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Bio:
Former club: North Ballarat Rebels
Height: 191cm
Weight: 80kg
Position: Defender
The flexible defender/midfielder pushed his name to the top rungs of the draft pool in 2015 when he was named an All Australian as a bottom-ager. Regarded as a character of the highest quality, he captained both the Vic Metro and North Ballarat Rebels in 2016. Despite being hindered by shoulder and knee injuries, he continued to showcase his running power and elusiveness in a range of positions. Could develop into a key defender. At the NAB AFL Draft Combine he finished equal-first in both the beep test and the 3km time trial and was third in the kicking test.
http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-11-25/pick-17-jarrod-berry
Articles:
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-draft-2016-jarrod-and-the-berry-boys-20161113-gso6xg.html
Going places: The grief driving Jarrod Berry's crack at the big time
Pt 1: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-11-...f-driving-jarrod-berrys-crack-at-the-big-time
Pt 2: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-11-15/going-places-jarrod-berry-learns-to-curb-his-enthusiasm
http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-10-28/jarrod-berry-as-tough-as-they-come
Highlights:
Former club: North Ballarat Rebels
Height: 191cm
Weight: 80kg
Position: Defender
The flexible defender/midfielder pushed his name to the top rungs of the draft pool in 2015 when he was named an All Australian as a bottom-ager. Regarded as a character of the highest quality, he captained both the Vic Metro and North Ballarat Rebels in 2016. Despite being hindered by shoulder and knee injuries, he continued to showcase his running power and elusiveness in a range of positions. Could develop into a key defender. At the NAB AFL Draft Combine he finished equal-first in both the beep test and the 3km time trial and was third in the kicking test.
The Brisbane Lions have selected North Ballarat Rebels’ Jarrod Berry with pick #17 at the NAB AFL National Draft in Sydney.
Berry is a great leader who was perhaps the best performer at the recent draft combine.
He is an incredible endurance athlete and is a versatile prospect on the footy field.
Standing at 191cm, he can play across both half forward and half back, but his elite engine could soon see him develop into a full-time on-baller.
JARROD BERRY: 191cm/82kg, 5/2/98
- Vic Country / North Ballarat Rebels
- Hybrid Mid / Hyb Defender
- 2015 VC MVP & AA.
- Captain of both North Ballarat and Vic Country, his season was restricted by injury and lacked the impact of last year.
- A versatile, athletic type who plays with a great team ethos and leadership.
http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-11-25/pick-17-jarrod-berry
Articles:
Jarrod Berry was at home, playing on the PlayStation, on the day everything changed. He can't remember what he thought, what he said or what he did when his mother told him and his three brothers that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, because he said and did nothing, and his mind went blank. "Everyone got very emotional and I was sitting there trying to take it all in, not knowing what to do," he said. "I wasn't crying, I wasn't doing anything. It was such a big thing to happen to our family and I knew that but I was too young to understand the impact it was going to have. I thought she'd be all right. I thought that was how it worked, that you got sick and then you got better."
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-draft-2016-jarrod-and-the-berry-boys-20161113-gso6xg.html
Going places: The grief driving Jarrod Berry's crack at the big time
Pt 1: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-11-...f-driving-jarrod-berrys-crack-at-the-big-time
Pt 2: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-11-15/going-places-jarrod-berry-learns-to-curb-his-enthusiasm
Berry is as tough as they come. He isn't afraid of getting in harm's way to win the ball, and sometimes he could be accused of having too much courage. Late in the year he suffered a bruised kidney early in a game for North Ballarat but played another quarter with the injury, believing it to be just a bump. He spent a couple of days in hospital nursing the injury afterwards.
He matches that hardness with genuine athleticism. He proved that at the combine, and reminded people of his running capacity and competitiveness. His size makes for an interesting player, because at different stages throughout the year he was deployed across half-back, through the midfield and later in the year spent time for the Rebels closer to goal (including back-to-back three-goal performances). He averaged 17 disposals for the Rebels in eight games.
Berry's leadership is also an important part of his make-up. He captained the Rebels, Vic Country and the NAB AFL Academy this year, and was named the academy's Ben Mitchell medallist – an award voted on by his peers for who best displays the values of the academy.
http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-10-28/jarrod-berry-as-tough-as-they-come
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