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The last three games of Round 4 feature Essendon, Port Adelaide, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Geelong and St Kilda.
At Essendon David Zaharakis continues to lead the way and this weekend will pass Norm Becton and Hugh Torney. Norm Becton played as a ruckman for the Bombers in the 1920s and went on to coach Sandringham in the VFA. He played in premierships in 1923 and 1924 and won Essendon’s best and fairest in 1928. In his last two years at the club (1929 and 1930) he was captain.
Hugh Torney was also an excellent ruckman for the club and started his career three years after Becton retired. He also won a best and fairest (1940) and played in one premiership (1942).
Port Adelaide’s Brad Ebert will this weekend pass Troy Chaplin’s games record at the club. Chaplin’s career spanned 13 years and only ended at the end of 2016, but the last four years were spent playing for the Richmond Football Club. He started with the Maryborough Rovers Football Club and was drafted by Port Adelaide via North Ballarat Rebels in the 2003 national draft. A 196-centimetre tall left-footer, as a free agent he was offered a four-year contract by the Tigers in 2013 and Port Adelaide declined to meet it.
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Cyril Rioli will draw level with Dermott Brereton if he plays against Melbourne this Sunday. Dermott Hugh Brereton, known as ‘The Kid’, was the son of Irish immigrants and born in 1964. His 11-year career saw him play in five premierships and win the club’s best and fairest in 1985, a stand out year for him in which he was also leading goal kicker for the club and gained All Australian selection.
Originally from Frankston Rovers, Brereton went on to play one year with Sydney and one year with Collingwood with little success. A flamboyant redhead who dyed his hair blonde, he featured in many memorable episodes during his career.
Tom McDonald looks likely to miss again for Melbourne and still leave Nathan Jones as the only top 100 game player at the club. The only rays of hope are that Neville Jetta remains on track to make the top 100 game players mid-season and the club’s three top 100 goal kickers – Jones, Jeff Garlett and Jesse Hogan are beginning to move up the charts.
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Geelong is the club hardest hit by injury this week. Not only will Gary Ablett be unavailable for a number of weeks, but neither will Cameron Guthrie, who is due to break into the club’s top 100 game players in his next outing, feature on the list.
Joel Selwood, however, continues his move up into the upper echelons, this week matching the games played by Bruce Nankervis and Steve Johnson. Johnson, of course, moved on to Greater Western Sydney after his time at Geelong ended and gave that club great service until he ran out of legs at the end of last season.
A dual winner of Geelong’s best and fairest award, Bruce Nankervis and his brother Ian played for the club in the 1970s and early 1980s. Bruce captained the club in 1976 and 1977 but suffered a bad neck injury and handed over the reins to Ian. Bruce retired in 1983.
St Kilda’s captain Jarryn Geary will equal Jim O’Dea on Sunday night in terms of games played for the club. Recruited from Noble Park-Harrisfield, O’Dea was a tough defender at the club for 14 years after making his debut. Unfortunately he will always be remembered for his 10-week suspension for an incident that cut short the brilliant career of Collingwood’s John Greening.
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