AFL draft: Calder Cannons Lachlan Sholl picked up by Adelaide
LACHLAN Sholl will complete the same journey 11 Calder Cannons have previously when he joins Adelaide.
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LACHLAN Sholl will complete the same journey 11 Calder Cannons have previously when he joins Adelaide.
The St Bernard’s junior was selected by the Crows with pick no. 64 in Friday’s AFL national draft, joining Brent Reilly, Richard Douglas and Jake Lever as players drafted from Melbourne’s north west to Adelaide.
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Daniel Talia, Eddie Betts, Rory Atkins, Reilly O’Brien and Douglas are the former Cannons currently on the Crows list.
“I have never been to Adelaide before,” Sholl said.
“But I am just excited to get there and meet all the teammates and get to the club, get used to the facilities and get stuck into it.
“It’s been a dream of mine for a long time and to get the chance at Adelaide, I am absolutely stoked.”
Sholl’s consistency put him on the radar of Vic Metro selectors this year and a call-up to the Under-18 National Championships was the first time he truly believed an AFL career was possible.
“It was always a dream. It was never something I saw as something that was going to happen,” he said.
“I made sure I did my best I could at school and made sure I covered off all areas as best as possible, including footy.
“Just to make sure if one or the other happened, I’d be ready for either.
“I never really planned on it happening, but as I started playing consistent footy, then I got my chance at the champs, that was when I started to realise that maybe this could become a reality.”
Sholl averaged 24 disposals, seven marks and two tackles from 14 TAC Cup games this year.
“It’s been a bit of a whirlwind. I’m trying to get my head around it. I’m absolutely rapt,” he said.
“I was just watching it at home with my immediate family and then within five minutes there were people rocking up on the doorstep who had come to celebrate.”
The 18-year-old, who was listed at 186cm and 74kg, is the son of former Carlton player Brett Sholl.
Sholl was the fourth Calder player taken in the draft behind Rhylee West (pick 26), Jack Bytel (pick 41) and Curtis Taylor (pick 46).
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