Dermott Brereton - Wikipedia Dermott Brereton This is the current revision of this page, as edited by Talezassian ( talk contribs ) at 00 : 51, 22 August 2017 ( → ‎ External links : Replaced dead links with working ones ). The present address ( URL ) is a permanent link to this version. Revision as of 00 : 51, 22 August 2017 by Talezassian ( talk contribs ) ( → ‎ External links : Replaced dead links with working ones ) ( diff ) ← Previous revision Latest revision ( diff ) Newer revision → ( diff ) Dermott Brereton Personal information Full name Dermott Hugh Brereton Date of birth ( 1964 - 08 - 19 ) 19 August 1964 ( age 53 ) Original team ( s ) Frankston Rovers Height 186 cm ( 6 ft 1 in ) Weight 93 kg ( 205 lb ) Position ( s ) Centre Half - Forward Playing career Years Club Games ( Goals ) 1982 -- 1992 Hawthorn 189 ( 427 ) 1994 Sydney 007 00 ( 7 ) 1995 Collingwood 015 0 ( 30 ) Total 211 ( 464 ) Representative team honours Years Team Games ( Goals ) 1984 -- 1990 Victoria 9 ( 18 ) Playing statistics correct to the end of 1995. Career highlights Club 5 × VFL / AFL premiership player : 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991 Peter Crimmins Memorial Trophy : 1985 3 × VFL Team of the Year : 1985, 1986, 1988 5 × VFL / AFL night series premiership : 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992 All - Australian team : 1985 Sources : AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com Dermott Hugh Brereton ( born 19 August 1964 ) is an Australian former professional Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League ( AFL ), regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation. Of Irish descent ( his parents migrated from Ireland before his birth ), he was known for his aggressive style of play. Brereton kicked 464 goals and played in five premierships for Hawthorn during his 211 - game career. He is a former director of the Hawthorn Football Club and is currently an AFL commentator on Foxtel 's 24 - hour AFL channel Fox Footy, as well as on radio station SEN 1116. Contents 1 VFL / AFL career 1.1 Hawthorn ( 1982 -- 1992 ) 1.2 Sydney Swans ( 1994 ) 1.3 Collingwood ( 1995 ) 2 Post-football 2.1 Commentary career 3 Other work 3.1 Films 3.2 Video games 4 References 5 External links VFL / AFL career Hawthorn ( 1982 -- 1992 ) Dermott Brereton featured on the cover of the `` Inside the Battle of ' 89 '' DVD in memorable moment pose after recovering from a solid Mark Yeates shirtfront. Dermott, nicknamed The Kid, played most of his career ( 189 games and 427 goals ) in the centre half forward position at the Hawthorn Football Club, where he formed part of a potent forward line that included champion players such as Jason Dunstall. He debuted as a young man with red hair which he later dyed blonde. His debut was against North Melbourne in the 1982 finals series -- he kicked five goals and assisted in a few more. While he played the game he had a reputation as a tough man, and as a big game performer was an important player in a number of Hawthorn 's grand final teams during the 1980s ( including premierships in 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1991 ). Brereton was known for his bustling style and strong marking abilities and off the ball scuffles. He won Hawthorn 's Best and Fairest award in 1985 and was the team 's leading goalkicker in the same year. He achieved All - Australian status in 1985. Having bulked up over his career, Brereton became a football punisher and was known for his aggressive hip and shoulder bumps on running players. His targeting of other players by this method led to the charging