The 128kg Full Forward
The Sydney Swans have found a 205cm prospect in Queensland and he will be joining them as a rookie player. The article from the Herald Sun site Three games enough for new Swan talks about a big project that the AFL successfully landed. But football has missed out on one huge prospect, if you watch the NBL there is a 128kg player who was first discovered when "identified by Australian football scouts".
Nathan Jawai of the Cairns Taipans is listed at 208cm, parking him in the goal-square would have provided a tough task for AFL full backs. It may not be too late, Brogan won a title in the NBL before joining Port Adelaide and being part of their 2004 premiership win.
Jawai profile at the Taipans site
Old story from The Age: Boomers eyeing the next big hit
Nathan Jawai of the Cairns Taipans is listed at 208cm, parking him in the goal-square would have provided a tough task for AFL full backs. It may not be too late, Brogan won a title in the NBL before joining Port Adelaide and being part of their 2004 premiership win.
Jawai profile at the Taipans site
Old story from The Age: Boomers eyeing the next big hit
whereas Jawai, who came to Cairns from Barnaga in far north Queensland as a 15-year-old identified by Australian football scouts
Zac Dawson’s worst nightmare, a 128kg full forward.(Picture from the Cairns Taipans)
