Carter thrilled to join Eagles nest

WELCOME ABOARD: WA youngster Adam Carter was snared by West Coast at yesterday's National Draft. Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: PerthNow

ADAM Carter was effectively in solitary confinement; cooped up in what India called a hospital, in the middle of a "paddock" and with no contact to the outside world.

So, for the 180cm midfielder from South Fremantle and one of West Coast's latest recruits, meeting the new boss should be easy.

"It's a different experience and I'm looking forward to it," Carter said of his looming meeting this afternoon with coach John Worsfold.

"Obviously that (the India experience) wasn't something I was looking forward to."

Carter made a decision at about 16 years old to focus on football over a tilt at a cricket career, with stress fractures in his back from the rigours of batting and bowling a major factor in his decision.

But before that choice, he had travelled to the sub-continent with the under-16s Australian cricket side when he set off the airport body-heat monitors.

"I was pulled up at the airport, around the time of Swine Flu," he said.

"They had heat detectors; the team had walked through OK, but they got to me and I pulled up really hot, really red on the monitor.

"They pulled me aside and said, 'Look, we're going to have to take you for testing. We suspect you have Swine Flu'.

"I got separated from the team ... all my family and team couldn't speak to me and I was taken away in the middle of the night to this paddock, really, with what they called a hospital in it.

"I spent the next five days there in no air conditioning, no TV, no radio, no outside contact.

"It was a pretty eye-opening experience."

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Carter, pick No. 59, this morning fronted his first press conference as an Eagle alongside the club's other two selections from yesterday's AFL Draft; first pick at No. 45 and mobile Perth forward, the 192cm Brandt Colledge, and West Perth's Sandover Medal runner-up and reigning Falcons best and fairest winner, inside midfielder Mark Hutchings, who was taken third at No. 60.

It is Hutchings' second life with an AFL club, having been rookie listed by St Kilda in 2010, but the 21-year-old said he was a far different player this time around.

He said he was now more prepared for AFL life and that was no more evident than in his regime during yesterday's draft.

Instead of sitting by a TV, Hutchings went to work, running his personal training business as he always has and letting his work do the talking, refusing to take any expectations into the day.

"I didn't expect to get picked, but I didn't rule myself out and each year is a clean slate; (not getting picked up) last year wasn't going to deter me at all," Hutchings said.

"I was at work last night and between clients, I was checking my phone and it was blowing up.

"I thought, 'What's this?'

"They (the people messaging) were saying congratulations, but I didn't know what club it was, so I checked the website and saw my name at West Coast and I couldn't be happier.

"It was a sick moment and it was pretty hard to keep my mind on the job for the last couple of hours.

"This time, I'm a little bit more experienced, I know my game a little bit better, I know my footy, so I'm just really eager to make the most of it this time around."

West Coast's first selection, Colledge, said it was an overwhelming feeling to be drafted, particularly by a home club.

"I'd had a couple of talks with the Eagles, but the clubs keep their cards really close to their chest," Colledge said.

"There's a lot of young talent at the Eagles that will hopefully push for a premiership in the coming years, so hopefully I can learn from them and be a part of some success in the future.

"I think we'll get stuck in pretty quickly, so maybe Monday or some time next week."
 

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