rule being instigated to protect players whose intention was to focus on the ball. A famous incident in 1988 involved Hawthorn 's rival Essendon at Waverley Park. Brereton ran through the three quarter time huddle much to the surprise of the Bomber players causing a scuffle to break out. This incident was in retaliation to a free kick paid against Brereton for kissing Essendon 's Billy Duckworth while Jason Dunstall lined up for goal. Dunstall kicked the goal but due to Brereton 's indiscretion, the goal was disallowed. Brereton, fuming, ran through Essendon 's huddle to prove a point. Post match, Essendon 's coach, Kevin Sheedy shrugged off the event as insignificant, quipping, `` Just another mad Irishman ! '' Perhaps the most memorable moment of his career was the 1989 VFL Grand Final that was featured in a Toyota Memorable Moments television commercial. In one of the toughest grand finals in the league 's history, Brereton was lined up at the centre bounce by Geelong Football Club 's Mark Yeates and hit with a solid shirtfront. Severely winded and concussed, he was attended to by trainers. He began to vomit before jogging back into the play. Only minutes later in the game, he marked and kicked an inspirational goal. He would finish with three goals in a game that Hawthorn would win by six points. He was later diagnosed with broken ribs. During his career at Hawthorn, Brereton was selected to play representative State of Origin football for Victoria nine times and kicked a total of 18 goals. Brereton 's physical style of play came at a cost. By the end of 1992, he was suffering from crippling chronic hip pain and struggled to make a regular appearance. At the advice of his club, he retired that year. `` You 'd look to take somebody out, and wilfully take them out, within the rules. '' -- Dermott Brereton commenting on the his style of football Sydney Swans ( 1994 ) During 1993, Brereton began to recover from the injuries that plagued his career at Hawthorn and expressed his intention to make a return to the game. The struggling Sydney Swans, in need of a big - name player capable of helping to turn around the team 's performance, as well as draw crowds to their home games at the SCG, drafted him for the 1994 season. Moving to New South Wales, he played only seven games as frequent suspensions for rough and / or violent play prevented him from regaining peak form. His fame in Victoria was not equalled in New South Wales and he also failed to have any on - field impact on the Swans ' fortunes. Brereton 's most notable act as a Swan was infamously stomping on Hawthorn player Rayden Tallis ' head while Tallis was on the ground in a pre-season game, earning him a seven - match suspension. He would receive another seven - week suspension in that same year when Richmond 's Tony Free had his jaw broken with an alleged ' karate chop ' by Brereton. His only other moment of note was being flattened by West Coast Eagles ' captain John Worsfold. The Swans delisted Brereton at the end of the 1994 season. Collingwood ( 1995 ) Still wanting to perform at the highest level, Brereton worked on his fitness over the 1994 -- 95 off - season and once again made himself available for the national draft. While clubs are generally loathe to recruit players above the age of 30, Collingwood nonetheless took a gamble on him. The Magpies experiment was slightly more successful than his stint at Sydney and in 15 games he kicked a total of 30 goals, ending his career at the end of 1995. Post-football After a lack of success in his returns from retirement, Brereton announced his