Kyle Cheney is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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. Taken by the Melbourne Demons with the 53rd selection in the 2007 AFL National Draft, Cheney plays as a medium defender. He was recruited from North Ballarat, finishing second in their 2007 best and fairest count. Cheney debuted in the first round of the 2009 season.

Cheney was traded to Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

 in 2010 for a third round draft pick. He played his last Melbourne game in an exhibition match against Brisbane Lions

Brisbane Lions

The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...

 after being traded. Melbourne won by five points.

In his first at season at Hawthorn he played in eight games and kicked his first goal in the AFL against Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

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