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Shane Tuck: football royal who did it the hard way – The Age
Shane Tuck had the difficulty of following an illustrious father, who up until four years ago had played in more games than any other footballer in the competition’s history.
Drafted by the Hawks from the Dandenong Stingrays as a lowly rookie pick No.24 in the 2000 rookie draft Tuck was discarded after the 2001 season without playing a single game.
In 2003, he went to West Adelaide in the SANFL, at the behest of the coach, the former Adelaide great Shaun Rehn. There, he caught the eye of Richmond’s football manager Greg Miller, who had seen Tuck kick the winning goal on the siren from a long distance.
The Tigers drafted him late, at pick 73 in the 2003 national dra…
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