intention to retire from elite football in 1995. In 1996 he returned to Frankston Rovers ( now Frankston Bombers ), where he had his cheekbone broken by a Dromana player in the second round of the season. He played a handful of games before going into retirement proper at the conclusion of the season. Brereton was inducted into the Hawthorn Team of the Century, as well as the Australian Football Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League Hall of Fame. His desire to continue playing football actively has seen him participate in the AFL Legends Match on several occasions. Each time his lack of fitness is the focus of much mirth by the commentary team. On 8 December 1997, he was appointed as a director of the Hawthorn Football Club and served in the role for just over eight years before retiring on 29 March 2006. One of the most notable incidents during his term as director was his alleged involvement in the run - up to a bench - clearing brawl between Hawthorn and Essendon in a 2004 encounter that became known as the Line in the Sand Match. During halftime, just before the brawl, Brereton had reportedly told Hawthorn players to `` draw a line in the sand '' and take a physical stand against Essendon ; he denied making that particular remark, but admitted to telling senior players `` to stand up to any Essendon aggression ''. In 2006, he began playing in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League with Division 1 club Woori Yallock alongside his 1995 Collingwood teammate Damien Monkhorst, kicking two goals on debut. Commentary career From quite early in his playing career, Brereton pursued media appearances in anticipation of joining the media full - time when he retired. During the 1980s, he had a six - year stint on a morning show hosted by veteran television performer, Ernie Sigley, who mentored the ambitious Brereton. In the early 1990s, he joined Channel Nine when the network began showing interest in Australian football for the first time in more than twenty years. He was one of the original panellists when the long - running The AFL Footy Show began in 1994 and also wrote in The Age. In 2000, he moved to the Seven Network to provide match commentary on AFL matches and hosted the show The Game, he stayed at Seven until they relinquished the rights at the end of 2001. In 2002, he returned to the Nine Network to provide match commentary on AFL matches when the network commenced its AFL coverage. He continued to be a regular panellist for The AFL Footy Show. In 2004, Brereton hosted The Run Home radio show on Melbourne AM radio station SEN 1116 with Anthony Hudson and Matthew Hardy, but left due to a payment dispute. In previous years he has also co-hosted the breakfast show on Melbourne FM station Gold 104.3 with Greg Evans, and been a commentator on another FM station, Triple M. In 2005, he appeared in a Toyota Memorable Moments advertisement featuring Stephen Curry that satirised the famous 1989 Grand Final incident with Geelong player Mark Yeates. In November of that year, Brereton was involved in an altercation with a group of young men. ( 1 ) In 2006, he made an appearance on Torvill and Dean 's Dancing on Ice. Brereton left the show early after injuring his biceps. In 2006 Brereton was sacked from Triple M due to low ratings. In 2007, Brereton rejoined 1116 SEN to broadcast football, the same station he left two years earlier. In 2007 Brereton started as a presenter on channel 9 's Getaway, a tourism and travel TV show which continued until 2011, though he is still listed as a presenter on the Getaway ( TV series ) page. In 2011, he ended his twenty - year association with the Nine Network and announced he would be joining Foxtel for the 2012 season. From 2012 onwards, he provided match commentary for Foxtel and hosted the Fox League Teams show on Thursday nights on Foxtel 's new 24 - hour AFL channel Fox Footy, which launched on 17 February 2012. Other work Films He also starred in a minor role in the 2002 film, Trojan Warrior. Video games Brereton is the voice - over commentator for the AFL video game series since 2002. Australian rules football portal References Jump up ^ Nine Network Biography Jump up ^ McAvaney, Bruce ( 2009 ). Learning from Legends. LFL Media Pty Ltd. p. 49. ISBN 978 - 1 - 921486 - 12 - 8. Jump up ^ MPNFL. `` Hall of Fame ''. Jump up ^ Hawthorn Football Club ( 31 October 2006 ). `` Annual Financial Report '' ( PDF ). p. 4. Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 22. Jump up ^ Hinds, Richard ( 7 June 2004 ). `` Heavier blows to come for Hawks, Bombers ''. The Sydney Morning Herald. Jump up ^ Lines, Chris ( 6 June 2004 ). `` AFL : I did n't order fight -- Brereton ''. AAP Sports News ( Australia ). Retrieved 2009 - 08 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Hawks fly away with win '' External links Dermott Brereton 's statistics from AFL Tables Biography in the Hawthorn FC Hall of Fame Toyota memorable moment video featuring Dermott Brereton in the 1989 Grand Final Hawthorn Football Club 1983 VFL premiers Hawthorn 20.20 ( 140 ) defeated Essendon 8.9 ( 57 ), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1. Judge 3. Matthews ( c ) 7. Ayres 8. O'Halloran 9. DiPierdomenico 11. Buckenara 12. Paton 16. Wallace 17. Tuck 20. McCarthy 21. Byrne 22. Loveridge 23. Brereton 24. Knights 26. Eade 29. Greene 30. Schwab 32. Robertson 34. Kennedy 46. Mew Coach : Jeans Hawthorn Football Club 1986 1988 / 89 1991 VFL / AFL premiers 1986 : Hawthorn 16.14 ( 110 ) defeated Carlton 9.14 ( 68 ), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1988 : Hawthorn 22.20 ( 152 ) defeated Melbourne 6.20 ( 56 ), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1989 : Hawthorn 21.18 ( 144 ) defeated Geelong 21.12 ( 138 ), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1991 : Hawthorn 20.19 ( 139 ) defeated West Coast Eagles 13.8 ( 86 ), at Waverley Park 2. Mew 7. Ayres 17. Tuck ( c ) 19. Dunstall 23. Brereton 28 / 24. Langford 44. Platten Hawthorn Football Club Team of the Century Full - back Gary Ayres Kelvin Moore Albert Mills Half - back Col Austen Chris Mew Peter Knights Centre Robert DiPierdomenico Jim Bohan Brendan Edwards Half - forward Graham Arthur ( c ) Dermott Brereton Gary Buckenara Full - forward Jason Dunstall Peter Hudson John Platten Ruck Don Scott Michael Tuck Leigh Matthews Interchange Chris Langford Ian Law Paul Salmon Roy Simmonds Coach John Kennedy Sr. Peter Crimmins Medal Hawthorn Football Club best and fairest winners 1925 : Finch 1927 : Utting 1928 : Sellers 1929 : Utting 1930 : Sharpley 1932 : Spinks 1933 : Mills 1934 : Loveless 1935 : Mills 1936 : Murphy 1937 : Murphy 1938 : Spinks 1939 : Mills 1940 : Angwin 1941 : Albiston 1942 : Barker 1943 : Bohan 1944 : Blackman 1945 : Bohan 1946 : Albiston 1947 : Culpitt 1948 : Curran 1949 : Austen 1950 : Kennedy 1951 : Kennedy 1952 : Kennedy 1953 : Fletcher 1954 : Kennedy 1955 : Arthur 1956 : Simmonds 1957 : Hughes 1958 : Arthur 1959 : Woodley 1960 : Edwards 1961 : Law 1962 : Arthur 1963 : Law 1964 : Law 1965 : Parkin 1966 : Wilson 1967 : Keddie 1968 : Hudson 1969 : Keddie 1970 : Hudson 1971 : Matthews 1972 : Matthews 1973 : Scott 1974 : Matthews 1975 : Knights 1976 : Matthews 1977 : Matthews 1978 : Matthews / Knights 1979 : Moore 1980 : Matthews 1981 : Wallace 1982 : Matthews 1983 : Wallace 1984 : Greene 1985 : Brereton 1986 : Ayres 1987 : Platten 1988 : Dunstall 1989 : Dunstall 1990 : Collins 1991 : Allan 1992 : Dunstall 1993 : Dunstall 1994 : Platten 1995 : Jarman 1996 : Salmon 1997 : Salmon 1998 : Crawford 1999 : Crawford 2000 : Chick / Holland 2001 : Smith 2002 : Crawford 2003 : Crawford 2004 : Everitt 2005 : Hodge 2006 : Mitchell 2007 : Sewell 2008 : Franklin 2009 : Mitchell 2010 : Hodge 2011 : Mitchell 2012 : Mitchell 2013 : Gibson 2014 : Lewis 2015 : Gibson 2016 : Mitchell Hawthorn Football Club leading goalkickers 1925 : Woodford 1926 : Hyde 1927 : Hyde 1928 : Hyde 1929 : Hyde 1930 : Hyde 1931 : Ryan 1932 : Ryan 1933 : Pool 1934 : Green 1935 : Green 1936 : Hillard 1937 : Hillard 1938 : Naismith 1939 : Albiston 1940 : Naismith 1941 : Albiston 1942 : Albiston 1943 : Culpitt 1944 : Culpitt 1945 : Albiston 1946 : Prior 1947 : Prior 1948 : Prior 1949 : Prior 1950 : Anderson 1951 : Cash 1952 : MacDonald 1953 : Coghlan 1954 : Coghlan 1955 : Coghlan 1956 : Peck 1957 : Ingersoll 1958 : Peck 1959 : Young 1960 : Young 1961 : Peck 1962 : Peck 1963 : Peck 1964 : Peck 1965 : Peck 1966 : Peck 1967 : Hudson 1968 : Hudson 1969 : Hudson 1970 : Hudson 1971 : Hudson 1972 : Knights 1973 : Matthews 1974 : Moncrieff 1975 : Matthews 1976 : Moncrieff 1977 : Hudson 1978 : Moncrieff 1979 : Moncrieff 1980 : Moncrieff 1981 : Matthews 1982 : Matthews 1983 : Matthews 1984 : Matthews 1985 : Brereton 1986 : Dunstall 1987 : Dunstall 1988 : Dunstall 1989 : Dunstall 1990 : Dunstall 1991 : Dunstall 1992 : Dunstall 1993 : Dunstall 1994 : Dunstall 1995 : Dunstall 1996 : Dunstall 1997 : Holland 1998 : Dunstall 1999 : Lord 2000 : Holland 2001 : Barker 2002 : Chick 2003 : Thompson 2004 : Thompson 2005 : Williams 2006 : Williams 2007 : Franklin 2008 : Franklin 2009 : Franklin 2010 : Franklin 2011 : Franklin 2012 : Franklin 2013 : Roughead 2014 : Roughead 2015 : Gunston 2016 : Gunston 2017 : Roughead 1985 All - Australian team Coach Kevin Sheedy ( Essendon ) South Australia Malcolm Blight ( Woodville ) Craig Bradley ( Port Adelaide ) Stephen Kernahan ( Glenelg ) Peter Motley ( Sturt ) John Platten ( Hawthorn ) Victoria Dermott Brereton ( Hawthorn ) Terry Daniher ( Essendon ) ( Captain ) Garry Foulds ( Essendon ) Russell Greene ( Hawthorn ) Mark Harvey ( Essendon ) Mark Lee ( Richmond ) Roger Merrett ( Essendon ) Gary Pert ( Fitzroy ) Geoff Raines ( Collingwood ) Paul Roos ( Fitzroy ) Dale Weightman ( Richmond ) Western Australia Leon Baker ( Essendon ) Gary Buckenara ( Hawthorn ) Rod Lester - Smith ( Hawthorn ) Michael Mitchell ( Claremont ) Australian squad -- 1999 International Rules Series Akermanis Allan Ashcroft Bell Burgoyne Buckley ( c ) Burke Campbell Camporeale Cousins Crawford Croad Graham Hart Leppitsch McKay McRae Molloy O'Loughlin Richardson Silvagni ( gk ) Stoneham Waterhouse West Coach : Brereton Victorian team -- 1986 State of Origin South Australia 18.17 ( 125 ) defeated Victoria 17.13 ( 115 ), at Football Park, 13 May 1986, crowd : 43,143 Western Australia 21.11 ( 137 ) d Victoria 20.14 ( 134 ), at Subiaco Oval, 8 July 1986, crowd : 39,863 Both games Alvin Brereton Carroll DiPierdomenico Foulds Gerard Healy Pert Poole Salmon Weightman Williams v South Australia Clark Dean Harvey Hawker Heard Loveridge Meldrum Merrett ( c ) Raines Walsh Yeates v Western Australia Bews T. Daniher ( c ) Harmes R. Kennedy J. Madden Millane A. Morwood Roos Royal Taylor Thompson Victorian team -- 1989 State of Origin Victoria 19.12 ( 126 ) defeated Western