A pest to match the best?

By Daniel Cherny
Updated August 21 2014 - 2:13am, first published August 20 2014 - 1:56pm
Paul Chapman got a reprimand for striking Liam Picken. Photo: Channel Ten
Paul Chapman got a reprimand for striking Liam Picken. Photo: Channel Ten
Gary Ablett escaped sanction for his elbow earlier this season. Photo: Channel Seven
Gary Ablett escaped sanction for his elbow earlier this season. Photo: Channel Seven
Brent Harvey copped three weeks after his scuffle with Liam Picken on Sunday. Photo: afl.com.au
Brent Harvey copped three weeks after his scuffle with Liam Picken on Sunday. Photo: afl.com.au

Gary Ablett, Joel Selwood, Paul Chapman and Mathew Stokes. The connection between these four players is easily spotted – all were part of Geelong’s drought-breaking 2007 premiership team. Add a quadrella of Kangaroos in Shaun Atley, Scott McMahon, Andrew Swallow and Brent Harvey, and the common denominator becomes less clear. All have been coached by one of the Scott twins? That would be correct, except that Ablett had made his lucrative switch to the Suns by the time that Chris Scott took over the reins at Kardinia Park. Incorporating Simon Black, Brett Deledio and Hayden Ballantyne into the mix makes a bond seemingly impossible to spot with the naked eye.

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