Opinion Who is your hard luck story from the 2024 Premiership?

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Obviously a lot of players never quite get to a flag, so who is your hard luck story from the Lions?

Mine is Daniel Rich.
He was at the club through all the hard years and missed out on playing in two grand finals and a premiership.

Not so much this year, but Richie was very stiff to miss out on the GF in 2023. I believe we would have won the premiership if Daniel had played instead of Jaspa, who looked a lot like a deer in the headlights last year

 

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Obviously all the players already mentioned but quick shout out to the ones below as well:

• Marcus Adams - Was a big part of our rise and would have been there now if not for the head knocks. He finally got his body right and then it failed him again.
• Daniel McStay - Missed the 2023 premiership through injury and ours by not being here after also sticking out most of the tough years
• Kiddy Coleman - Arguably BoG in a losing GF and then misses the win through long term injury

This one might be a bit controversial:
- Josh Schache

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Josh Schache

Age

27

Ht

199cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.3

3star

G

1.2

4star

D

6.5

1star

K

4.0

1star

HB

2.5

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

0.0

1star

G

1.0

4star

D

10.2

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.8

4star

- Drafted as the big hope for us as a top 2 pick, delisted the same year we win it all with not much more than shoulder shrug by most fans.