The rule itself was established back in 1949, but the 100-game minimum has only existed since 2003. Consequently, Adelaide missed out on the eventual No.1 pick by just nine matches. But during Adelaide’s 1970 to 1990 time span, Gibbs’ father played 191 games. The Crows, along with Port Adelaide, were allowed select players whose fathers played at least 200 state league games in the 20 years before their AFL existence. In 2006, Adelaide were eager to draft Bryce Gibbs given his father, Ross, played 253 SANFL games for Glenelg. Bruce Reid, father of Ben and Sam, featured 86 times for the Western Bulldogs. Premiership Demon Jake Bowey could have been drafted to St Kilda last year if his father Brett had played another 15 games for the club, while in 2019, Hawthorn missed out on Noah Anderson due to his father, Dean, falling 17 matches short. Of course, Brown and Motlop are not the first draft prospects to narrowly miss father-son qualification.
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