Darren Jolly
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Darren Jolly is a professional Australian rules football
player currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club
in the Australian Football League
(AFL). Jolly has previously played for Melbourne
, the Sydney Swans
. He is best known as being the ruckman in Sydney's 2005 premiership
and Collingwood's 2010 premiership
.
After player for the North Ballarat Rebels
in the TAC Cup
, Jolly spent a year playing for the North Ballarat Football Club
in the Victorian Football League
(VFL) before being drafted by the Melbourne Football Club
in the 2001 Rookie Draft
.
.
in 2004
for pick 15 in the national draft. Along with Jason Ball, in 2005 he was an integral part of Sydney's ruck division and after the retirement of Ball, assumed the number one ruck role at Sydney.
During his time at the Swans Jolly only missed two games, stemming from a suspension following an incident against his old club . Jolly has not missed an AFL game since, but this run was cut in early 2011 due to an injury suffered in 2011 playing for Collingwood.
In the early hours of 29 September - one day before the Swans played in the 2006 AFL Grand Final
, Jolly's wife Deanne gave birth to the couple's first child, Scarlett, which brought relief to coach Paul Roos
, as Jolly had said he would not play in the Grand Final if his wife was to give birth on the day of the game.
. In 2010, Jolly performed very well to become Collingwood's number 1 ruckman and was named in the 40-man All-Australian team
squad, but did not make the final team.
Jolly first year at Collingwood mirrored to that of his first year at the Swans, in that he won a premiership in the first year of his stints at both Sydney and Collingwood. Prior to the Grand Final Jolly was the only premiership player in the Collingwood squad; he is now a dual premiership player.
Darren Jolly played his 200th AFL game in Round 19 of the 2011 AFL season
, against . Collingwood won by 74 points after at one stage trailing by up to five goals.
Jolly played a fourth AFL Grand Final in 2011, but, like his first two years at Sydney, was on the losing side in his second Grand Final with Collingwood.
.
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...
player currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(AFL). Jolly has previously played for Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
, the Sydney Swans
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
. He is best known as being the ruckman in Sydney's 2005 premiership
2005 AFL Grand Final
The 2005 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 2005. It was the 109th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to...
and Collingwood's 2010 premiership
2010 AFL Grand Final
The 2010 AFL Grand Final is either of two Australian rules football contests between the Collingwood Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club. Together they are considered the 114th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, and were staged to determine the...
.
Junior career
North Ballarat Rebels
The North Ballarat Rebels are an Australian rules football club which play in the TAC Cup, an under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia.North Ballarat is one of four regional clubs set up as part of a plan by the AFL to have clubs set in all regions of the state.This was to help aid in player...
in the TAC Cup
TAC Cup
The TAC Cup is an under 18 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria, Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing 12 Victorian regions....
, Jolly spent a year playing for the North Ballarat Football Club
North Ballarat Football Club
North Ballarat Football Club, nicknamed The Roosters, is an Australian rules football club based at Northern Oval in Ballarat. The club is locally known as the Roosters and plays in the Victorian Football League are current competition premiers and one of only four clubs based outside of Melbourne...
in the Victorian Football League
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...
(VFL) before being drafted by the Melbourne Football Club
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
in the 2001 Rookie Draft
2000 AFL Draft
The 2000 AFL Draft was the annual draft of talented Australian rules football players by teams that participate in the Australian Football League. It consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation....
.
Melbourne
He played 48 games over four seasons for Melbourne, mainly as an understudy to Jeff WhiteJeff White
Jeffrey Newman "Jeff" White is an Australian rules footballer who had a distinguished career in the Australian Football League spanning 14 years. He played most recently and notably for the Melbourne Football Club, following a move from the Fremantle Dockers at the end of 1997...
.
Sydney
The Demons traded Jolly to SydneySydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in 2004
2004 AFL Draft
The 2004 AFL Draft, concerning player acquisitions in the 2004/05 Australian Football League off-season, consisted of a trade period, a national draft, a pre-season draft, and the elevation of rookies...
for pick 15 in the national draft. Along with Jason Ball, in 2005 he was an integral part of Sydney's ruck division and after the retirement of Ball, assumed the number one ruck role at Sydney.
During his time at the Swans Jolly only missed two games, stemming from a suspension following an incident against his old club . Jolly has not missed an AFL game since, but this run was cut in early 2011 due to an injury suffered in 2011 playing for Collingwood.
In the early hours of 29 September - one day before the Swans played in the 2006 AFL Grand Final
2006 AFL Grand Final
The 2006 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 2006. It was the 110th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to...
, Jolly's wife Deanne gave birth to the couple's first child, Scarlett, which brought relief to coach Paul Roos
Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)
Paul Roos is a former Australian rules football player and coach in the VFL and Australian Football League.Playing the majority of his career with Fitzroy, Roos was one of the teams greats, captaining the side for a long time and was acknowledged as its best player for several seasons, being named...
, as Jolly had said he would not play in the Grand Final if his wife was to give birth on the day of the game.
Collingwood
At the end of the 2009 season, Jolly requested a trade be done so he could return to his native Victoria with his family. Many clubs expressed initial interest in securing a senior ruckman, with Collingwood satisfying Sydney's requirements, trading picks 14 and 46 in the 2009 AFL Draft2009 AFL Draft
The 2009 AFL Draft consists of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2009/10 Australian Football League off-season. These were the Trade Week , the National Draft , the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft .- Trades :In the lead up to the trade week many high profile players such as...
