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Number:

  15 Footscray

Western Bulldogs

Red white and Blue

Height:

  201

Weight:

  105

Birthday:

  25 January 1970

Period on list:

  1988 to 2000

Senior Games:

  237

Goals:

  31

Disposals:

   

Recruited From:

  Jacana
Honours:   All Australian 1992, Brownlow 1992, B&F 1992. Club captain 1994-2000. 10 finals appearances. Victorian State representative 4 times.
         

Footscray

   The Bulldogs have bred many great ruckmen over the years, Ware, Dempsey, Round and Shultz for example. Scott Wynd fits comfortably in that group. What makes Wynd shine amongst his very distinguished peers is that he was a very good Team Captain. Seemed to me as though when he would puff at the opposition they would fear for their own life.

He was one of the best tap ruckmen that there ever was. He had great skills in taking the ball out of the centre and passing off to his smaller team mates. For example in round 8, 1988 against Hawthorn he gave off 20 handballs. When not on the ball he would drop into defence or a kick behind the play.

  
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    He was originally zoned to North Melbourne but they were not interested in him, so when he turned 18, he became a free-agent and headed off to the Bulldogs. He suffered an injury to his knee or thigh that kept him out for all of 1993. When he came back he was as good as ever but always wore protective thigh strapping from then onwards. He had good tap skills and could take a high mark in defence.

 

  
    Scott Wynd was winning the 'hard-ball gets'. He topped the AFL competition. This must have irked the AFL hierarchy who must have believed that rovers and midfielders are supposed to win that category.  So they changed the rules on him. They brought in three new rules to dampen Wynd's skills. 1. to penalise players who are caught after grabbing the ball directly from the ruck. 2. penalising thumping the ball straight over the boundary line after a throw-in or bounce. 3. crossing the line at centre bounces to block their opponent. Wynd was the master of these skills.    
 		  
    When the Bulldogs went to play at Colonial Stadium Scott complained that his recovery time was always longer, blaming it on the surface. He seemed to retire earlier than he should have and maybe there was another year left in him. For example in round 20 2000 against Collingwood he got 41 hit outs, and that was only 4 weeks before his retirement.  
         
     He joined the coaching staff at the Bulldogs and continues to be a valuable contributor. .  
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