunately fell away badly after his knee injury, albeit he appears to have a lot more strings to his bow than Jake ever had with his ability to play at either end of the ground, or in between if required, so it won't surprise me greatly that depending on the availability of other talls at sanfl level he plays a number of games in defence for the Maggies from day one, with the long term aim of developing him into that big, mobile key defender the club has lacked for years which resulted in the dire need to trade for Ratugolea.

 

[Port2Power]

Walsh may have been selected as the replacement for Jake Pasini whose form unfortunately fell away badly after his knee injury, albeit he appears to have a lot more strings to his bow than Jake ever had with his ability to play at either end of the ground, or in between if required, so it won't surprise me greatly that depending on the availability of other talls at sanfl level he plays a number of games in defence for the Maggies from day one, with the long term aim of developing him into that big, mobile key defender the club has lacked for years which resulted in the dire need to trade for Ratugolea.

He mentioned on a podcast his position of choice is in defence but doesn't mind playing forward and kicking goals.

 

[Us against the rest]

Looks to have some footy smarts, unlike our loser coach. He could be another that gets told to go and explore his options, when he disagrees with ken down the track.

 

[RossFC]

 

[Butters and Pepper]

His extent of PAFC historical knowledge was a bit unfortunate (119).

 

[davesnothere]

Hopefully Port just say " You like defence, you got it."

 

[VineValerian]

Starting to get a bit of a Steven Carter haircut.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[Grave Danger]

Who is that on the right of the picture?

 

[VineValerian]

Who is that on the right of the picture?

One mean looking hombre.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Bears a passing resemblance to David Rodan's son Tevita.

 

[RossFC]

His extent of PAFC historical knowledge was a bit unfortunate (119).

Why would he even mention that?