Player Watch #?: Luke 'Gav' Urquhart - selected with Pick 57 in the ND - Welcome to North Melbourne

[The Warlord]

Really surprised he slid this far

 

[Kanga Glory]

After watching his highlights and interviews his size , speed and desire I think he will push for a game early.
Maybe previous injuries dropped him down, but he has worked harder than anyone to get back then really improve.
I like the attitude

 

[Chip Scab1]

I rather we picked Jaxon Atermis. But whatever. We are a laugh anyway.

Good luck to the boy

Good luck to the kid, seems to have done it hard and been professional throughout. I hope he can tackle, be super tough defensively minded, mark and give off a handball to McKercher, Sheezel and FOS.

He doesn't have to be brilliant, just a hard mofo and take a few hits for Sheeze, Ldu, McKercher and FOS.

 

[northbergs]

The new Kyron Hayden

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Kyron Hayden

Age

25

Ht

186cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.7

2star

K

3.9

2star

HB

3.9

3star

M

1.7

2star

T

2.0

4star

MG

113.7

2star

D

8.3

2star

K

4.3

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

1.5

2star

MG

113.7

2star

D

8.8

3star

K

3.8

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.2

2star

T

2.4

4star

MG

139.0

3star

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[GS WARRIORS]

The new Kyron Hayden.


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When we drafted him, I thought he would become a big bodied mid that would do the dirty work to protect LDU.

Parker can do this while preparing Gav to take over. Need to protect our classy ang young mids.

 

[Twangler]

After watching his highlights and interviews his size , speed and desire I think he will push for a game early.
Maybe previous injuries dropped him down, but he has worked harder than anyone to get back then really improve.
I like the attitude

That would be an almighty effort to supplant a midfield rotation from one of Sheezel, Wardlaw, Powell, Simpkin, McKercher and Parker as a first year player! Who knows though, if he lights it up in the VFL they may find room for a tagger ala Phillips last year

 

[Heaps of fun]

I have a good feeling about this guy. Singled him out with Hynes as that potential big bodied mid that we could have taken in the second round to complement our attacking midfielders. To be able to get him at 57 is massive. Looks like the sort of value a Tom Rockliff

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Tom Rockliff

Age

34

Ht

185cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.9

5star

K

13.2

5star

HB

10.7

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

4.7

5star

CL

4.7

5star

D

20.5

5star

K

10.7

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.5

3star

T

5.3

5star

CL

3.0

4star

D

15.8

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

6.8

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

2.8

5star

like pick had.

 

[speedy]

if his kicking is suspect, it’s time for Barlow to earn his keep. It’s time for this whole footy department to actually start developing players.

 

[The Warlord]

if his kicking is suspect, it’s time for Barlow to earn his keep. It’s time for this whole footy department to actually start developing players.

They already have hit their straps there - look at the development of RHJ and Archer.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

The Filth Wizard, have to laugh, just got back from the movies where I went and watched "Wicked", absolute loved it and now I'm replying to "The Wizard of Oz", err sorry, The Filth Wizard, it doesn't get any better than this ha ha ha!

That second paragraph in my eyes is going to happen and believe me this is not wishful thinking, I did say that we would see glimpses of what we are going to do early this year and it took till after the bye to regroup and attack, confidence, experience, leadership and direction and a little bit of luck were missing in those last quarters, guess what, we've addressed all those except for luck and I've got a feeling that will come not in 2026 but next year.

 

[year of the roo]

They already have hit their straps there - look at the development of RHJ and Archer.

Not sure RHJ is an example of anything, yet.

 

[The Warlord]

Not sure RHJ is an example of anything, yet.

He was clearly much better at the end of last season than the start

 

[shinboner magic]

With his kicking he seems to blaze away often , although that is a usual occurrence from a clearance player.
Would love him to be told to hit up short passes when he starts playing vfl - never really saw any of that in his highlights

 

[Heaps of fun]

With his kicking he seems to blaze away often , although that is a usual occurrence from a clearance player.
Would love him to be told to hit up short passes when he starts playing vfl - never really saw any of that in his highlights

Bit of the blaze aways but there is also a technical issue with his ball drop which means the footy could go anywhere. In the short term he'll have to handball or kick long towards the boundary but hopefully improvements can be made so he can hit some short targets.

 

[Supreme_Chancellor]

LGU!

 

[speedy]

They already have hit their straps there - look at the development of RHJ and Archer.

I want to see the skill level of the entire list to get better. You have to train it. It’s not just on individual talent.

That and fitness. Worst in the comp on both accounts.

 

[andana]

I hope he can tackle,

Tackles hard, drops the opponent on the ground

 

[shinboner magic]

Bit of the blaze aways but there is also a technical issue with his ball drop which means the footy could go anywhere. In the short term he'll have to handball or kick long towards the boundary but hopefully improvements can be made so he can hit some short targets.

Yeah that ball drop would be a Hazard on a windy day.
I’d rather he work on his short kicks at vfl than AFL level

 

[Smoocher]

Reminds me of a faster version of Swallow. Definitely needs some composure when bursting out of stoppages.

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[Smoocher]

This kid has all the physical and mental attributes to be a tagger if need be.

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[The Warlord]

While East Freo the club isn't travelling that well - mostly due to shocking admin - they're still a footy powerhouse and you can generally be assured a Sharks boy will come to play.

We've had some good players out of there before and even Teakle hit the ground running last year.

 

[koshari]

Maybe now the Urquart prophecy will finally be fulfilled?

 

[Garibaldi82]

The higher ups wouldn't mind this bloke being a jet. WA poster boy for our continued infiltration of the west coast

 

[billnats]

Maybe now the Urquart prophecy will finally be fulfilled?

 

[DuckYeah]

He was clearly much better at the end of last season than the start

Was he? He attempted a tackle and hurt himself v wet toast?