Taylor Hunt
Encyclopedia
Taylor Hunt is an Australian rules football
er for the Geelong Football Club
in the Australian Football League
(AFL).
. He had previously been playing with the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup
. He was named as an emergency on two occasions in 2009, but failed to make his debut. He made his AFL debut in Round 11, 2010 against the West Coast Eagles
at Subiaco Oval
. He also kicked a goal that was nominated for goal of the week against West Coast in that game. Hunt went on to play six more games in the 2010 season, establishing his skills and showing enormous potential.
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).
AFL career
Hunt was selected by Geelong with the 49th pick in the 2008 AFL Draft2008 AFL Draft
The 2008 AFL Draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2008/09 Australian Football League off-season. These were Trade Week , the National Draft , the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft...
. He had previously been playing with the Sandringham Dragons 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....
. He was named as an emergency on two occasions in 2009, but failed to make his debut. He made his AFL debut in Round 11, 2010 against the West Coast Eagles
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
at Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
. He also kicked a goal that was nominated for goal of the week against West Coast in that game. Hunt went on to play six more games in the 2010 season, establishing his skills and showing enormous potential.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 2009 AFL season -Round 1 :-Round 2:-Round 3 :-Round 4:-Round 5 :-Round 6:-Round 7:-Round 8:-Round 9 :-Round 10:... |
38 | |||||||||
| 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... |
Geelong | 38 | 107 (15.3) | 63 (9.0) | 44 (6.3) | 28 (4.0) | 14 (2.0) | (0.1) | (0.3) | |
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 185 (14.2) | 103 (7.9) | 82 (6.3) | 37 (2.8) | 32 (2.5) | (0.1) | (0.2) |
| Career totals | 20 | 292 (14.6) | 166 (8.3) | 126 (6.3) | 65 (3.2) | 46 (2.3) | 2 (0.1) | 4 (0.2) | ||
External links
- Taylor Hunt's profile on the Official AFL Website of the Geelong Football Club