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Jurrah makes his mark

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Terrific article.

And the bonus is there's a backhander in there for that loudmouth Brian Taylor.

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    A great article.

    bits like:

    "We have coaches here at Yuendumu, he has been coached all his life," Badger says. "It's just that up here they get coached in how to play Yuendumu footy, it's a positive, running game where they are encouraged to attack and take risks.

    "In Melbourne, football is about percentages, but when you've been taking speccies since you were four and been bending bananas in from the boundary every day of your life, that is the percentage option.

    "While all the white fellas are there practising set shots from 35m, ours are practising banana after banana."

    and very poignantly

    "It was never clear to Collingwood what happened, but Jurrah told The Weekend Australian it was not homesickness. "One of my best friends was dying," he said. "I went back to be with him."

    Jurrah nursed his friend and when the teenager said he wanted to see a game of football in Melbourne before he died he took him to the big smoke to show him what he had been doing. When they returned home his friend died and Jurrah buried him and stayed to mourn with his people. "

    Just speaks volumes for the quality of this bloke as a human being. I feel priveledged to barrack fora team who this man calls his new footy home.

    It was never clear to Collingwood what happened, but Jurrah told The Weekend Australian it was not homesickness. "One of my best friends was dying," he said. "I went back to be with him."

    "No scout had been to see him play with Yuendumu in the Central Australian Football League, but when he signed up for three games with Nightcliff in the Darwin competition on a fly-in-fly-out basis three scouts saw his last game."

    History tells us we ( MFC ) were there...and you can only imagine the reaction as they picked their jaws up and uttered " W... T.. F... !!!!! :lol:

    Memo to Melbourne...instead of figuring out what to teach this guy...wonder what he can teach us !!!

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    Thanks for this article, M_9. Great read.

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    Great article. Thanks for posting M_9

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