Hawthorn will unveil Calsher Pricey, the son of late premiership hero Paul Pricey, in its conflict in opposition to the Western Bulldogs on Sunday.
The 18-year-old key ahead will play his first AFL sport after he was taken as a father-son choice with decide 56 in final yr’s draft.
Pricey’s father Paul, who gained the 1991 Norm Smith medal in Hawthorn’s grand remaining win over West Coast, died aged 55 after a battle with pancreatic most cancers in July 2022.
Hawthorn soccer boss Rob McCartney mentioned Pricey’s debut can be a “actually particular second”.
This weekend Calsher will get to expertise this excellent emotion as he pulls on the brown and gold for the primary time simply as his father, Paul did in 1987,” McCartney mentioned.
“Calsher has strung collectively some spectacular video games for Field Hill within the first 5 video games of the season, displaying his distinctive aerial expertise in assault, whereas persistently hitting the scoreboard.
“As an 18-year-old key-position participant we all know Calsher is a creating expertise and whereas we have to be affected person, we’re excited to see him take his first step at AFL stage.”
Pricey will comply with Hawthorn’s No. 5 decide Nick Watson in making his debut this season and might be joined by key defender Ethan Phillips, who was named on an prolonged bench for Sunday’s conflict.