. In 2010, Jolly performed very well to become Collingwood's number 1 ruckman and was named in the 40-man All-Australian team
All-Australian Team
The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and a coach, of the best performed during the season....
squad, but did not make the final team.
Jolly first year at Collingwood mirrored to that of his first year at the Swans, in that he won a premiership in the first year of his stints at both Sydney and Collingwood. Prior to the Grand Final Jolly was the only premiership player in the Collingwood squad; he is now a dual premiership player.
Darren Jolly played his 200th AFL game in Round 19 of the 2011 AFL season
2011 AFL season
The 2011 Australian Football League season was the 115th season of the Australian rules football competition. It was the debut year for , and was scheduled to be the only season to be played with 17 teams...
, against . Collingwood won by 74 points after at one stage trailing by up to five goals.
Jolly played a fourth AFL Grand Final in 2011, but, like his first two years at Sydney, was on the losing side in his second Grand Final with Collingwood.
Statistics
Jolly holds the record of most hitouts in a game by a current AFL player, amassing 53 against Collingwood on June 20, 2009. He beat his previous record of 49 and overall is ranked second since statistics have been kept (1987), one hitout behind Matthew BurtonMatthew Burton
Matthew "Spider" Burton was an Australian rules footballer. He played as a ruckman and began his Football career at Subiaco. "Spider" Burton, as he's commonly known, because of his towering 210 cm frame, was formerly the AFL's tallest player Matthew "Spider" Burton (born 19 May 1970) was an...
.
- Statistics are correct as of 3 August 2010 (Round 18, 2010 season), Averages are in brackets.
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Disposals | Kicks Kick (football) Kicking is a method used by many types of football, including:* Association football* Australian rules football* International rules football* American football* Canadian football* Gaelic football* Rugby league* Rugby union... |
Handballs Handball (Australian rules football) Handball is a term in the sport of Australian rules football which describes a method of disposing of possession of the football by hand. It is the most frequently used alternative to kicking the ball... |
Marks Mark (Australian football) A mark is a skill in Australian rules football where a player cleanly catches a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres without anyone else touching it or the ball hitting the ground.... |
Hitouts Ruckman (Australian rules football position) In Australian rules football, a ruckman is typically a tall and athletic player who contests at centre bounces and stoppages . The ruckman is one of the most important players on the field... |
Goals | Behinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 2001 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2001.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:Port Adelaide defeated Brisbane Lions 17.9 to 3.8 in the Final.... |
Melbourne | 41 | 4 | 10 (2.5) | 5 (1.2) | 5 (1.2) | 2 (0.5) | 14 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) |
| 2002 2002 AFL season -Round 2:-Round 3:-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Ladder:All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176... |
11 | 18 | 85 (4.7) | 46 (2.6) | 39 (2.2) | 27 (1.5) | 100 (5.6) | 7 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | |
| 2003 2003 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2003.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:... |
19 | 138 (7.3) | 72 (3.8) | 66 (3.5) | 47 (2.5) | 260 (13.7) | 4 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| 2004 2004 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2004.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-Wizard Home Loans Cup:The Wizard Home Loans Cup Final saw St... |
7 | 24 (3.4) | 16 (2.3) | 8 (1.1) | 11 (1.6) | 44 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| 2005 2005 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2005.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:... |
Sydney | 16 | 24 | 185 (7.7) | 110 (4.6) | 75 (3.1) | 64 (2.7) | 442 (18.4) | 10 (0.4) | 4 (0.2) |
| 2006 2006 AFL season Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2006.-National Cup: 3.10.5 defeated 1.10.15 in the 2006 NAB Cup Final... |
25 | 209 (8.4) | 141 (5.7) | 68 (2.7) | 55 (2.2) | 605 (24.2) | 2 (0.1) | 5 (0.2) | ||
| 2007 2007 AFL season The 2007 AFL Season was the 111th season of the Australian Football League, the highest-level professional Australian rules football league in Australia... |
23 | 227 (9.9) | 162 (7.0) | 65 (2.8) | 95 (4.1) | 458 (19.9) | 16 (0.7) | 7 (0.3) | ||
| 2008 2008 AFL season -Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5:-Round 6 :-Round 7:-AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match:-Round 8:... |
24 | 271 (11.3) | 160 (6.7) | 111 (4.6) | 105 (4.4) | 543 (22.6) | 15 (0.6) | 11 (0.5) | ||
| 2009 2009 AFL season -Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Round 6:-Round 7:-Round 8:-Round 9 :-Round 10:... |
22 | 261 (11.9) | 134 (6.1) | 127 (5.8) | 92 (4.2) | 682 (31.0) | 16 (0.7) | 12 (0.5) | ||
| 2010 2010 AFL season -Premiership season:The draw for the 2010 AFL Premiership Season is not a random selection of matches, but rather is planned by the AFL. It is intended to produce a balanced draw while also providing the fans and television networks with blockbuster games. In a competition with 16 teams and 22... |
Collingwood | 18 | 18 | 222 (12.3) | 117 (6.5) | 105 (5.8) | 90 (5.0) | 384 (21.3) | 16 (0.9) | 5 (0.3) |
| Totals | 184 | 1632 (8.9) | 963 (5.2) | 669 (3.7) | 588 (3.2) | 3532 (19.2) | 86 (0.5) | 46 (0.3) | ||