SATURDAY OCTOBER 29 2016 SPORT 61 Hawks delist Spangher

HAWTHORN yesterday de- while Lachlan Langford, son Prudden was also delisted but listed premiership player Matt of Hawks great Chris Lang- the Dogs will recruit him in Spangher after four injury-rid- ford, was delisted after two the rookie draft. dled seasons. years at the club. ■ ST KILDA cut four players The Hawks, Bombers, Ti- The Hawks also dropped — Cam Shenton, Brodie Mur- gers, Saints, Bulldogs and triple knee reconstruction vic- doch, Tom Lee and Eli Tem- Magpies all trimmed their tim , rookie pleton. Shenton played 24 lists, with Hawthorn making Jermaine Miller-Lewis and games over five years at the eight changes in all, including Shem Tatupu who was re- Saints, Murdoch played 22 rookies. moved from the list after de- and Tom Lee 17 after being Spangher, 29, managed just parting mid-year to join NRL picked up as a mature-age one game this season. He club Melbourne Storm. rookie in 2012. played a career-high 15 match- ■ ESSENDON announced ■ RICHMOND has parted es in 2014 including the club’s three additional list changes ways with Andrew Moore grand final victory against with Courtenay Dempsey, after one season. Moore, a for- Sydney. and Gach Nyuon mer top-10 draft pick at Port He played 56 career games all delisted. Dempsey joined Adelaide, joined the Tigers as since his debut for West Coast the Bombers from Morning- a delisted free agent at the end in 2008 before joining the side, made his AFL debut in of last year and managed five Swans and then the Hawks. Round 7, 2006, and was hon- games. Hawthorn also axed Round oured with Essendon life ■ COLLINGWOOD forward 23 hero Jack Fitzpatrick after membership in 2015. Corey Gault yesterday an- just one season with the club ■ THE nounced his AFL retirement. in which he played three made their final list changes The 24-year-old will return games. and confirmed the departure home to Western Australia Defender Angus Litherland of , Jed Adcock after five years at the Magpies, and forward Zac Webster were (retired) and Luke Goetz, who during which he played six also cut from the senior list, left the club mid-season. Josh games. Carlton: Gibbs still a leader at club CARLTON says Bryce Gibbs months reconnecting with ven Trigg said the club would will seamlessly slot back into teammates he did not want to give Gibbs and his young fam- Former AFL player Chris Knights helped Jaeger O’Meara, inset, through his injury issues his leadership role at the Blues play with next season. ily as much support as they despite his messy, aborted But he has spent the past could given their personal cir- trade to Adelaide. week with teammates at Marc cumstances. Gibbs has already spoken at Murphy’s Las Vegas buck’s Trigg said despite the Blues Jaeger’s mentor believes length with the Carlton hier- party and has no qualms about holding firm in their request archy about why the trade fail- recommencing his contract for two first-round picks there ed and his role at the club next which has three years to run at was no impediment to Gibbs year. Critics have said Gibbs Princes Park. returning as a popular team Hawk will return to best will have to sheepishly spend Carlton chief executive Ste- member.

JON RALPH 2015, he says he made a suc- “Once I was able to resume, cessful and pain-free recovery my patella tendon got better THE AFL player who helped from the patella tendon rup- and better and I don’t get any guide Jaeger O’Meara through ture. patella pain. his hellish two-year recovery He has counselled O’Meara “From Jaeger’s point of from knee issues says the 22- through his recovery and says view, the doctors would be year-old will return to his best. his ability to return late this thinking the same. He was pa- Former Adelaide and Rich- year through the NEAFL was a tient with his recovery and has mond half-forward Chris huge step forward. a fairly good plan of attack Knights suffered an identical “I ruptured the patella ten- moving forward. He should be injury, a ruptured patella ten- don underneath my kneecap able to manage it.” don with floating bone frag- and probably pulled part of the O’Meara had battled patella ments. The injury is so rare bone off as well. You have the tendon pain before surgery only a handful of AFL players tendon attached to kneecap, I leading into the 2015 season have suffered it. completely tore that away,’’ but then ruptured the tendon But that didn’t stop Haw- Knights said. early that year in a practice thorn giving the Suns most of “It cost me two years and game. its picks in next month’s na- that’s what it cost him as well. He will not start running tional draft and next year’s “But all I can say is my knee again for another month after first-round pick, in return for when I came back was com- a slow two-year recovery and O’Meara. pletely fine. I had issues with chose Hawthorn specifically But while soft-tissue injur- soft tissue injuries, but I had because he believed they could ies ended Knights’ career in had them before my knee. manage his injuries. North Melbourne offer Harvey job NORTH Melbourne wants to of a new era. “We have had stay in football, but would retain retired champion Brent some discussions with the spend more time with his fam- Harvey in an off-field role. Kangaroos and I think that is ily next year. The Kangaroos are in dis- what he will do next year, some “I don’t think assistant cussions with the 38-year-old work with them,” manager coaching right now. Will that about fulfilling an ambassa- Shane Casley said. change in two or three years? dorial position for next season The Kangas want to main- Maybe, because I love my while he plays local football tain strong ties with Harvey footy. Can I do it? Absolutely,” with his brother, Shane, at after his tumultuous retire- Harvey told News Corp. North Heidelberg. ment this year. “I love working with the The job would see Harvey After a record 432 matches, young guys and teaching some help with key events, sponsors Harvey has expressed a strong of the stuff that I know. and coterie groups as the Roos interest in moving into an AFL “I think whatever I do I’ll be prepare to field a more youth- club fitness or coaching role. working with the younger ful side next season as the start Harvey said he wanted to guys.”

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