The O and M lost five games this year, due to COVID, robbing the defender of the chance to pass league Hall of Famers Dennis Sandral and Darrell Spencer.

The dynamic duo boast 333 games with the Roos, with the defender a game behind.

Kuschert was quizzed if he would now play next year.

"I'm going to have to, aren't I at this stage?," he quipped.

"It's one of those things, you don't want to break it, but it would be nice to have that record.

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"I did say to my old man (Trevor) before he passed away that was the plan, he held the record out at Burraja, I'd like to have that title to my name as well."

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However, Kuschert added he won't commit to playing and breaking the record next year yet due to family, work and the time commitments required to play O and M.

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