Another son of Rugby League destined for the AFL

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With Brandon Jack about to make his debut for the Swans today it seems he and his Brother are just the tip of the iceberg!

League star Tony Tatupu's son soars in AFL
Last updated 05:00 05/05/2013

CHRIS BARCLAY

With a Sherrin wedged under his right bicep and sporting Hawthorn's team colours, Shem Tatupu, a year 13 student at St Peters College in Mt Eden, Auckland, sets off on a primary school visit in Melbourne - an exercise in winning young hearts and minds.

Not that the kids need converting to Aussie Rules, it's just their allegiance might be still secured by the Kiwi wearing the incongruous tan and yellow colour scheme synonymous with the Hawks, one of the city's many iconic footy clubs.

The strapping Aucklander is no Lance "Buddy" Franklin yet, but the 17-year-old who once aspired to be like Dad and play in the NRL, was still looked up to in awe by the grade three and four boys and girls at St Paul's Primary School in Monbulk before he moved on to a clinic at Cockatoo Junior Football Club in Gembrook.

Tatupu certainly appreciates the value of the Australian Football League - and its 18 clubs - encouraging, even indoctrinating, the young and impressionable to play the country's winter code.
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