http://www.theage.com.au/realfooty/news/afl/scouts-hope-talent-runs-in-the-family/2005/07/20/1121539032367.html
The Age - 21/7/05
His is the kind of lineage that lights up the eyes of club recruiters.
Seventeen-year-old Timothy Brown is shorter and carries less bulk than his famous older brother, but what selectors really want to know is whether some of Jonathan Brown's talent was left over for his brother.
So far Timothy Brown has followed in the footsteps of his brother, now a triple premiership player at the Brisbane Lions, playing with South Warrnambool in the Hampden League, with the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup and the under-16s for Victorian Country.
Richmond football director Greg Miller, who watched some of yesterday's MCC Country Shield final, said Tim Brown and his 18-year-old cousin Ben Mugavin, son of former Fitzroy and Richmond player Noel Mugavin, showed promise in yesterday's final.
"(Tim Brown) played with some of the mannerisms of his brother and he took a great mark in the third quarter running back with the flight of the ball," Miller said, although he added the school game was not the kind players would be judged by.
"Benjamin Mugavin played centre-half forward for a fair bit of a time and held his own. They were both impressive and I certainly thought Brown was impressive."
Their age makes them eligible for this year's draft but selectors tend to look at the national championships for potential draftees.
Miller said selectors were still gathering information on players and would make their choices in November.
Leigh McCluskey, their coach at Warrnambool's Emmanuel College, where he also coached Jonathan Brown, said each teenager had individual talents.
"Timothy is a different player, certainly different to Jonathan. He's a very strong player, good hands and strong - a good presence about him, a bit like Jonathan in that way. Again, his best footy is still probably ahead of him in terms of being relative to other players," McCluskey said."
"Ben's sort of a late developer. He's still growing a bit, I think he's getting . . . a bit quicker all the time. He plays in front, he's a good mark, he's pretty agile so I think his best footy is still two or three years away," he said.
BLOODOATH
This probably should be in the Journos section but thought it was relivant here.....
Anyone seen these oys play - can you let me know where they fit in regards to talent and the u/18 championships?
Also, good to see Greg is having time to get out and about!
The Age - 21/7/05
His is the kind of lineage that lights up the eyes of club recruiters.
Seventeen-year-old Timothy Brown is shorter and carries less bulk than his famous older brother, but what selectors really want to know is whether some of Jonathan Brown's talent was left over for his brother.
So far Timothy Brown has followed in the footsteps of his brother, now a triple premiership player at the Brisbane Lions, playing with South Warrnambool in the Hampden League, with the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup and the under-16s for Victorian Country.
Richmond football director Greg Miller, who watched some of yesterday's MCC Country Shield final, said Tim Brown and his 18-year-old cousin Ben Mugavin, son of former Fitzroy and Richmond player Noel Mugavin, showed promise in yesterday's final.
"(Tim Brown) played with some of the mannerisms of his brother and he took a great mark in the third quarter running back with the flight of the ball," Miller said, although he added the school game was not the kind players would be judged by.
"Benjamin Mugavin played centre-half forward for a fair bit of a time and held his own. They were both impressive and I certainly thought Brown was impressive."
Their age makes them eligible for this year's draft but selectors tend to look at the national championships for potential draftees.
Miller said selectors were still gathering information on players and would make their choices in November.
Leigh McCluskey, their coach at Warrnambool's Emmanuel College, where he also coached Jonathan Brown, said each teenager had individual talents.
"Timothy is a different player, certainly different to Jonathan. He's a very strong player, good hands and strong - a good presence about him, a bit like Jonathan in that way. Again, his best footy is still probably ahead of him in terms of being relative to other players," McCluskey said."
"Ben's sort of a late developer. He's still growing a bit, I think he's getting . . . a bit quicker all the time. He plays in front, he's a good mark, he's pretty agile so I think his best footy is still two or three years away," he said.
BLOODOATH
This probably should be in the Journos section but thought it was relivant here.....
Anyone seen these oys play - can you let me know where they fit in regards to talent and the u/18 championships?
Also, good to see Greg is having time to get out and about!
