Thanks to some smart recruiting work from Demon star Aaron Davey, Liam Jurrah will not be the only Northern Territorian to swap a Magpie guernsey for the red and blue this year.

Davey has helped recruit courageous Palmerston Magpies utility player and skipper of the NT Under 18's Pierce Liddle to the Casey Scorpions for 2009.

The lightly built 185cm midfielder missed out on the the December rookie draft and had been selected to take a place in the first squad for the new Northern Territory Thunder team which is due to make its debut in the AFLQ competition against Southport on April 4.

However, the 18 year old Liddle was persuaded by Davey to take his chances in Melbourne with the Scorpions. Demon recruiting manager Barry Prendergast also put in a good word and the right footed speedster will now be seen around Casey Fields this year. He will probably be under the watchful eye of the large indigenous contingent from Melbourne including Jurrah who also swapped his black and white vertical striped jumper (the Yuendumu Magpies) for the more striking red and blue colours of Melbourne when he was snapped up as first pick in the 2009 Pre Season Draft.

Liddle was one of four players from the elite NT Thunder under-18 program selected by AFLNT game development manager Jarrod Chipperfield to train with AFL club Western Bulldogs last year.

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Thanks to some smart recruiting work from Demon star Aaron Davey, Liam Jurrah will not be the only Northern Territorian to swap a Magpie guernsey for the red and blue this year.

Davey has helped recruit courageous Palmerston Magpies utility player and skipper of the NT Under 18's Pierce Liddle to the Casey Scorpions for 2009.

The lightly built 185cm midfielder missed out on the the December rookie draft and had been selected to take a place in the first squad for the new Northern Territory Thunder team which is due to make its debut in the AFLQ competition against Southport on April 4.

However, the 18 year old Liddle was persuaded by Davey to take his chances in Melbourne with the Scorpions. Demon recruiting manager Barry Prendergast also put in a good word and the right footed speedster will now be seen around Casey Fields this year. He will probably be under the watchful eye of the large indigenous contingent from Melbourne including Jurrah who also swapped his black and white vertical striped jumper (the Yuendumu Magpies) for the more striking red and blue colours of Melbourne when he was snapped up as first pick in the 2009 Pre Season Draft.

Liddle was one of four players from the elite NT Thunder under-18 program selected by AFLNT game development manager Jarrod Chipperfield to train with AFL club Western Bulldogs last year.

Looking forward to seeing how he goes. We're getting a good contingent of indiginous guys. I wonder what our chances are of getting a dreamtime game??

Brilliant! Great work by Davey! Great to see us getting behind the indigenous boys! So great to see them looking after one another.

Great name Pierce Liddle.

It's a shame that if he does turn out some great performances and thus get's himself into a position to get drafted that we won't be able to have first dibs on him. I suppose its exactly the same thing we did to get leaping Liam.

Good work indeed Aaron and Barry.

But as Australians can we please spell 'indigenous' correctly?

P. Liddle.... fair name!!

i dont kno how to post pictures and i cant be botherd learning so heres a link of him.. looks a good build..

http://www.newsphotos.com.au/ImageDetail.asp?RefNum=96604296

http://www.newsphotos.com.au/ImageDetail.asp?RefNum=96609365

Great name Pierce Liddle.

It's a shame that if he does turn out some great performances and thus get's himself into a position to get drafted that we won't be able to have first dibs on him. I suppose its exactly the same thing we did to get leaping Liam.

Well we are hiding him in the bush.

Casey is in the bush right