Past #45: Hamish Free - delisted end '24 after 0 NM games/goals - thx Hamish

[shinboner magic]

Does this indicate we're not overly confident on Edwards coming on?

Big HO numbers and tackles well!!!

Reckon clarko looked at our midfield and said get me the best tap ruck. Mids will do the rest.
Xerri is in Trouble

 

[The acurate one]

Hamish Free= the mason

 

[BlueandWhiteinmyBlood]

Seriously? Our vfl side should never be a factor. They can recruit for that outside of our afl list.

You need to widen your vision re the club. I’ve used this example before and I’ll use it again, the residual effects of Kallan Dawson playing deep and key back last year are the reason Goater moved further up the ground and had a great patch of form late and in turn made his debut. Players like Howe, Turner, Free and Shiels will have similar affects playing at the coal face for our younger players whilst they develop. The better our VFL team the better ours 1s will be.

 

[TheBigHorne]

You need to widen your vision re the club. I’ve used this example before and I’ll use it again, the residual effects of Kallan Dawson playing deep and key back last year are the reason Goater moved further up the ground and had a great patch of form late and in turn made his debut. Players like Howe, Turner, Free and Shiels will have similar affects playing at the coal face for our younger players whilst they develop. The better our VFL team the better ours 1s will be.

Will also help develop a winning culture.

 

[4cunningTonneTruck]

Hamish Free = The no such thing as a lunch

 

[CURVE]

Get excited: The best highlights of new Roo Hamish Free

Meet No.19 rookie pick Hamish Free from South Fremantle

www.nmfc.com.au

Watching those "highlights" he reminded me a little of Tom Campbell, looks a little lost once he moves a few metres away from the centre circle.

Anyway, welcome to Arden Street Mr. Free.

Do we call him World B Free?

 

[Bren]

Welcome Hamish

Hamish Free = as a bird

 

[shazzabee]

He certainly kicks like a ruckman!


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Spoke to a fella over in WA, said he was surprised he was picked up but he can see some scope for potential. Already has a mature body, is a good trainer, intelligent, excellent ruck craft, decent athletic traits and solid overhead. Hasn’t been much of a goal kicking threat but plays a bit behind the ball. Defensive intent is solid.

Bit to work with anyway.

 

[The Dingrel]

You need to widen your vision re the club. I’ve used this example before and I’ll use it again, the residual effects of Kallan Dawson playing deep and key back last year are the reason Goater moved further up the ground and had a great patch of form late and in turn made his debut. Players like Howe, Turner, Free and Shiels will have similar affects playing at the coal face for our younger players whilst they develop. The better our VFL team the better ours 1s will be.

Good point,,,,our 96 Reserves team won the premiership....look how strong the Casey Demons have been of late too!

 

[King Corey]

Now we're talking, another ruck I like it. A real vote of confidence for Xerri & CCJ.

I knew you'd be all over this.

Brady had 2 choices:

Call Callum and Tristan into his office, ask one of them to close the door then explain he thinks they're both shitmen and that he'd have more faith in his 9yo son to take over the ruck when Goldie gives it away

OR

Draft in a bloke who was playing country footy 2 years ago and is pretty the exact same age, height and weight as them and hope they get the hint

 

[Firebat]

Love this pick. Having players promoted to seniors from a competitive VFL squad is so much better than the AFL team losing by 69 points only to have the players being recalled having been belted by 420 the same weekend.

I daresay someone will be Xerrified at this selection.

The Terrifier was absolutely insane by the way, anyone seen that movie? Absurdity

 

[DesertRoo]

I knew you'd be all over this.

Brady had 2 choices:

Call Callum and Tristan into his office, ask one of them to close the door then explain he thinks they're both shitmen and that he'd have more faith in his 9yo son to take over the ruck when Goldie gives it away

OR

Draft in a bloke who was playing country footy 2 years ago and is pretty the exact same age, height and weight as them and hope they get the hint

Both of them could be playing regular afl next year.
Then our ruck stocks consist of Edwards? Who we may be trying to train up in a different position.

