Harvey AFL Watch: Brady Hough blankets Sydney star Tom Papley in West Coast’s season-best performance

Brady Hough blanketed Sydney star Tom Papley in West Coast’s best performance of the season on Saturday. The Harvey product showed his versatility by holding the gun small forward — who he is 13cm taller than — goalless as the Eagles went down to the Swans by 26 points at Mount Barker in South Australia as part of the league’s Gather Round. Hough gathered 12 disposals of his own while using the ball in good fashion, operating at a disposal efficiency of 75 per cent. The 21-year-old was set for a role as the team’s third tall defender over the summer but the selection committee has so far opted to use converted ruckman Callum Jamieson in that role, giving Hough the licence to play on smaller opponents. Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault junior Ethan Hughes won 14 disposals in Fremantle’s controversial 10-point loss to Carlton. Binningup product Clay Hall continued his push for a senior debut with 22 disposals as West Coast’s WAFL side suffered an 88-point defeat to South Fremantle.