Lucas Herbert 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 Adelaide in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Herbert was a primarily a ruckman, but could also play as a key forward. Originally from Mount Gambier, he started his SANFL career at Glenelg but was with North Adelaide when he was picked up 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...

. Although Adelaide were premiers of the previous two years, Herbert was picked for the opening round of the season against the Western Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs

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 and had 10 disposals, 14 hit outs and a goal. He made a further 13 appearances in 1999 and finished the year with the second most hit outs at Adelaide, behind David Pittman

David Pittman

David Pittman is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Pittman debuted with the Adelaide Football Club in 1992, playing as a ruckman. He is sometimes remembered for an incident early in the 1997 season where coach Malcolm Blight labelled his effort "Pathetic" in...

, but would be delisted.

He continued playing for North Adelaide and then returned to Glenelg in 2004.