Considering how much a dominate ruckmen helps keep structure in vfl, it makes sense why we’d bite the bullet and get a mature one now.

 

[krakouers]

I knew you'd be all over this.

Brady had 2 choices:

Call Callum and Tristan into his office, ask one of them to close the door then explain he thinks they're both shitmen and that he'd have more faith in his 9yo son to take over the ruck when Goldie gives it away

OR

Draft in a bloke who was playing country footy 2 years ago and is pretty the exact same age, height and weight as them and hope they get the hint

Is his 9yo an option still?

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Hamish Free = The Ballin'

 

[krakouers]

Free hit! Clarko’s North land mature-aged West Aussie

Mature-aged South Fremantle ruck Hamish Free will ditch the suit for a North Melbourne jumper after getting picked up in Wednesday’s rookie draft.

thewest.com.au

Spoiler: Full Article

Jordan McArdle
The West Australian
Wed, 30 November 2022

Mature-aged South Fremantle ruck Hamish Free will ditch the suit for a North Melbourne jumper after getting picked up in Wednesday’s rookie draft.

The 24-year-old was watching the Test cricket on TV, thinking the draft started three hours later, when he received a life-changing call from manager Anthony Van Der Wielen.

Free hadn’t even had time to tell his bosses at Deloitte, where he works in risk advisory, that he won’t be coming in Monday as he packs his bags and heads east for Arden St.

“I work in risk advisory so that’s done for the day now and at for a little bit now,” Free The West Australian.

“I haven’t had a chance to call any of the bosses yet, I called mum and dad and then I called my brothers and now the phone is just going crazy with everyone calling.

“I had no inkling or anything, my manager called while I was working and the phone has gone crazy ever since.

“I was watching the cricket and then I got the call.”

Free’s rise has been remarkable, considering he was playing country footy for Harvey Bulls in the South West league two years ago where he won the club’s best-and-fairest award.

He’s never been part of any State teams and only came onto the draft radar this year amid a career-best season in the WAFL.

“It’s definitely not the stock-standard journey at all, but that’s kind of the beauty of it I guess,” Free said.

“I’ve done it the long way and I don’t think many, if any, would have expected it but we’re here now so I’m looking forward to cracking in and getting to work.

“It was probably only the last week where I realistically thought it could happen, that was when I had the phone calls and what not.

“But I never really got too ahead of myself thinking it was going to happen and now it has so I better start packing my bags and sort my stuff out.

“Every kid has a dream and then you probably get a bit older and realise it’s not to be but I was quite happy playing at South Freo and working towards a career at Deloitte.

“I can probably only play footy for a finite amount of time so hopefully I can go back to Deloitte but for now I’m going to crack in and enjoy every moment I have at North Melbourne.”

Free won’t put a ceiling on what he can achieve at North Melbourne next year with a mature body and life outside of footy sorted.

He was looking forward to learning off fellow big man and All-Australian Todd Goldstein

17

Todd Goldstein

Age

36

Ht

201cm

Wt

101kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.2

3star

K

5.7

2star

HB

7.5

5star

CL

3.1

5star

HO

32.5

5star

D

16.7

4star

K

9.3

4star

HB

7.4

4star

CL

7.0

5star

HO

32.9

5star

D

5.2

2star

K

2.6

1star

HB

2.6

3star

HO

10.0

5star

.

“I will be picking his brain as much as I can and try to become as good as I can, as quick as I can, as I’m starting six years later than most so I need to make up for lost time,” Free said.

Free was the only West Aussie picked up in the rookie draft with East Fremantle utility Jed Hagan and silky-skilled Claremont half-back Sam Gilbey among the surprise snubs.

He took the total drafted from the State to 14 including nine in the national draft and two apiece added as Category-B rookies by Fremantle and West Coast.

