“I wouldn’t envisage that he’d spend too much time at the football club.”

East Perth coach Tony Micale was spot on after watching an 18-year-old Chris Judd tear it up in his one-and-only WAFL appearance.

Drafted from Sandringham with pick three in the 2001 AFL national draft, Judd was unlucky to miss out on a round one debut for West Coast against cross-town rivals Fremantle.

Instead he was playing in a different derby, donning Royals colours in their opening-round clash against West Perth at Leederville Oval.

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He booted four majors from the midfield, collected possessions at will, burst through packs and side-stepped his Falcons opponents with ease in a sign that he was a class above.

His second goal was something special in front of nearly 4000 supporters, attacking the football hard before getting around several West Perth opponents and wheeling around onto his right boot.

East Perth kicked away after quarter-time to win the match by 76 points.

As for Judd, he was called up for his AFL debut for the Eagles against Collingwood at the MCG the following week and never looked back.

The dual Brownlow medallist went on to play 279 AFL matches - 134 for West Coast and 145 for Carlton - captained both clubs, won a Norm Smith Medal (2005) and a premiership (2006) at the Eagles and was a six-time All-Australian.