{"id":7614,"date":"2020-12-09T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T10:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=7614"},"modified":"2020-12-09T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T13:41:04","slug":"top-picks-emotional-reaction-to-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=7614","title":{"rendered":"Top pick's emotional reaction to selection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prodigious key forward Jamarra Ugle-Hagan has opened up on the "unreal experience" of being snapped up with pick one at the AFL draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Adelaide opted for the young gun with the opening selection of the night, the Western Bulldogs snatched him from their grasp through the academy bidding system.<\/p>\n

It didn't surprise anyone as Ugle-Hagan had long been touted as clearly the best player of the 2020 draft pool<\/a>, so much so he's been compared to superstar Sydney Swans forward Lance Franklin.<\/p>\n

Ugle-Hagan was stoked to realise his AFL dream.<\/p>\n

\"Jamarra<\/p>\n

"It meant I lot. I haven't seen my dad cry, so obviously coming from him it means a lot of emotion around the whole room," Ugle-Hagan told Fox Footy.<\/p>\n

"It's just an unreal experience."<\/p>\n

Bulldogs great Brad Johnson spoke glowingly of the top draftee.<\/p>\n

"His highlights say it all," he said.<\/p>\n

"He's got great speed and athleticism and he will be a gun player in the competition for a very long time."<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/westernbulldogs\/status\/1336595355572441088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n

Ugle-Hagan grew up in Framlingham, a small country town almost 250 kilometres south-west of Melbourne.<\/p>\n

He played his junior footy with South Warrnambool, the Oakleigh Chargers and Vic Country.<\/p>\n

In season 2021 he will give the Bulldogs another tall target inside 50 alongside Aaron Naughton and Josh Bruce.<\/p>\n

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