Jason Horne-Francis is the talk of the AFL after a stand-out performance against the Lions — but the club that helped nurture his skills believes there could be plenty more young guns within its ranks.
abc.net.au/news/south-adelaide-football-club-producing-afl-draft-stars/102118746Jack Delean is the latest face of a remarkable AFL story that has emerged out of Adelaide's southern suburbs, and one which is the envy of clubs across the nation.
"They were starting to get some better results and I thought there was a lot of room for improvement and I thought I could come here and make a difference," Clayton said. "You need to have enough talent to get drafted number one, you need to work hard enough and you need to be a good person."
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