Darren Flanigan is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Geelong

Geelong Football Club

The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...

 and St Kilda in the VFL/AFL

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.

Flanigan came to Geelong from the Victorian town of Katamatite

Katamatite, Victoria

Katamatite is a rural township in Victoria, Australia about 46 kilometres north east of Shepparton. At the 2006 census, Katamatite had a population of 212....

 and during the early 1980s acted as their back up 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...

. He got more regular game time in 1985, the same year he was named in Victoria's interstate team. In 1989 he appeared in the VFL Grand Final, coming off the bench in the loss to Hawthorn. He finished his career with a season at St Kila in 1992.