Football career

After amassing an impressive 75 games and winning the 1993 Premiership with Woodville-West Torrens in the SANFL, Tape moved to Richmond in 1994 after initially being selected with pick #28 in the 1992 AFL Draft

1992 AFL Draft

The 1992 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...

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Tape enjoyed a highly-promising first three seasons with the Tigers, playing in 67 out of a possible 69 games while being rewarded with an AFL Rising Star nomination and sharing Richmond's best first year player award with fellow South Australian rookie Matthew Rogers

Matthew Rogers (Australian rules footballer)

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, as well as State of Origin representation. However Tape began struggling with injury in following years, so much so that he managed just 8 more games for Richmond before being traded to Collingwood with teammate Bradley J. Smith

Bradley J. Smith

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 in exchange for the Magpies' Aaron James

Aaron James (footballer)

Aaron James is an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood, Richmond and the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League ....

 and pick #71 in the 1997 AFL Draft

1997 AFL Draft

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His AFL career ended in 1999 following a further 16 games with Collingwood, after which he returned to the SANFL with Woodville-West Torrens.

Battle with illness and death

After having only just overcome a 10-month battle with Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Hodgkin's lymphoma

Hodgkin's lymphoma, previously known as Hodgkin's disease, is a type of lymphoma, which is a cancer originating from white blood cells called lymphocytes...

, Tape died soon after a suspected brain aneurysm while at the wheel of his car not far from his home on the evening of 3 January 2003.

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