 

[hsquid]

Free hit! Clarko’s North land mature-aged West Aussie

Mature-aged South Fremantle ruck Hamish Free will ditch the suit for a North Melbourne jumper after getting picked up in Wednesday’s rookie draft.

thewest.com.au

Spoiler: Full Article

Jordan McArdle
The West Australian
Wed, 30 November 2022

Mature-aged South Fremantle ruck Hamish Free will ditch the suit for a North Melbourne jumper after getting picked up in Wednesday’s rookie draft.

The 24-year-old was watching the Test cricket on TV, thinking the draft started three hours later, when he received a life-changing call from manager Anthony Van Der Wielen.

Free hadn’t even had time to tell his bosses at Deloitte, where he works in risk advisory, that he won’t be coming in Monday as he packs his bags and heads east for Arden St.

“I work in risk advisory so that’s done for the day now and at for a little bit now,” Free The West Australian.

“I haven’t had a chance to call any of the bosses yet, I called mum and dad and then I called my brothers and now the phone is just going crazy with everyone calling.

“I had no inkling or anything, my manager called while I was working and the phone has gone crazy ever since.

“I was watching the cricket and then I got the call.”

Free’s rise has been remarkable, considering he was playing country footy for Harvey Bulls in the South West league two years ago where he won the club’s best-and-fairest award.

He’s never been part of any State teams and only came onto the draft radar this year amid a career-best season in the WAFL.

“It’s definitely not the stock-standard journey at all, but that’s kind of the beauty of it I guess,” Free said.

“I’ve done it the long way and I don’t think many, if any, would have expected it but we’re here now so I’m looking forward to cracking in and getting to work.

“It was probably only the last week where I realistically thought it could happen, that was when I had the phone calls and what not.

“But I never really got too ahead of myself thinking it was going to happen and now it has so I better start packing my bags and sort my stuff out.

“Every kid has a dream and then you probably get a bit older and realise it’s not to be but I was quite happy playing at South Freo and working towards a career at Deloitte.

“I can probably only play footy for a finite amount of time so hopefully I can go back to Deloitte but for now I’m going to crack in and enjoy every moment I have at North Melbourne.”

Free won’t put a ceiling on what he can achieve at North Melbourne next year with a mature body and life outside of footy sorted.

He was looking forward to learning off fellow big man and All-Australian Todd Goldstein.

“I will be picking his brain as much as I can and try to become as good as I can, as quick as I can, as I’m starting six years later than most so I need to make up for lost time,” Free said.

Free was the only West Aussie picked up in the rookie draft with East Fremantle utility Jed Hagan and silky-skilled Claremont half-back Sam Gilbey among the surprise snubs.

He took the total drafted from the State to 14 including nine in the national draft and two apiece added as Category-B rookies by Fremantle and West Coast.

If he tells the media he was watching the cricket while “working” maybe a career in risk advisory is not for him.

 

[andana]

If he tells the media he was watching the cricket while “working” maybe a career in risk advisory is not for him,

Would have been noon lunchtime in Perth.

There seems to be a Deloitte in Melbourne.

 

[big_e]

Free hit! Clarko’s North land mature-aged West Aussie

Mature-aged South Fremantle ruck Hamish Free will ditch the suit for a North Melbourne jumper after getting picked up in Wednesday’s rookie draft.

thewest.com.au

Spoiler: Full Article

Jordan McArdle
The West Australian
Wed, 30 November 2022

Mature-aged South Fremantle ruck Hamish Free will ditch the suit for a North Melbourne jumper after getting picked up in Wednesday’s rookie draft.

The 24-year-old was watching the Test cricket on TV, thinking the draft started three hours later, when he received a life-changing call from manager Anthony Van Der Wielen.

Free hadn’t even had time to tell his bosses at Deloitte, where he works in risk advisory, that he won’t be coming in Monday as he packs his bags and heads east for Arden St.

“I work in risk advisory so that’s done for the day now and at for a little bit now,” Free The West Australian.

“I haven’t had a chance to call any of the bosses yet, I called mum and dad and then I called my brothers and now the phone is just going crazy with everyone calling.

