Selection 8: Tyrone Vickery

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Date of birth: 31/5/90
Height: 200cm
Weight: 89kg
Club: Sandringham Dragons

Bio: Vickery is a strong-marking ruckman who can go forward with great effect. He is a competitive player with good decision making ability. Vickery represented Vic Metro in the NAB AFL Under-18 Championships and won All-Australian selection.

Jason McCartney says: Tyrone did an ACL the year before, but his dad is one of the fitness guys at Richmond so he did a power of work on his rehab. Tyrone was in our academy the year before last and he was outstanding. I remember a game he played for us – he was playing forward because (Nick) Naitanui was in the ruck and, in the first five minutes, he grabbed three marks and kicked a couple of goals and was really good below his knees. In the ruck he's got beautiful soft hands. He's a very intelligent kid so he understands the game well and knows how to get in the right spots.

Stats:

NAB AFL Under 18 Championships
Team	Mt	K	HB	D	M	HO	T	G
Vic Metro	4	5.0	5.5	10.5	4.3	11.3	2.5	1.3