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Black Child
Team Captain
- Jul 11, 2019
- 428
- 1,099
- AFL Club
- Richmond
- Banned
- #1
Tom Rockliff was the captain and a heart and soul player at the Lions during their dark days of the 2010-2017 years.
He never got to play finals and by the end of 2017 he'd clearly had enough, so he decided to move interstate to a club seen to be young and not far off being a serious premiership contender.
Fast forward two years to 2019 since Rockliff made his move and Brisbane are on the verge of something great.
His club in Port Adelaide on the other hand have gone backwards in that time and are now treading water in no mans land, with a coach all the Power fans want sacked.
It's likely that Rockliff will retire without having ever played in a final.
As it currently stands he's played the most games of any current player without having played in a final.
In the meantime he has to see his old mates at Brisbane play deep into September.
Shades of Brett Deledio who played with us through the dark years of Wallace and Hardwick when it looked like we were going nowhere under him.
Do you think that Rockliff is regretting his decision to move from Brisbane to Port Adelaide?
He never got to play finals and by the end of 2017 he'd clearly had enough, so he decided to move interstate to a club seen to be young and not far off being a serious premiership contender.
Fast forward two years to 2019 since Rockliff made his move and Brisbane are on the verge of something great.
His club in Port Adelaide on the other hand have gone backwards in that time and are now treading water in no mans land, with a coach all the Power fans want sacked.
It's likely that Rockliff will retire without having ever played in a final.
As it currently stands he's played the most games of any current player without having played in a final.
In the meantime he has to see his old mates at Brisbane play deep into September.
Shades of Brett Deledio who played with us through the dark years of Wallace and Hardwick when it looked like we were going nowhere under him.
Do you think that Rockliff is regretting his decision to move from Brisbane to Port Adelaide?