Dogs newest father-son a steal

The goalkicking midfielder the Dogs desperately crave. Put serious work into his contested footy work this season.

AFL Trade Period. Day 1. Etihad Stadium. Lachlan Hunter who will be drafetrd by the Western Bulldogs under the father son rule with his dad Mark at Etihad Stadium today Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun

CLUBS wanting a head start on opposition analysis should have focussed on St Kevin's 2010 engine room.

Year 12 students Mitch Wallis and Tom Liberatore dominated rival school outfits in the midfield, while 15-year-old Lachie Hunter lurked dangerously across half-forward.

Today Hunter begins training at Whitten Oval, officially teammates with Wallis and Liberatore again - the fourth father-son selection on the Dogs list.

And Dogs recruiter Simon Dalrymple said to jag the dynamic midfielder with devastating goul nous at pick 50 was a bargain.

"We rated him around the 30 mark,'' Dalrymple said.

"The last thre years he's come through our father-son program and we've seem him mature and improve on areas we've spoken about

"That ability to be coachable around his tackling and contested ball was pleasing.

"Combined with his forward craft makes him an attractive package.''

Hunter began the year as a speculative choice but rocketed up the order on the back of his blistering TAC Cup form, where he averaged 138 SuperCoach points.

Hunter, who brushed up his inside work and tackling technique this year to fit the Brendan McCartney mould, torched Eastern Ranges with 37 touches and three goals, while late in the year Western Jets coach Steve Kretiuk shifted him to forward as he began to tire.

"But it didn't work, he kicked six goals and the ball just followed him,'' Kretiuk said.

s05ht990 b1 Newport's Lachlan Hunter with father Mark.AFL draft father-son prospect. Picture: Carmelo Bazzano Source: Herald Sun

"He's one of the smartest players I've seen. The way he finished off and the improvement we saw he bunny-hopped a lot of players in the draft.''

The Pies, Roos and Dockers quizzed Hunter at draft camp before North pulled the trigger with pick 38, forcing the Dogs to jag him with a third-round pick.

"The Dogs told me they would only give up third-rounder, so I was hoping no one would take me before the Doggies' second-round pick,'' Hunter said.

"You'd be nervous going in there and not knowing anyone so it's handy knowing those two (Libba and Wallis).''

THE LACHIE HUNTER FILE

AGE: 17
HEIGHT: 181cm
WEIGHT: 78kg
FROM: Western Jets
POSITION: Goalkicking midfielder
DRAFT RANGE: 50 (Western Bulldogs father-son)
PLAYS LIKE: Dayne Beams

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