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The AFL’s tallest player: Tigers sign 213cm basketballer Mate Colina with close links to club – AFL
Mate Colina is Richmond’s newest football project
RICHMOND has signed a former basketballer as a Category B rookie who will immediately become the AFL’s tallest player.
AFL.com.au revealed in August the Tigers were hot on the heels of Mate Colina, a 213cm athlete who is Noah Balta’s cousin and close with ruck coach Ivan Maric and ruckman Ivan Soldo.
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Colina played division-one basketball at the University of Hawaii and was in the same Australian under-17 basketball squad as Brisbane forward Tom F…
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