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Tommy Walsh\'s long awaited debut to come

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 10:15 pm ACST

The Swans ins and outs are interesting this week.

In the Irish Gaelic convert, the Canadian Rugby convert and the Sydney Rugby convert.

Out, the QLD junior basketball rep, the WA ruckman from Mukinbudin and the son of a Latvian mother recruited from Dandenong.

Anyone who disputes the cultural diversity of AFL (the league - not the code) footy even though it's a 'single nation' elite league should perhaps take note.

Great to see Pyke back - very bad timing when injured last year, and competed/rucked well in a crucial Rnd 22 game to ensure the Swans hosted a 1st week final. He partnered Mumford in the ruck in the two finals for a 5 pt win over Carlton and a 5 pt loss to the Bulldogs. Having fought back into the side in Rnds 6 and 7 in 2011, he got injured in that last game ironically in which he'd managed 2 goals up forward (his best 'offensive' return) only to loose all momentum.

Tommy Walsh\\\'s long awaited debut to come

Authored by: Troy Thompson
on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 10:21 pm ACST

Longmire said today Pyke, who played two matches last season for the Swans before being sidelined with a quad injury, has made significant improvements in his game over the last month. “Pyke’s form has been improving every week and he played a really good game last week,” Longmire said. “We said at the start of the year that we needed a group of ruckmen to get through an AFL season and we’ve used a few different combinations in the ruck this year.

“That’s why we’ve been able to put Pykey in this week and hopefully he gives us a really good, strong contest against Mark Jamar, who is a talented ruckman for Melbourne.”

Tommy Walsh\\\\\\\'s long awaited debut to come

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 07:36 pm ACST

and so Pyke get's through his first game back - Jamar obviously hit out wise the dominant big man - but Pyke got 24 hit outs, and the Swans won by 101 pts. I presume he did his job to compete.

Tommy Walsh getting game one out of the way with 14 disposals, 6 marks and a couple of goals. Also listed on the AFL website amongst the best. Gotta be happy with that as a debut.

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