Name

Bardsley began his sporting career known as Kristian Anning, changing his name after transferring from North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...

 to St Kilda.

Playing career

Bardsley joined North Melbourne before the 1992 AFL season

1992 AFL season

Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1992. The AFL Grand Final this year was won by the West Coast Eagles, who became the first non-Victorian club to win a Premiership.-Ladder:...

, making his debut against Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 in Round 2. He played three matches for the Kangaroos for the season. He had to wait until Round 16 of the 1993 AFL season

1993 AFL season

-Ladder:All teams played 20 games during the home and away season, for a total of 165. Each team also had two byes. An additional 7 games were played during the finals series.-Awards:*The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Gavin Wanganeen of ....

 to play again, the first of two matches for the season. At the end of the season he was delisted by North Melbourne.

Bardsley was selection number 34 in the 1994 AFL Pre-season draft

1993 AFL Draft

The 1993 AFL Draft consisted of a mid-season draft, a national draft at the end of the season and a Pre-season draft, held before the 1994 AFL season....

 by St Kilda. He found success early with the Saints, playing 15 matches during the 1994 AFL season

1994 AFL season

-Ladder:All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 165. An additional 9 games were played during the finals series. It was the first season that the AFL implemented a top 8 team finals series...

. He followed this up in 1995

1995 AFL season

Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1995.-Round 1:-Round 2:-Round 3:-Round 4:*This was the first ANZAC Day clash held between Collingwood and Essendon which famously ended in a draw.-Round 5:-Round 6:...

 with 16 games and 18 in 1996

1996 AFL season

Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1996.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-Lighting Premiership:...

.

During a match in 1996 against Geelong

Geelong Football Club

The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...

 Bardsley was struck by Gary Ablett on the jaw, leaving a wound that required 18 stitches. Despite the severity of the injury, Bardsley returned to action two weeks later.

Due to injury and form he was only able to play three matches in 1997

1997 AFL season

Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1997.The Port Adelaide Power joined the competition.The Brisbane Lions also joined the competition after the merger of the and ....

 and one match in 1998 before being delisted at the end of the season.

In 1999 he played for Springvale

Casey Scorpions

The Casey Scorpions Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the Victorian Football League . The club was founded in 1903 as the Springvale Football Club and played under the name Springvale. In its history it has won 21 premierships...

 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...

. He played in their premiership-winning team, however he was knocked unconscious early in the grand final.

He later played four seasons while coaching Scoresby before retiring in 2006.

Coaching career

From 2003 Bardsley coached Scoresby in the Eastern Football League

Eastern Football League (Australia)

The Eastern Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne....

, winning the Division Two premiership in 2006.

Bardsley moved to EFL team Under 10 Coach Rowville

Rowville Football Club

Rowville Football Club is an Australian rules football club from the Melbourne suburb of Rowville, Victoria. The club was founded in 1964 and currently plays in Division 2 of the Eastern Football League . The club played in its first finals game against Mooroolbark in 1967...

before the 2010 season.

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