Earl Shaw

[Ruda Wakening]

An 18 year old, almost 200cm ruckman .... in the draft, been playing for Campbelltown.

Mixed reports about him, anyone here seen him?

[j s]

Many times since he was around 12 as either an opponent or teammate (in rep teams) of my son. Haven't seen him play for the last two years though.

While being quite good at junior level he never struck me (or others) as being outstanding. Mostly it was his height but he could be beaten by an opponent with more leap or nous. My son (now 190cm) usually came off even with him in rucking duels.

Played for Penrith juniors - easily recognised by long flowing hair that his father hated (plus being one of the taller kids around). He dominated in what was otherwise a mediocre team.

Apparently he has progressed considerably since I last saw him play. Does he still have the long hair?

[swan_song]

Doubt it that anyone from Campbelltown could make it. The team did diddly-squat this season, a real shocker, which in itself is quite surprising to me. Difficult to be "noticed" in a team that doesn't win a match for the season...but good luck to him.

[Ruda Wakening]

Just found this on a site advertised on bigfooty.

http://www.footydraft.com/players.php?player=earl_shaw

[j s]

Originally posted by swan_song
Doubt it that anyone from Campbelltown could make it. The team did diddly-squat this season, a real shocker, which in itself is quite surprising to me. Difficult to be "noticed" in a team that doesn't win a match for the season...but good luck to him.

He got some good reports from the National U18 champs earlier this year. Has also been playing with the RAMS. Wasn't playing with Campbelltown U18s - would definitely have noticed him.

[Norris Lurker]

Campbelltown were forced to throw him into the seniors this year before he was really ready to play at that level.
With Campbelltown failing to win a game, I didn't see much of them in my travels around the local league this year; but when I did I saw a team with plenty of young kids who were desperate to keep trying. Earl Shaw was sometimes one of their better players, but he's still very raw and I think he's at least a year away from being draft material.

[silent lurker]

Is he the Shaw that's been playing for our reserves this year?

[liz]

Originally posted by silent lurker
Is he the Shaw that's been playing for our reserves this year?

Pretty sure that it is. If it is, he's been quite impressive. Decent build (ie not too skinny) and very lively.

[Nico]

Earl Shaw.

Sounds like a gunslinger from the wild west.