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15 hours ago, Skuit said:

Double-Dutch up front with Derksen and Van Rooyen. Enter your puns here: 

Derksen & Van Rooyen making the opposition pay...half!

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    7 hours ago, Demons11 said:

    We are scraping the bottom of the barrel here 

    Do you really know anything about Wade ?

    Others that are posting seem to have some knowledge and are relatively keen. 

    I’d back them rather than your off handed comment. 

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    4 minutes ago, 58er said:

    Do you really know anything about Wade ?

    Others that are posting seem to have some knowledge and are relatively keen. 

    I’d back them rather than your off handed comment. 
     

    Most people are are just reading what is written and have never seen him play.   He will be playing at Casey not in the red and blue.

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    14 minutes ago, Hawk the Demon said:

    197 cm actually

    He isn't 197cm

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    9 hours ago, Mach5 said:

    194cm... so he’s ruck depth?

    No

    Forward and Back depth

    He can play

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    If he can smash a pack playing as a key forward and can ruck the F50, he’s worth a swing. Maybe add some physicality and tackling too.

    The reality is that we need JVR freed up to become a true key forward. The club is looking for ways to do this.

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    1 hour ago, Demons11 said:

     

    That still our Club btw.  But you recruit for AFL not VFL really. 
    I believe Derkson sounds ready to step up and like the style of GWS recruits. So YES from me. 

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    25 minutes ago, SthSea22 said:

    He isn't 197cm

    You're right - GWS list him as 194 cm - earlier reports had him at 197 cm. Lost an inch somewhere along the way. 🙂

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    2 minutes ago, Hawk the Demon said:

    You're right - GWS list him as 194 cm - earlier reports had him at 197 cm. Lost an inch somewhere along the way. 🙂

    Moving to western suburbs of Sydney will do that to you.

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    GWS has him on their website as 194cm but in the accompanying blurb he is 197cm so go figure....

     

    The GIANTS added athletic key forward Wade Derksen to their list in the 2022 AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft. Plucked out of the WAFL by the GIANTS in the middle of the year on the back of an eye-catching 22-disposal, four-goal, seven-mark performance for the Peel Thunder, Derksen is a latecomer to the game after starting off playing rugby. Standing at 197cm, Derksen was previously part of Essendon’s VFL program before playing with Nightcliff in the Northern Territory. Derksen showed strong form for the GIANTS at VFL level in 2023, finishing as the side’s leading goalkicker for the season with 35 majors from 18 games. He was rewarded with a two-year contract extension which will see him in orange and charcoal until the end of 2025.

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    10 minutes ago, Hawk the Demon said:

    You're right - GWS list him as 194 cm - earlier reports had him at 197 cm. Lost an inch somewhere along the way. 🙂

    Nah WAFL had given him extra cms for his draft stock 

     

    Was actually only 185cm at 18s

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    He's the same height as Hogan and Harry Himmelberg so 194-195cm

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    15 minutes ago, Young Blood said:

    He's the same height as Hogan and Harry Himmelberg so 194-195cm

    I feel we need to get to the bottom (or is it the top?) of this!

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    51 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

    GWS has him on their website as 194cm but in the accompanying blurb he is 197cm so go figure....

    Maybe they took these measurements both with and without footy boots on

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    15 minutes ago, Hawk the Demon said:

    I feel we need to get to the bottom (or is it the top?) of this!

    I'm just going by lots of photos of him standing next to and being the same height as Harry and Hogan.

    14 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

    Maybe they took these measurements both with and without footy boots on

    I always find this so funny in other sports when they do the bare feet measurements. Its so silly. Unless players play in barefeet its a stupid exercise IMO. 

    Do they go as far to measure with studs on? On grass or hard surface? If on grass wet or dry day?.. Would make quite a difference I'd say 🙃

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    18 hours ago, Skuit said:

    Double-Dutch up front with Derksen and Van Rooyen. Enter your puns here: 

    Hopefully they can combine well to Dutch-oven defence opposition into a spell. Metaphorically speaking *ahem* 

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    Is Snake  Plissken available?

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    The good thing out of this is we are building a group of youngish talls with potential that we have previously lacked. Petty 197cm, Fullarton 200cm, Verrall 200cm, Adams 196cm, Jefferson 196cm, van Rooyen 194cm, Turner 194cm, Kentfield 194cm, Derksen 194? Maybe. This group have the potential to grow together and cover all KPF and KPB positions at VFL/AFL level given we have Max, May, Lever & TMac as our 4 tall leaders. We desperately need a mature tall to fill in for Max in an emergency.

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    Derk has twins already. get him to 100 games and enjoy the fruits of his labour

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    27 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

    The good thing out of this is we are building a group of youngish talls with potential that we have previously lacked. Petty 197cm, Fullarton 200cm, Verrall 200cm, Adams 196cm, Jefferson 196cm, van Rooyen 194cm, Turner 194cm, Kentfield 194cm, Derksen 194? Maybe. This group have the potential to grow together and cover all KPF and KPB positions at VFL/AFL level given we have Max, May, Lever & TMac as our 4 tall leaders. We desperately need a mature tall to fill in for Max in an emergency.

    Whilst not disagreeing, how many of these are actually any good? Or good enough for us to challenge for premierships?

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    9 minutes ago, Dee Boys said:

    Whilst not disagreeing, how many of these are actually any good? Or good enough for us to challenge for premierships?

    That is the burning question Dee Boys, we know that three of them are on the rise, we need another three to show their worth next year and the other three to be ready to roll in ‘26. It all comes down to development, we need to snag a great forward & ruck coach asap. We do not want to waste these youngsters.😁

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