Who is better?
November 14th 2006 12:15
The to three draft picks in the 2001 draft were Luke Hodge, Luke Ball and Chris Judd but can you seperate them?
Luke Hodge got the benefit of being picked up first by Hawthorn in 2001 as draft pick 1. he was the youngest of the three and he looked like in draft camp that he was the best out of them but it didn't last long after being outshined by Judd in the first year of their footbll careers after Judd finished runner-up in the rising star award (behind Nick Reiwoldt) as Hodge finished 3rd overall.
Yes Judd got off to a flying start of his career winning a Brownlow Meadal in just his 3rd year at the age 21 and winning the club best and fairest after finishing in the top three in the club b"n"f since he pulled on the first boot for the club.
While Hodge had struggled with injury it didn't take him and Ball long to win club best and fairests just a year later at the age of 21 both of them (in 2005) dominated there club in the award while Hodge also finished 6th in the Brownlow Meadal.
In 2006 both Judd and Ball were named captain of their respective clubs while Hodge was and still is forced to sit and wait for the captaincy to turn in his direction while Judd had another amazing year Hodge and Ball yet again were struck down by injury and never really fully recovered from those injurys during the year witch stopped them from reaching full potential this year.
But all I know is that they are all champions of the game already and will continue to be throughout their careers and it would be great to see them all captains of their clubs in the future.
"AFL Kid"
Luke Hodge got the benefit of being picked up first by Hawthorn in 2001 as draft pick 1. he was the youngest of the three and he looked like in draft camp that he was the best out of them but it didn't last long after being outshined by Judd in the first year of their footbll careers after Judd finished runner-up in the rising star award (behind Nick Reiwoldt) as Hodge finished 3rd overall.
Yes Judd got off to a flying start of his career winning a Brownlow Meadal in just his 3rd year at the age 21 and winning the club best and fairest after finishing in the top three in the club b"n"f since he pulled on the first boot for the club.
In 2006 both Judd and Ball were named captain of their respective clubs while Hodge was and still is forced to sit and wait for the captaincy to turn in his direction while Judd had another amazing year Hodge and Ball yet again were struck down by injury and never really fully recovered from those injurys during the year witch stopped them from reaching full potential this year.
But all I know is that they are all champions of the game already and will continue to be throughout their careers and it would be great to see them all captains of their clubs in the future.
"AFL Kid"
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