A MAN of lesser character might have let being dropped as a premiership player and life member of his club get the better of him, but West Perth wingman Ray Bartholomew instead knuckled down to earn his position back and now he has a chance to help the Falcons to a second flag in three years.
The popular and hard-running 30-year-old has been a permanent member of the West Perth side ever since 2005, and has now played 185 matches, played in the 2013 premiership, played for Western Australia, been twice fairest and best runner-up and earned life membership.
However, Bill Monaghan hasn’t become the longest serving coach at West Perth in the club's history without making some tough decisions and Bartholomew found himself spending nine weeks in the reserves earlier this year despite the track record he has over the last decade.
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