Will Slade is a former 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

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 (AFL).

Early career

In round 19, 2002, Will debuted for the Geelong Football Club after missing senior selection in his first year due to injury. Will then managed only 11 games between 2002 and 2005 due to chronic osteitis pubis

Osteitis pubis

Since 1924, osteitis pubis has been known as a noninfectious inflammation of the pubis symphysis causing varying degrees of lower abdominal and pelvic pain. Osteitis pubis was first described in patients who had undergone suprapubic surgery and remains a well-known complication of invasive...

.

Will was delisted and redrafted in 2005/2006, playing the first seven games of the season and having a big impact in the 2006 NAB night grand final. The win was the Geelong Football Club's first premiership since the 1963 grand final.

Will was delisted again at the end of the 2006 season, and despite training with Hawthorn prior to the pre-season draft, was not selected.

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