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Ryder’s date with parallel universes – The Age
In a couple of parallel universes Paddy Ryder would be playing for Essendon against St Kilda on Sunday, not the other way around.
However, Ryder’s move to the Saints was viewed as curious in some circles because St Kilda had unearthed one of the AFL’s brightest ruck talents in years: Rowan Marshall.
Ryder faced the prospect of being an understudy, part of the reason he had left Alberton, where Scott Lycett had arrived just 12 months earlier and Peter Ladhams was coming on nicely.
St Kilda indicated there was room for Ryder and Marshall to play in the same 22, but others weren’t so sure. Garry Lyon (on SEN) and Nick Riewo…
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