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Rookie draft selections
SIX added country TAC Cup players were given the chance to fulfil their dreams in yesterday’s AFL Rookie Draft.
Midfielder Mitchell Golby, from Gippsland Power, was the first bush player to be selected in the draft at number 16.
Golby will adverse to the Brisbane Lions, while his Power teammate Jack Weston was picked by Geelong.
Tenacious midfielder and small maintainer Andrew Hooper, from the North Ballarat Rebels, will give up his job as any indentured builder to join the Western Bulldogs.
Geelong Falcons' Luke Thompson (Adelaide) and Joseph Dare (Carlton), along with Murray Bushranger Dylan McNeil (Sydney Swans), were also rookie listed.
Stewart Crameri, 20, who played for the sake of Maryborough last year before starring for the Bendigo Bombers in the VFL this season, was picked at number 43 by Essendon.
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