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SOUTH Adelaide has pulled off a SANFL recruiting coup, re-signing one of its favourite
sons Keegan Brooksby.
After spending six of the past seven seasons in the AFL with Gold Coast, West Coast
and Hawthorn, the 31-year-old ruckman has agreed to return to Noarlunga on a fly-in,
fly-in basis.
Having accepted a job at his previous AFL club Hawthorn as academy manager,
Brooksby will continue to live in Melbourne and fly to Adelaide for South games and
the occasional training session.Panthers chief executive Neill Sharpe said the Brooksby name was synonymous with
South and the club was delighted to have him back on board.
“Keegan and his family have had a long history with our club and he is keen to finish
his career here,’’ Sharpe said. “He’s close to reaching 100 games for us, which is
important to him, he’s a former captain and best-and-fairest winner and he will bring a
lot to us on and off the field, so we’re very pleased he’s returning.’’ The son of 278-game
South great Phil Brooksby and nephew of another Panther, Graham Brooksby, Keegan,
who has inked a one-year deal, won the Knuckey Cup as South’s club champion in 2014
before being selected by Gold Coast in the rookie draft.
He made his AFL debut against the Hawks in round nine, 2015, and played 14 games in
three seasons for the Suns before being delisted.
The 197cm Brooksby returned to South in 2018, was appointed joint captain and had
such a standout season he was named skipper of The Advertiser SANFL Team of the
Year.
But the AFL again came calling and he was selected by West Coast via the pre-season
supplemental selection period.
He spent just one year with the Eagles, failing to play an AFL game, before being cut
and again being selected in the SSP, this time by Hawthorn, with which he played only
one game in two years before being delisted at the end of the 2021 season.
Now he is back at Noarlunga with no designs on again playing AFL. Sharpe said
Brooksby’s job at Hawthorn meant he would be able to stay fit and in touch, despite not
training regularly with South
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 6:56 pm
