You Never Forget Your First

Mark Eustice played VFL football during the 80's & early 90's for 3 clubs, he made his debut Round 21, 1980 for the Bombers against the Demons. Mark had 9 disposals and kicked a goal in the #47 jumper. He joined Kevin Hillier to reflect on his debut game & explained the pride beaming from all of his family when he was given the nod to play his first game.

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Renato Serafini played 88 games of VFL football for Fitzroy & Carlton. He made his debut in round 21, 1971 - The game is remembered as the "fog match" where players could barely see metres in front of them. Renato grew up a Carlton supporter but made his debut against the Blues in the #47 for Fitzroy. He lived out his childhood dream in Round 16, 1977 when he pulled on the Navy Blue jumper against South Melbourne.

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Footscray/Western Bulldogs legend Doug Hawkins made his VFL debut in Round 1, 1978 vs. North Melbourne at the Whitten Oval - The Bulldogs were thrashed, but Dougy still remembers the game fondly. A young kid growing up he barracked for North Melbourne & was in awe that he was playing against so many of his idols! He joined Kevin Hillier & Paul Daffey on this weeks edition of You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game!

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Shane McInerney started umpiring in the AFL in Round 6, 1994 between Carlton & Sydney - Since then, he hasn't looked back and is on the verge of breaking the umpire games record set by Hayden Kennedy at 495. Shane joins Kevin Hillier & Paul Daffey to discuss his own footballing career, ending up as an umpire and more!

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Kevin Hughes' VFL career spanned 1 game in round 1 of 1988. His only senior game was with the Kangaroos out at Windy Hill against the Bombers, he had 15 disposals and was dropped the following week. He joined Paul Daffey & Kevin Hillier on this weeks edition of You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game to reflect on that game, plus his time with Williamstown in the VFA.

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Michael Barlow joins Kevin Hillier & Paul Daffey in the newest edition of You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game. Barlow was a "late-bloomer" in AFL terms making his debut at the age of 23 after being taken by Fremantle with #8 in the 2010 Rookie Draft. He burst onto the scene in his debut with 33 disposals against Adelaide & kicked 2 goals! Apart from being remembered for a shocking broken leg injured that threatened to derail his career he is also very well known for accumulating possessions at will.

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The AFL games record holder Brent Harvey is the special guest on this edition of You Can Always Tell Em You Played 1 Game - Boomer made his debut for North Melbourne in Round 22, 1996 against the Tigers. A game the Kangaroos won and Boomer had 1 disposal. However he holds that game in the highest esteem as it was a dream come true to play his first game. He then went on to play another 431 games and now holds the record of the most games in the history of the VFL/AFL competition.

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Kevin Hillier & Paul Daffey are joined by Max Crow in the second edition of "You can always tell em you played 1 game". Crow made his debut for Essendon in Round 8, 1974 - The game is most remembered for the infamous "Windy Hill brawl" Max discusses his memories from that day, he had 8 disposals and kicked 4 goals. After a run of reserves games & injuries he transferred to St Kilda before finishing his career with Footscray. His son is now the high-performance manager at Essendon, his daughter is an Olympian rower and he shares plenty of stories about his families achievements!

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Kevin Hillier & Paul Daffey are joined by Mark Dwyer in the first edition of "You can always tell em you played 1 game". Dwyer is best remembered for his strong debut season with Fitzroy playing on the wing, coming off 40 touches in his second reserves match, then-Roy's coach David Parkin gave him his debut in round 15 of 1986. He received 1 Brownlow vote in each of his first 5 games in 1986 which likely cost team mate Paul Roos the Brownlow as Roos fell 1 vote short of winning. He played 1 game for the Saints in 1988 before returning back to Koroit in 1990 where he continued to play.

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