the old hard men of vfl
Submitted by petermac on Mon, 2014-05-12 22:13
under the new Afl rules some of the VFL champions wouldn't get a game these days, just to name a few
David Rhyse Jones
Diesl Williams
Plugger Tony Lockett
lethal Leigh Matthews
Darren Milane
Glenn Archer (afl)
Byron Pickett (ok he was AFL but how many weeks would he have got for his bumps these days )
feel free to add to the list
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How could you forget...
...Warwick Capper?
axey45
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And wacko jacko mark
And wacko jacko mark jackson.
Hambo
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What about Johnny "the
What about Johnny "the shadow" worsfold, Dermot Brereton
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Magro
or the man who could have been a ruckman if they could have straightened his bow legs, Stan Magro
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Big bad Barry Hall was the
Big bad Barry Hall was the last of them.
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Captain Jack Blood Dyer!
Karl Langdon wasnt a softy either, as was mentioned before Woosha, Bluey would be in there!
It wasnt until 1990 that it officially became the AFL.
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mad dog muir
g Sidebottom,P Carmen head butting the umpie, never forget that shirtfront by lethal Lee on B Cable in the state of origin, used to love watching all that real footy on the winners, the mud matches etc bit of bifo
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+1 uncle. Was about to
+1 uncle. Was about to suggest Robbie Muir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGvAVCsZ9xo What a mental case. Lol.
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Umm
Billy Picken
Mark Jackson
Mad Dog Muir
John Worsfold.
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Basil Campbell, dont think
Basil Campbell, dont think he played VFL but can remember him launching himself and helmet like a torpedo through the pack.
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feral fevola has to b
feral fevola has to b included
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Not VFL
But I wouldnt have wanted to tangle with Ron Boucher!!!
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Ron Boucher
Had a huge laugh about 6 months ago with Big Ron - he came to collect a ram that had been misbehaving from my place . Big Ron waited patiently while the 2 guys there tried to catch and load the reluctant ram into the trailer... Eventually he lost patience, and launched himself, tackle style onto the animal, which went down like a sack of spuds, with an audible 'ooffff' sound... The ram then meekly got up and into the trailer.
Needless to say, Ron is a lot larger now than in his footy days... I wouldn't like him to tackle me!
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I went to some training sessions at Swans
years ago explaining rugby tackle tactics compared with footy. He was a formidable looking unit THEN.
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Dont see Mal Brown's name
Dont see Mal Brown's name mentioned....Campbell Brown wouldn't get a game these days...oh wait he doesnt lol. Dont forget Dipper as well, Carl Ditterich, Gary Ayres, an endless list.
Mad Dog Muir, that guy was just a total nutcase lol...trying to take on the entire crowd at a SANFL match one day after a typical Muir effort, decking his team mate and runner in the process....definately some underlying issues that made him snap so violently.
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As was Billy Picken, I went
As was Billy Picken, I went over to Vic with South Fremantle when we played Collingwood in an Escort Cup match, and the guys who played said Billy was a total nut bag, was continually talking to himself. As he was away to tackle you, you could hear him say " here comes Billy". And as for Big Ron, I had a run in with him and I played with Basil Campbell, and Mal Brown was our coach.
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lots of the guys that have been mentioned
lots of the blokes mentioned were thugs , point of my thread was champions that wouldent get a game these days with the emphessious on the word champions
warrick capper was never a hard nut
robbie muir could have been a champ but let him self down
basil campbell and ronny boucher both very tough blokes I remember ronny saying in a pre game interview before a state of origin game saying "if any of those vics touch my rovers i will kill them"
stan magrow geunine champ and hard case
mal and campell brown not real champions good average players
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Well plugger Lockett was an
Well plugger Lockett was an AFL player and was not as talented as Barry Hall IMO
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