Spurned by Allies, loved by Suns: Draftee’s unlikely AFL dream
Everyone had heard of Gold Coast’s academy star Leo Lombard by the time the AFL draft arrived. But Lachlan Gulbin? His path to the AFL was a lot more unconventional.
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