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It probably didn't help that LMac kicked it straight to Chapman with his first touch, and went back over his head through the big white poles.

My take on Luke is that he was physically very well developed as a junior - he was pretty much the same body shape as he is now. This made him stand out, notably with his ability as an 18 year old to kick the ball 60 metres - I remember him kicking a goal from the centre square at Princes Park when he was playing VFL for werribee as a junior.

Those attributes over-inflated his reputation, but we weren't the only ones - without the F/S system, West Coast were prepared to take him for a top 10 pick.

Our problem was political - we had to match the bid, partly because Donald was still an influential figure, and partly because we contributed to the over-marketing by parading him at Werribee