New Richmond midfielder Anthony Miles left nothing to chance after being delisted by GWS at the end of the 2013 season.

Miles enlisted the help of dual Australian Olympic runner Pat Scammell, in a determined bid to revive his AFL career.

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The 21-year-old ‘ball-magnet’ threw himself into a rigorous training regime under the watchful eye of Scammell, who also represented Australia at four Commonwealth Games and two world championships, and is regarded as one of this nation’s best-ever middle-distance runners.

All that hard work was rewarded, when Miles was taken by the Tigers with their second pick (No. 50 overall) in last week’s Rookie Draft.

That prompted Scammell to place the following message on the GWS Facebook page:  “Great to see Anthony Miles picked up by a great club – go Tigers . . .”