- Rhett Biglands
Infobox afl player
firstname = Rhett
lastname = Biglands
| birthdate = Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|9|4
birthplace =
originalteam =Woodville West Torrens (SANFL )
heightweight = 198cm / 104kg
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 5, 8 April 2000
debutteam = Adelaide Crows
debutopponent =Brisbane Lions
debutstadium = Gabba
playingteams =Adelaide Crows (2000–2008)
134 games, 59 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 2006
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* Pre-season premiership player, 2003Rhett Biglands (born 4 September 1977) is a former
Australian rules football er in theAustralian Football League .Overview
He was recruited by Port Adelaide and placed on their list but did not play a game. He was delisted and drafted by the Crows.
Debuting in 2000, Biglands played as a ruckman with the
Adelaide Crows . He was one of the Crows’ best ruckmen for many years and made the most of his limited game time.But he suffered a serious knee injury in the first quarter of the 2006 preliminary final vs the
West Coast Eagles atAAMI Stadium . Biglands and several other players dived for the ball in a desperate scramble in front of the interchange bench. As Biglands dived forward, his teammateNathan Van Berlo dived heavily into his left leg snapping Biglands' left leg about 30 degrees causing him to clutch the knee and tearing the ACL inside his knee; he limped off and attempted to come back, but was to no avail. After missing the 2007 season due to reconstructive surgery of the knee, he sustained instability in the knee during a summer training session as the reconstructed ligament gave away. He had a second reconstruction on the knee in late February 2008.On 18 August 2008, Rhett officially retired from AFL due to the prolonged recovery from the knee injury, after playing 134 games for the club. He was given a lap of honour of AAMI Stadium - driven round the ground in the back of an open car - before the 2008 round 22 game against the Western Bulldogs.
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