How 17 clubs missed out on Hawthorn Hawks star Jai Newcombe
Unfortunately, Covid-19 deprived him to show his goods in the age of the whole generation-2020.
Like Fremant, the last year in Bendigo Pioneers, was pushed from the radar of AFL clubs with the closure of football in Newcombe Victoria, such as Key Forward Josh Treacy (Treacy, who played under the age of 18 in 2019, was delayed in the Draft Rookie).
Power and passion: Hawthorn’s Jai Newcombe.Credit: AFL Photos through Getty Images
A few recruitment in contact with this Masthead had the same story in Newcombe – you can’t choose a player if you’re unaware of its presence.
Newcombe’un nominated, but not considered by any club, the 2020 draft, a senior scout, “he said there is no place to go and watch it,” he said.
Hawthorn’s great break, a) Newcombe’s founding way to the VFL member Box Hill Hawks in 2021; B) Box Hill was later coached by Sam Mitchell, and c) had a choice in the midst of the season and had a second option.
For this reason, North Melbourne was the only club that had the opportunity to choose the-Noncombe without a reproductive area for superstars in the mid-season draft; Like the others, Roos fell in love with the tall, athletic Sandingham Dragons Dragons Ruck/Forward Jacob Edwards, which lasted for only two years in AFL.
As in the future senior coach Mitchell, Newcombe was a remarkable midfielder with Box Hill and was in a series of clubs until the point where recruitment caused a change of rule.
While most players were only happy to be taken, Newcombe received enough demand as they could nominate financial terms for mid-year draft-Hawthorn’s stance than being comfortable.
His price is a 30 -month contract and an agreement that peaked on a base of $ 170,000, plus payments and game incentives. Hawthorn deserves the loan to land a midfielder for the cost of zero draft, as competitors accept.
The most important step was that Newcombe finds the way to Mitchell and recruitment to the Box Hill where he could see him closely.
In the Hawthorn version, Newcombe has given some loan to the former Richmond midfielder Nathan Foley, a 150 -game former Richmond midfielder who was employed in the direction of the new generation academies (NGA) for the arrival of Newcombe.
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In a game with many claims of fatherhood, Foley underestimated his role in the landing of Newcombe.
Newcombe, as Foley told, had missed the 2020 season, and then before the season, his coach Dean Alger (the father of Richmond player Jasper Alger), the first year, appeared with Warragul Meagulls who saw NewCombe enough in the training/match practice.
“This man is really a good player, Al Alger Foley said. “Can the Box go to Hill?”
“At that time I associated this to the box of box Hill’s GM (Dan Naples).”
Box Hill, as it emerged, had some data about Newcombe. They didn’t hesitate to take it. The next senior coach Mitchell did not harm the club or player because he coached the VFL club four years ago.
If the journey to AFL had slowed down the brand, Newcombe’s progress in Hawthorn was quick. The power outside the stops was evident and its disposal was constantly healed. Hawks also discovered that Newcombe, who played the 100th match last week, has a perfect durability for a physically solid midfielder.
When Chippy was asked if there was a chip on his shoulder, he said this week: “It is definitely helping, you have a point to prove it with certain things, you always have a small source of motivation, my motivation and to try to get the best of myself.”
