Longevity does not necessarily a Champion make

I image I'm about to commit public heresy, but here goes anyway. Robert Harvey is not a champion or a superstar of aussie rules. He is, at best, a superlative athlete who gathered a large number of possessions through an extraordinarily long career.

In my view, a champion can turn a game by their own efforts. I'm thinking of the likes of Buckley, Voss, Hird, Carey, Ablett Snr in more recent times. “Champion”, you may have gathered, is a term I consider has been bestowed overenthusiastically, not to mention the now almost ubiquitous sobriquet of "superstar".

What opposition coach would have lain awake wondering whether Robert Harvey would cut his team to ribbons? None.

So, well done Robert Harvey, for enduring the physical demands of playing and preparing for twenty-one seasons.