Junior Career
As a child he supported the Sydney Swans and cites Tony Lockett and Paul Kelly as his childhood heroes. He attended Caritas College until Year 10 and Sacred Heart College Senior, Adelaide afterwards.
He played junior football for the South Augusta Bulldogs Football club. He won a premiership with the club in 2000 at the age of 15, taking on much stronger opponents in the Spencer Gulf League. The North Adelaide Football Club spotted his raw talent and soon he was playing seniors under coach Darel Hart, who described him as a delight to coach.
He was rising quickly as a potential top ten draft pick, and was selected to play for South Australia's Under 18 team in the National competition. Unfortunately, he injured his wrist in the lead up to this match. But scouts from the Melbourne Demons liked what they saw in the kid, and selected him as the 27th pick overall in the 2002 AFL Draft.
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