Ben Holland
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| Original team(s) | North Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) | ||
| Debut | Round 3, April 13, 1996, Richmond vs. Brisbane Bears, at Gabba | ||
| Height / weight | 198cm / 100kg | ||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Ben Holland (born May 10, 1977) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
A South Australian, Holland was drafted in 1994 to the Fitzroy Football Club, but did not play a game in the 1995 season.
He was then traded for picks 16 and 32 to the Richmond Football Club, where he was used as a ruck/forward.
At the Demons, Holland wears guernsey number 4 and is a tall and strong utility player who has been used as a tall forward option alongside David Neitz.
His physical strength has seen him also play in key backline positions, filling in the seniors side in between stints as a reserves player at the Sandringham Football Club in the Victorian Football League. He has played more games and had a more consistent career than his highly paid and much maligned brother, Nick.
Legal action vs. Clinton Casey
On April 4, 2008 it was announced first from The AFL Footy Show and then by various media outlets that Holland would be taking legal action against former Richmond F.C. president Clinton Casey after not receiving a series of verbal promises made to him to urge him to turn down Adelaide's more lucrative offer.
The offer was said to be covering the margin between the two offers; Richmond's $800,000 offer over three years and Adelaide's $1.33 million offer over three years. The base salary was paid however, the following was not:
- Priority access to a $180,000 block of land at a Sandhurst development that he could re-sell for a large profit when it came up for public sale.
- A parcel of shares in a company developing a credit card insurance product that was expected to increase the market price of the company's shares on its release.
- Podiatry work would be made available for him at various aged-care facilities in which Casey was involved.
There were also some other business ventures that Casey was involved in available to him.[1][2][3]
There is a possibility that Richmond will exceed the salary cap as result of this and may face severe consequences including the possibility of losing draft picks in the future.[1]
On April 4, the AFL announced they would be talking to all parties involved about the issue as well as the legal confrontation that was to follow.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Round 3 Preview". The Footy Show. Season 15. Episode 4. 2008-04-03.
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External links
- Ben Holland's profile on the official website of the Melbourne Football Club
- Ben Holland's playing statistics from AFL Tables