Big Andrew Browne will also play local footy next year for Keilor ...
Andrew Browne to play for Keilor Blues in 2013 Chris Cavanagh
From: Leader
November 06, 2012 3:31PMKEILOR has secured the signature of 203cm former Richmond ruckman Andrew Browne.
The towering 22-year-old put pen to paper with the Blues last Wednesday, opting to head into the local football scene next year rather than run around in the Victorian Football League.
A 12-game player at AFL level, Browne was de-listed by the Tigers in September after failing to break into the senior line-up in season 2012.
He played 15 senior VFL games with Coburg this year, but said the decision not to pursue the state system had come on the back of a desire to ramp up his civil engineering university studies next year.
"Basically it was a toss up between that (Keilor) and VFL," Browne said.
"As it happened, I just decided I wanted to really enjoy my footy for a year after being in the AFL system.
"As for the coming years, I can definitely see myself playing VFL football again. But certainly for this year I just wanted to enjoy my footy and focus on studies and make that transition into life a little bit easier without having to worry about that commitment of VFL football."
Keilor football operations manager Kevin O'Reilly said the signing was a big one for the club, and had been helped by Browne's friendship with Tiger Luke McGuane.
"It's huge for us," he said.
"Obviously the drawcard of him coming to Keilor is Mick McGuane. He's a good mate of McGuane's nephew (Luke)."
News of Browne's arrival follows the signing of midfielder Luke Cartelli, who will play at the Blues full-time in 2013 having opted to depart VFL side Coburg.
"He's a good player, quality person and I'm really looking forward to working with him on a week-to-week basis," McGuane said of the 23-year-old, who played one game with the Blues this year.
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