Toast Rhys o'keeffe to debut

[Blue Girl 4 life]

It's official guys. RO'K finally gets to debut. It's been a long time coming.
Has a very promising future ahead of him.
After two years of injuries, his body is finally strong enough.
All his hard work and dedication has paid off.
May this be the first of many games in the Navy Blue!

All the best to him on Sunday !!!!

 

[BlueRus2]

Grats r'okeefe ! Carn the blue boys!

 

[Stamos]

Well done to ROK.
Hope he smashes them.

 

[Cids]

Well done ROk
Go blues

 

[JuddyBuddy]

Yep, well done! Hopefully steps up like a few others who have been givin a chance this year (Duigan, Curnow, Touhy). But, not puttin too many expectations on him this early obviously.

 

[berisha]

Good on him, picked him up for my supercoach.

 

[pansies]

Good on him, picked him up for my supercoach.

Probably not a good move. He'll most likely be our sub.

 

[Poseidon]

Good luck.

I know nothing of the lad.

Impress me.

 

[Blues_Man]

Good luck Rhys...carpe diem son !

 

[HBF]

Great story this. Looked all but gone last year, but the club has stuck by him. Finally got his body right, and now gets to play his first game on AFL footy. I really have my fingers crossed that he'll be given at least one kick-in. Absolute cannon of a left foot.

I wonder if TG is going to be setting up a stall selling ROK T-Shirts out the front?

 

[Blue and Silver]

Time to ROK the Casbah!


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[Blueboys7]

ROK and roll.

See what I did there?

 

[Silvagnis]

Lift.

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Good luck.

I know nothing of the lad.

Impress me.

http://docsherrin.posterous.com/let-there-be-rok-why-rhys-okeeffe-should-play

Rhys O'Keeffe - (D) 8 August 1990, 187cm 80kg. SA/North Adelaide/Kilburn

"Jason McCartney: Rhys O’Keeffe: Rhys is a left-footer, who like Broadbent, uses the ball really well. He played across half-back and also in the midfield. He had 20 disposals and showed he can win his own footy with three hard-ball-gets."

"Kevin Sheehan: Rhys O'Keeffe – A dashing medium-defender at 187cm, O'Keeffe, from North Adelaide, has also been prominent for his team in all three matches. Averaging 17 disposals, with four hard-ball gets, along with nine handball receives, indicates his ability to win the ball in contested situations, as well as provide great run through defence."

"Jason McCartney: Rhys O'Keeffe - He ended up with 20 disposals, but what I liked about him was that he had five hard-ball gets. He played as a rebounding, running half-back; he's a left-footer and he looks to be really hard at it. He runs the lines and is a straight ahead type of player. As a taller, running half-back, Rhys really complimented South Australia's key defenders. I thought on the day, he was one of their better players and I hadn't seen him before."

"Jason McCartney:Rhys O'Keeffe – Rhys was named South Australia's most valuable player. I saw him earlier in the carnival play off half-back and he was really neat. He doesn't waste the ball by foot, but he pushed into the midfield in the back end of the carnival and he was great. His work inside and run-and-carry helped the likes of Lewis Johnston, Ryan Schoenmakers and Paul Cahill in front of goal."

"HFF 07: RHYS O'KEEFE 187cm 80kg HBF/BP North Adelaide
Won alot of ball for SA in the champs running off HB, was always dangerous, kicking long off both sides of his body, was always running and has good work rate and is willing to suceed.
PROS: - Kicks long, work rate, Skills, Pace, Reads play well,
CONS - none to note thus far
PREDICTION: 15 - 35"

"ant555: Rhys O’Keefe – 187cm, 80kg – North Adelaide.
Running half back / midfielder who won a lot of the ball over the champs for SA. Has good pace and excellent skills. Kicks both sides and is a lovely long kick of the ball. Work rate and run from half back was excellent and he showed good touch when he was played in the middle. Smart around the stoppages.
Prediction – pick 10 to 30."

"Quigley: O’Keefe (DOB – 8/8/90, Ht – 187, Wt – 80)
Whereas you often have guys on Big Footy who become flavour of the month and are pumped up a lot more than is realistic there are others who are overlooked by most for no apparent reason. O’Keefe falls squarely into the latter category. You read the player reviews and I am yet to see a bad thing written about him and yet no-one has him going earlier than the late second round. For me I think he could easily be a sneaky late first rounder. Played predominantly on the half back flank in the Champs but moved to half forward against NSW and showed that he could also be a very dangerous half forward at AFL level. The thing that sets O’Keefe apart from virtually everyone in this draft is the quality of his disposal. He is probably in the top 5 for me as far as quality of disposal goes. He is a left footer who reads the play very well and delivers into the 50 as well as anyone available this year. He has good height for a midfield / flanker and is a solid young guy. He covers a fair bit of ground and although he does not have great pace he seems to be able to create separation from his match up fairly easily. He has good hands including overhead and can take a good mark. His quality kicking skills extend to his kicking for goal."

Mike & Dan with Rhys O’Keeffe

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[AndyLucimitis]

Where's the Emma Quayle quote that he is the most exciting player in the draft ??

 

[Dramoth]

Congrats to the boy... and good on the club for giving him a chance by rookieing him again after delisting.

 

[Claypigeon]

Time to ROK the Casbah!

Would be the perfect song for when Casbah and ROK are both playing in the ones. .. Its been a song for the VFL for a too long

 

[Jeremias]

Fantastic story, this one.

ROK hasn't really had the opportunity to work his way into any sort of form due to an extensive list of injuries over the past few seasons. Looked gone last season because of it, but it is great to see the club stuck with him and he kept working at it.

This is a wonderful reward for effort. Very happy for him, and looking forward to seeing him in Navy Blue on Sunday. Can't wait to see him use the football at senior level, disposal has always been a strength and you can never have enough players that are quality users of the football.

 

[Big Red is back]

Moves like Chris knights

 

[juzz88]

So are we settled on the nickname "Rock" then? We spell it ROK, but say "rock" rather than R-O-K?

Hopefully he's as solid as one on Sunday.

Congrats ROK.

 

[Tom Blue]

The thing that impresses me most is that he's worked his way into a pretty strong team at the minute.

Our slogan is 'no passengers' and it's clear that the coaching staff isn't playing blokes just for the sake of it.

Whoever is getting a game is doing so on their on merit.

Good on you ROK for all the hard work.

 

[Silvagnis]

If ROK is lucky, he might become as good as Denis Zeunert, but he'll definitely be better than Luke Hodge.

 

[Jock]

It can't just be luck that Harris has got a few of these boys up and believing in themselves surely.

 

[TNBT]

Congrats to the kid on getting his first game. I was excited about what he could bring to the club when we drafted him, so it sucked to see him get delisted. However, it's a good sign that he has worked his way back into contention. I'll be watching the game on sunday and I look forward to seeing him use that left boot.

 

[BluesMan]

Sub? Or does his onfield role mean he plays a full game?

 

[Beloved]

Plenty of positive reports on this guy. Although his debut has been helped by injuries to other guys, he is not here to simply fill the roll. I get the feeling O'Keeffe might pull something out of his back pocket.

Congrats ROK.