'Running ability we haven't seen for a while'

The inside scoop on Lachie Bramble from Andy Collins

Lachie Bramble’s path to an AFL debut this weekend has been anything but straightforward. Even getting to training is a massive slog.

The 23-year-old mature age recruit drives the 140-kilometre round trip from his home in Sunbury to Waverley Park. While plying his trade in the VFL at Williamstown, he worked full-time as a qualified sparky - and a bloody …