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Dogs inject more talent
Ronny Lerner 12:00 AM Sat 25 November, 2006

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The Western Bulldogs already boast one of the most exciting groups of youngsters in the business and were able to add another group of promising recruits, highlighted by tall defender Andrejs Everitt, to their ranks on Saturday.
After having to wait 34 picks after selecting Everitt before getting the chance to read out another name, the Bulldogs became active players in the draft with four picks of the next 32. Everitt (pick 11) will be joined by Brennan Stack (45), Josh Hill (61), Malcolm Lynch (66) and Paul O'Shea (76) at Whitten Oval next season.
Everitt, the younger brother of Sydney's Peter, is a tall defender and the Bulldogs are very happy to have him at the club.
"Andrejs is a 194cm defender/forward who is very agile, has a huge leap and kicks the ball very well," recruitment manager Scott Clayton said.
"He doesn't play the same position as his brother but he is a very exciting player so we're looking forward to him."
Despite adopting a similar dreadlocked hairstyle that his more famous older brother once sported, Andrejs has a different personality to Peter.
"He's his own man and he'll be coached like that. He'll be treated as an individual that he is, he's a pretty determined young man so we're looking forward to having him on board," Clayton explained.
The Bulldogs' class of 2006 is one of the most geographically diverse of any club this year comprising of two Western Australians, a Victorian, a New South Welshman and a Queenslander.
"We've spread far and wide across the country, the indigenous boys from Perth (Brennan Stack and Josh Hill) are exciting forwards and we have another young exciting Indigenous boy from New South Wales in Malcolm Lynch," Clayton said excitingly.
"Then a big guy from far north Queensland (Paul O'Shea), so it's a good spread and we're excited about it."
Whilst not ruling out the possibility of the Bulldogs' new recruits playing next year, Clayton believed it was unlikely.
"We've got an open mind but it's not necessary that they do. We haven't picked them for tomorrow, we've picked them for 10-year careers. So we're patient with our young guys," he said.
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