“I had no inkling or anything, my manager called while I was working and the phone has gone crazy ever since.

“I was watching the cricket and then I got the call.”

Free’s rise has been remarkable, considering he was playing country footy for Harvey Bulls in the South West league two years ago where he won the club’s best-and-fairest award.

He’s never been part of any State teams and only came onto the draft radar this year amid a career-best season in the WAFL.

“It’s definitely not the stock-standard journey at all, but that’s kind of the beauty of it I guess,” Free said.

“I’ve done it the long way and I don’t think many, if any, would have expected it but we’re here now so I’m looking forward to cracking in and getting to work.

“It was probably only the last week where I realistically thought it could happen, that was when I had the phone calls and what not.

“But I never really got too ahead of myself thinking it was going to happen and now it has so I better start packing my bags and sort my stuff out.

“Every kid has a dream and then you probably get a bit older and realise it’s not to be but I was quite happy playing at South Freo and working towards a career at Deloitte.

“I can probably only play footy for a finite amount of time so hopefully I can go back to Deloitte but for now I’m going to crack in and enjoy every moment I have at North Melbourne.”

Free won’t put a ceiling on what he can achieve at North Melbourne next year with a mature body and life outside of footy sorted.

He was looking forward to learning off fellow big man and All-Australian Todd Goldstein.

“I will be picking his brain as much as I can and try to become as good as I can, as quick as I can, as I’m starting six years later than most so I need to make up for lost time,” Free said.

Free was the only West Aussie picked up in the rookie draft with East Fremantle utility Jed Hagan and silky-skilled Claremont half-back Sam Gilbey among the surprise snubs.

He took the total drafted from the State to 14 including nine in the national draft and two apiece added as Category-B rookies by Fremantle and West Coast.

First time the words Free and Deloitte have appeared in the same sentence.

 

[Shinboner1]

Feels a bit like a Tom Campbell

38

Tom Campbell

Age

33

Ht

201cm

Wt

108kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.1

2star

K

4.2

2star

HB

4.8

3star

CL

1.6

4star

HO

17.0

5star

D

5.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

2.0

1star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

2.0

5star

D

7.2

2star

K

4.2

2star

HB

3.0

3star

CL

1.2

4star

HO

13.2

5star

replacement.
Plays VFL ruck every week and may come into the side if we have severe injuries or lack of form.
For a rookie spot I'm ok with this.

 

[The acurate one]

I knew you'd be all over this.

Brady had 2 choices:

Call Callum and Tristan into his office, ask one of them to close the door then explain he thinks they're both shitmen and that he'd have more faith in his 9yo son to take over the ruck when Goldie gives it away

OR

Draft in a bloke who was playing country footy 2 years ago and is pretty the exact same age, height and weight as them and hope they get the hint

I knew you'd know that I knew this and that I knew that you'd comment on my post, knowing what I know.

Now that we have that out of the way.

How tall is Brady's nine yr old?

And anyway CCJ and Xerri have a combined six years worth of contracts = happy days for them.

Yes an interesting move nonetheless.

 

[My Left Foote]

Watching those "highlights" he reminded me a little of Tom Campbell, looks a little lost once he moves a few metres away from the centre circle.

Anyway, welcome to Arden Street Mr. Free.

Do we call him World B Free?

As long as he's not 'Eric Wallace lost' he should be okay.

 

[The acurate one]

Watching those "highlights" he reminded me a little of Tom Campbell, looks a little lost once he moves a few metres away from the centre circle.

Anyway, welcome to Arden Street Mr. Free.

Do we call him World B Free?

You are very generous Devo, and good on you. After watching those highlights, he reminded me of a first class shitmen.

oh well

 

[Shermanator]

Hamish Free = The range egg..

 

[Hojuman]

The next " Dean Cox

Dean Cox

Age

43

Ht

203cm

Wt

107kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

G

0.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

5.8

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.0

1star

" ( bookmark please )

Hamish Free - The Range Chicken