Former premiership Tiger Jacob Townsend is set to run out for his fourth AFL club after the Gold Coast Suns delivered the forward a lifeline.<\/p>\n
The former Giant, Tiger and Bomber was delisted by Essendon last month but is now a Sun after Gold Coast nabbed him with pick five at the rookie draft.<\/p>\n
After being drafted to Greater Western Sydney at the 2011 national draft, Townsend played 28 games with the Giants, 20 with Richmond and 12 with Essendon in season 2020.<\/p>\n
The New South Welshman was a member of the Tigers' 2017 premiership team that defeated Adelaide by 48 points in the grand final.<\/p>\n
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Townsend said he was eager to begin life as a Sun.<\/p>\n
"I'm really looking forward to getting here and meeting all the boys, and hopefully I'm here for a long time," Townsend said.<\/p>\n
"There's a couple of boys up here who I already know, which will make it a bit easier, so I'm looking forward to that.<\/p>\n
"This list is a pretty young list so I'm looking forward to coming in and trying to show them a few things that I've learnt over the years both on and off field."<\/p>\n
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