Junior Career
A good junior cricketer and footballer, Hurley entered top-level football early, joining the TAC Cup competition for the Northern Knights. His accomplishments as a junior included selection as full-back in the All-Australian TAC Cup Team of the Year sides in 2007 and 2008. Despite concerns about his gall bladder—consequently removed in January—and a lack of pace, Hurley was selected with Essendon's first pick, and fifth overall, in the 2008 AFL Draft.
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