SA Footy

just reading in todays paper the training permission lists in the afl and came across the name m.pike (moutaubane,france)does anyone know if this is triple premiership player martin pike ? if so how old would he be now and woludnt this be going against the tide with all clubs looking to youth in the last draft before gc 11 come in next years draft ?

The M Pike is a French rugby union player. Sydney has pulled him in to train, just as they pulled in a Canadian basketballer last year. Clubs can take guys from non-AFL backgrounds as extra selections, so a couple of clubs have actually gone out and trialled different blokes. Most though have focussed on Ireland.

The guy is in fact a former fullback for the Canadian Rugby Union side. Michael (Mike) Pyke. 23 or 24 years old i think and a big lad as well. 200cm and 100kg's. Could be a very interesting experiment. Don't think it will turn out to be a very successful one but time will tell.

Here he is scoring a try against New Zealand.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=zqOCGfnOzWI

rod_rooster wrote:The guy is in fact a former fullback for the Canadian Rugby Union side. Michael (Mike) Pyke. 23 or 24 years old i think and a big lad as well. 200cm and 100kg's. Could be a very interesting experiment. Don't think it will turn out to be a very successful one but time will tell.

Here he is scoring a try against New Zealand.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=zqOCGfnOzWI

cheers boys wow the bloke is a big unit with a good turn of foot ..will be interseting as rod said to see how this experiment turns out .

Saw him on fox sports news about a month or so ago. Pretty quick for a big bloke, if he has the stamina Sydney could train him into a decent ruckman.

Definitely impressive!

Good to see Tom Holmes get a go - very skilled but, unfortunately, small - 5'10