A keen young Essendon fan has had his dream come true after a hilarious Auskick interview went viral.
Archie Stockdale appeared on 7AFL’s footy coverage as the latest nominee for the 2022 AFL Auskicker of the Year award.
Watch the interview in the video above
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With a $5000 prize on offer, the seven-year-old shared his desire to meet his favourite Bombers player – namesake Archie Perkins.
“I’ll probably end up meeting him if I get $5000,” young Archie told McLachlan.
“I’ll probably do a one-on-one training session, I could ask for that. Maybe go to a few AFL games too.”
McLachlan quickly put forward a proposal.
“Let me try and get you to meet Archie Perkins without spending any money. Should I do that?” he said.
Archie replied: “If it’s not too much trouble, yes, please.”
“I don’t think it will be, we’ll get you out to a training session,” McLachlan said.
Archie didn’t have to wait long.
The Auskicker, who is distantly related to Essendon’s 1923 Coleman medallist Greg Stockdale, made his way out to the Hangar at Tullamarine on Wednesday.
Wearing his full Essendon kit – right down to the socks – and a beaming smile, Archie shared a meeting with Perkins and spoke to tall forward Peter Wright.
He was also given the honour of leading the team out on their warm-up lap.
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Archie’s Auskick interview was rated by McLachlan as one of the best he had conducted, after the boy left the host in stitches with a story about his identical twin sisters Chloe and Imogen.
“Once at school Chloe’s girlfriend told Imogen ‘we should probably break up because we’re a little too young’,” Archie said.
“But it was the wrong twin!”
Watch the full cheeky interview in the video at the top of the page
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