THE WESTERN Bulldogs' rich recent history of father-son recruits could well continue with club Hall of Famer Scott West's son Rhylee impressing at the NAB AFL Under-16 Championships on the Gold Coast.
Like his seven-time Bulldogs' best and fairest winning father, Rhylee knows how to find the footy and registered 20 disposals, nine tackles and a goal in Vic Metro's 16-point loss to South Australia.
AFL national talent manager Kevin Sheehen was bullish in his assessment of the midfielder.
"He was just tough, hard with very quick hands and tackled very strongly," Sheehan told AFL.com.au.
"He impressed with his attack on the ball and his use of the footy."
West still has another two years in the underage football ranks, and won’t be eligible to be drafted until 2018.
The Dogs already have sons of guns Tom Liberatore, Mitch Wallis, Lachie Hunter and Zaine Cordy in their ranks and are a strong chance to add Jose Romero's son Michael to its list at November's draft after the 17-year-old lined-up in the last two matches for Footscray in the VFL recently.
There were several other potential future father-son prospects running around at Metricon Stadium on Monday with Oscar Brownless (Billy, Geelong), Kye Dunkley (Andrew, Sydney) and Joel Crocker (Darren, North Melbourne) all catching the eye.
Sam Stynes, who is the nephew of the late Melbourne legend Jim Stynes, was named amongst Vic Metro's best, but he doesn't qualify as a father-son recruit because his father Brian only played two games with the Demons.
Western Australia was led to a 42-point victory over Vic Country by Ian Hill, who is the cousin of Fremantle's Stephen and Hawthorn's Brad.
The exciting playmaker finished with 4.3 from 13 touches.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA 15.8 (98)
VIC METRO 11.16 (82)
GOALS
South Australia: Woodcock 2, Whitbread 2, Carney 2, Munn 2, Wilkinson, Rozee, Lewis, Hately, Lochowiak, Valente, Martin
Vic Metro: M.King 3, Butters 2, West, Golds, Gillard, Taylor, O.King, Murphy
BEST
South Australia: Lukosius, Munn, Rozee, Woodcock, Valente, Lewis, Lochowiak
Vic Metro: Butters, Skidmore, Taylor, Stynes, B.King, M.King
WESTERN AUSTRALIA 13.15 (93)
VIC COUNTRY 7.9 (51)
GOALS
Western Australia: Hill 4, Stack 3, Medhat 2, Fazioli, Willcocks, Smallwood, Moore
Vic Country: Garoni 3, Chatfield 2, Hill, Barzen
BEST
Western Australia: Morgan, Hill, Miller, Smallwood, Stack
Vic Country: Garoni, Atley, Caldwell, Reid, Berry, Mosquito
