Nathan Vardy is an Australian rules football

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...

er for the Geelong Football Club

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...

 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). Vardy is a mobile ruckman at 1.98 metres (6.5 ft) tall and weighing 94 kilograms (207.2 lb).

AFL career

Vardy was drafted by the Geelong Football Club

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...

 with their fourth selection, and was the forty-second overall draft pick in the 2009 AFL Draft

2009 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...

. He is a mobile ruckman with good skills and a fierce competitive drive. Vardy played four games for Vic Country at the 2009 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships and finished equal fourth overall for hit-outs to advantage (13) and fifth for total hit-outs (59). He was selected to make his debut for the Geelong Football Club in Round 9 2011 against the Carlton Blues.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of 2011 season. Averages are in brackets.

Season	Team	#	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....	Tackles Tackle (football move) Most forms of football have a move known as a tackle. The primary purposes of tackling is to disposses an opponent of the ball, to stop the player from gaining ground towards goal or to stop them from carrying out what they intend....	Goals	Behinds
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...		36
2011 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...	Geelong	36		62 (6.9)	29 (3.2)	33 (3.7)	20 (2.2)	18 (2.0)	(0.7)	(0.7)
Career totals			9	62 (6.9)	29 (3.2)	33 (3.7)	20 (2.2)	18 (2.0)	6 (0.7)	6 (0.7)

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