Possible GWS draftee Jason Laycock playing for Burnie in the TSL grand final. Picture: Chris Kidd. Source: news.com.au
FORMER Essendon big man and Burnie premiership ruckman Jason Laycock has nominated for next week's pre-season AFL draft.
He confirmed there had been talks with his former mentor, Kevin Sheedy, now coach for GWS.
Laycock, 28, enjoyed his best season in years as the TSL's most dominant player, including winning the Darrel Baldock Medal as the best player in the grand final.
He played 58 games for Essendon between 2004 and 2010, mainly under then Bombers coach Sheedy.
Laycock said he had caught the AFL bug again last season.
"You sit there watching the footy on the TV on the Friday and Saturday nights and you see players running around that you know you can beat or you've beaten in the past and it gets to you a bit," Laycock said yesterday.
"So I'm keen for someone to give me a chance and get me over there and give me a crack at it again."
Sheedy has visited Laycock's home town of Burnie in recent months.
"Sheeds' has been over in Tassie a couple of times for talks on the North-West Coast and he's always said that I could always do it if I put my mind to it," he said.
"He's one person who has shown a bit of interest but I don't think he actually has a whole lot of say.
"I'm a bit of a long shot, I'm pretty unfit and that, but the body has been really good for a couple of years now. But it is a bit of a long shot for someone to take me.
"But I did have that little bit of interest from three or four clubs towards the back end of the year, so I've put my name forward."
His TSL coach, Brent Plant, has been sounded out by at least 10 AFL clubs - including the Greater Western Sydney Giants - during Laycock's two seasons at Burnie where he got through the vast majority of games after being injury-riddled at the Bombers.
Sheedy was always a big fan of the 201cm, 108kg North-West Coast giant.
With the Giants unlikely to be tempted by the financial demands of former Adelaide tall Kurt Tippett, it is expected they will redraft Dean Brogan.
However, with Brogan turning 34 later this month, there has been some speculation GWS may look for a younger mature-age recruit.
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