Recruitment

His career with the Essendon Football Club

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 began when he was drafted from Corowa-Rutherglen

Rutherglen

Rutherglen is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1975, it lost its own local council and administratively became a component of the City of Glasgow. In 1996 Rutherglen was reallocated to the South Lanarkshire council area.-History:...

 (the same place as Adam

Adam Houlihan

Adam L. Houlihan is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club and the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League...

, Josh, Damian

Damian Houlihan

Damian Houlihan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League .Houlihan was the first of a set of four brothers to be drafted to the AFL...

 and Ryan Houlihan

Ryan Houlihan

Ryan Houlihan is a former Australian rules footballer who played 12 seasons and 201 games for the Carlton Football Club from 2000 to 2011.-Background:...

) in the 1998 AFL Draft

1998 AFL Draft

The 1998 AFL Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.In 1998 there...

 at pick 25. He made his debut in 2000 and with his 194 cm, 99 kg frame, he had been touted as a promising key defender and ruckman

Ruckman (Australian rules football position)

In Australian rules football, a ruckman is typically a tall and athletic player who contests at centre bounces and stoppages . The ruckman is one of the most important players on the field...

.

Essendon career

Henneman played 58 games with the Essendon Football Club. He was injury stricken at Essendon, which meant he did not get as many games as he wanted. As well as this, Henneman only got into tribunal

AFL Tribunal

The AFL Tribunal is the disciplinary tribunal of the Australian Football League .-Points system:Source: AFL Tribunal 2011 Guidebook...

 trouble just once, when he was banned for two matches for striking Sydney

Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...

's Adam Schneider

Adam Schneider

Adam Schneider is an Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League...

during a match in 2005.

He was delisted at the end of 2006.

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