Your jock-to-pollie formguide of athletes turned election candidates ahead of the 2013 Federal election

Rob Sutherland
News Limited Network
September 06, 201311:56AM

NO less than 12 athletes from sports as diverse as AFL, boxing, rugby, league, tennis, football, cricket and athletics will contest the Federal election on Saturday. Follow our jock-to-pollie formguide and check out their chances with political commentator Gemma Jones' verdict.

Follow our jock-to-pollie formguide and check out their chances with political commentator Gemma Jones' verdict.

Locky McCaffrey – Democratic Labour Party – Bennelong

LACHLAN 'Locky' McCaffrey is a rugby union backrower who has played for the Eastwood club since he was eight years old and also represented the Waratahs and Western Force at Super Rugby level. McCaffrey is standing for the Democratic Labour Party in the Sydney seat of Bennelong once famously held by former Prime Minister John Howard and now represented by another former sporting legend in John Alexander.

Gemma Jones' verdict: He will need to keep his day job. No chance.

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