Australia 10.12 ( 72 ), at the WACA Ground, 16 May 1989, crowd : 20,993 Victoria 22.17 ( 149 ) defeated South Australia 9.9 ( 63 ), at the MCG, 1 July 1989, crowd : 91,960 Both games Bews Brown Collins Daniher Dunstall Langford Lovett Lyon Madden ( c ) Murphy Scott Stoneham Weightman Coach : Goggin vs. Western Australia Ablett Armstrong Ayres Lambert Larkin Maginness Schwass Stynes Williams vs. South Australia Brereton Bruns Couch Darcy Lockett Mitchell Morwood Pritchard Watson Coach : Goggin Victorian team -- 1990 State of Origin New South Wales 13.8 ( 86 ) defeated Victoria 10.16 ( 76 ), at the SCG, 22 May 1990 Victoria 14.13 ( 97 ) defeated Western Australia 8.12 ( 60 ), at the WACA Ground, 26 June 1990 Both games Brereton Collins Morwood O'Donnell Salmon Silvagni Stoneham Weightman vs. New South Wales Ayres Brown Crosisca Febey Gleeson Jeffrey Langford Lovett Lyon Malakellis Scott Stynes Wright vs. Western Australia Ablett Anderson Bruns Couch Daicos Ezard Frawley Loewe Madden McGuane Mitchell Rice Shaw Watson Australia international rules football team -- coaches 1984 -- 1986 : Todd 1987 : Kerley 1990 : Parkin 1998 : Matthews 1999 -- 2000 : Brereton 2001 -- 2004 : Lyon 2005 -- 2006 : Sheedy 2008 -- 2010 : Malthouse 2011 : Eade 2013 : O'Loughlin 2014 -- 2015 : Clarkson 2017 -- present : Scott 1994 AFL pre-season draft 1. Dermott Brereton 2. Andrew Bews 3. Jamie Elliott 4. David Strooper 5. Steven Stretch 6. Peter Filandia 7. Haydn Robins 8. Craig Lambert 9. Rod Keogh 10. Matthew Mansfield 11. Dean Irving 12. Jason Watts 13. John Ballantyne 14. Cain Liddle 15. Trent Nichols 16. Simon Lethlean 17. Scott Thompson 18. Shane Tongerie 19. Dean Rice 20. Barry Young 21. Derek Kickett 22. Andrew Bomford 23. Adam Slater 24. Adrian Burns 25. Peter Doyle 26. John Carroll 27. Daniel Hargreaves 28. Trent Hotton 29. David Muir 30. Shayne Stevenson 31. Matthew Kluzek 32. Brad Pearce 33. Doug Bailey 34. Stephen Ryan 35. Peter Green 36. Kristian Bardsley 37. Justin Staritski 38. Daniel McCarthy 39. Alister Carr 1995 AFL pre-season draft 1. Paul Roos 2. Greg Madigan 4. Jason Ramsey 5. Glen Coghlan 6. Ross Lyon 7. Peter Vardy 8. Mark Fraser 9. Stuart Wigney 10. Dermott Brereton 11. Richard Taylor 12. Jose Romero 13. Matt Clape 14. Shaun Smith 15. Keenan Reynolds 16. Derek Hall 17. Paul Peos 18. Anthony Mellington 19. Mark Kennedy 20. Shannon Corcoran 21. Tyson Edwards 22. Tim Darcy 23. Mark McQueen 24. Nick Hider 25. Tony Woods 26. Paul Dimattina 27. Glenn Manton 28. Martin Heppell 29. Glenn Gorman 30. Dean Talbot 31. Jason Spinks 32. Simon Atkins 33. Matthew Banks 34. Ryan Aitken 35. Michael Johnston 36. Alan Thorpe 37. Andrew Nichol Comp. Matthew Lloyd Comp. Adam Houlihan Comp. Steven King Comp. Stuart Cochrane Comp. Chad Morrison Comp. David Cockatoo - Collins Comp. David McEwan Uncontr. Andrew Wills Uncontr. Jason Norrish Uncontr. Brendan Krummel Uncontr. Todd Ridley Uncontr. Peter Mann Uncontr. Stephen O'Reilly Uncontr. 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Question: what was significant about dermott breretons performance in the 1989 grand final against geelong
Answer: In one of the toughest grand finals in the league's history, Brereton was lined up at the centre bounce by Geelong Football Club's Mark Yeates and hit with a solid shirtfront. Severely winded and concussed, he was attended to by trainers. He began to vomit before jogging back into the play. Only minutes later in the game, he marked and kicked an inspirational goal. He would finish with three goals in a game that Hawthorn would win by six points. He was later diagnosed with broken ribs.