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Darcy Fort
Darcy Fort (born 6 August 1993) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the in the Australian Football League (AFL). A 2.04-metre ruckman who can also play as a key forward, he played in several state leagues before being drafted by Geelong as a mature-age recruit. He made his AFL debut in round 9 of the 2019 season. Junior and state-league career From Geelong, Victoria, Fort originally played for South Barwon as a junior and represented the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup. Ahead of the 2012 AFL draft he was little-noticed by recruiters until a match with South Barwon in the Geelong Football League, when he rucked competitively against Brad Ottens, a triple-premiership player for Geelong, despite his size and experience deficit. Over his 10 TAC Cup matches for the season, Fort averaged 10 disposals, 3.5 marks, 26 hitouts and 3.4 tackles; the ''Herald Sun'' reported that he was regarded as among the best ruckmen in the competition, highlighted Fort's tackling, tenacity a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Barwon Football Club
South Barwon Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Swans'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the southern suburb of Belmont, Victoria. The South Barwon teams currently compete in the Geelong Football Netball League, the major regional league in the region. History The club was formed from the Belmont Football Club and Barwon Football Club. These two clubs merged in 1990 to create the South Barwon Swans, and are now one of the largest clubs in country Victoria. South Barwon has won eight premierships to date, their first in 2001 defeating North Shore in the final. The club then won three premierships in a row from 2005-07 defeating Newtown-Chilwell, St. Josephs and Bell Park respectively. The club won its fifth premiership in 2009 defeating St. Joseph's in the Grand Final played at Skilled Stadium. Further premierships were won in 2010, 2012, 2013. In 2008 South Barwon won under 18 premierships in both the GFL under 18's competition and the GFL und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Ottens
Brad Ottens (born 25 January 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Ottens was born in South Australia, but raised on a cattle station near Katherine, Northern Territory. He moved to South Australia to board at Immanuel College, Adelaide where he began to play Australian rules.Brad Ottens: I needed to challenge myself to make a change from Inside 50 with Crawf & Quinny. He later played senior football with the Glenelg Football Club where he became a standout. Ottens was selected at pick 2 in the 1997 AFL Draft by the Richmond Football Club, Richmond. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
