IT may seem absurd, but St Patrick’s College has had an astonishing 75 players pull on a first XVIII jumper this year.
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In a testament to the depth of the football program, this easily eclipses the previous record of players used for the year, which until this year sat at 43.
Even captain Jacob Hopper has only played the last two matches.
“It’s been really hard to bring all the boys together,” coach Howard Clark said.
“But once they did come together, they gelled perfectly.”
ST PAT’S LINE-UP
B: Connor Byrne, Ben Simpson, Hasker Dawborn; HB Ben Hurley, Joe Dodd, Jake McQueen; C Tom Evans, Jacob Hopper, Tom Williamson; HF Yestin Eades, Jarrod Korewha, Daniel Rioli; F Jacob Wheelahan, Mickitja Rotumah-Onus, Leigh Spiteri; Foll Tanna Blackney Noter, Joel Cowan, Ben Lusby; Inter Cameron Jackson, Jordyn Cotter, Jackson Carrick, Mitch Canny, Hamish Coulton, Bailey Veale; Emerg Liam Howarth, Ezekiel Frank, Cameron Pither, Will Clark
