Dalphonso
Premiership Player
- Oct 10, 2009
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- Port Adelaide
- Other Teams
- Territory Thunder,Waratahs FC
It is a shame players like Ebert,Robran,Cornes and later Aish and McCintosh never had much of a go or didn't attempt to have a go at playing in the VFL. Those in SA now how good they were but the rest of the Country doesn't believe it because apart from the odd State game they never saw them play.It's impossible to say what might have been but if he took it seriously over there at a younger age, Ebert could have won multiple Brownlows. In that one season he played in the VFL, Ebert played all 25 league games, kicked 15 goals, polled 9 Brownlow Medal votes (3rd highest for North that year, behind Gary Dempsey and Ross Glendinning), had the most disposals and finished top 3 for average number possessions per game for North for the season (back when that actually meant something). All this done in his first and only year at VFL level, 30 years of age, and flying over for games after training during the week with Port.
Barassi was a huge Ebert fan and to now paraphrase Jesse Ventura, Barass don't impress easy.
If forced to choose I would pick Ebert ahead of Wangas but what a pair of wonderfully talented mercurial footballers. I'm lucky enough to have celebrated both their careers with Port Adelaide and am quite happy to simply put them in the highest pantheon of Port Adelaide greats.