14 Joel Selwood

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Details
Number	14
Height	182cm
Weight	86kg
DOB	26-05-1988
Debut	2007

Games		Goals
2009	25	2009	11
Career	114	Career	48

Dreamteam Points
2009	2512

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• Vs. opponents
• History
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Outlook
His star continued to shine and his fifth season with the Cats netted him his third premiership medal, a remarkable effort for a 23-year-old. His fearless attack on the ball was again highlighted in the Grand Final where he finished second in the Norm Smith Medal, polling votes from all five judges. A four-game suspension was the only blemish on an otherwise outstanding season.

SEASON BY SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

2011

• Another brilliant season capped with third premiership
• Was runner up in Norm Smith medal voting
• Had 28 possessions, two goals and seven tackles in GF
• Was vice captain for first time
• Played 20 games including all three finals
• Had 20+ disposals in 18 of 20 games (had 19 vs Haw in rd 12; 7 vs St K in rd 1 when knocked out in 1st qtr)
• Set a new career high with 43 disposals vs Melbourne in rd 19
• Also new best with three goals vs GC in rd 20
• Named among All Australian nominees
• Played 100th game in rd 8 win over Collingwood
• Equaled career best with 11 tackles in rd 19 vs Melb and rd 24 vs Coll
• Ranked 15th in the AFL in tackles
• Was equal first for Geelong with 114 inside 50s
• Polled 17 Brownlow votes
• Kicked 15 goals, highest total in his career

2010

• Capped brilliant season by winning first best & fairest
• Also finished fourth in Brownlow and was again named All Australian
• Gathered over 20 possessions in 21 of 24 games
• Also had 11 games with 30+ possessions
• Polled Brownlow votes in his final eight games (rd 14-21)
• Had a six game streak (rd 13-18) with over 30 possessions, incl 41 against Brisbane
• Had a career high 29 handballs in rd 6 win over Richmond
• Finished 8th in AFL with 677 disposals, 3rd in handballs with 388and 13th with 126 tackles
• His 388 handballs are 10th most in AFL history

2009

• Played in second premiership team and third GF in his third AFL season
• One of only two players to play every game (Enright the other)
• Named as a member of Cats leadership group
• Set career highs in every category
• Gathered 25+ possessions in 17 games and 30+ in 11 games
• Set new career high with 42 disposals vs. Hawthorn in rd 17
• Had 10+ handballs in 24 of 25 games
• Twice had 11 tackles twice
• 50th game came in rd 5 win over Lions
• Received 16 Brownlow votes
• Earned All Australian honours for the first time
• Ranked 4th in AFL with 687 possessions
  
• His 386 handballs were 4th most in AFL and 12th most in history
  
• Ranked 12th in AFL in tackles with 118 and 1st in free kicks with 59
• Named as most courageous player by the AFLPA
• Member of NAB Cup winning team
• Won Michael Tuck medal as best on ground in NAB Cup GF

2008

• Second season eclipsed brilliant first campaign
• Had the 8th most disposals in the AFL with 607, and the 6th most handballs with 324
• Played in 24 games (22-2) including his second straight AFL grand final
• Had at least 20 disposals in 21 games
• Picked up 29 disposals on grand final day
• Career best 37 possessions came in rd 14 vs. Crows
• Received 19 Brownlow votes to finished 5th overall
• Finished 5th in Cats best & fairest
• Was a nominee for All Australian selection
• Played for Victoria in AFL’s hall of fame game

2007

• Capped a brilliant debut season as a member of Cats drought breaking grand final win
• Awarded Ron Evans medal as the AFL’s rising star
• Named Geelong’s best first year player
• Played 21 games (19-2) and averaged just under 20 possessions per game
• Made debut in opening round against Bulldogs

2006

• Limited to just three TAC Cup games with Bendigo due to knee injury

2005

• Earned All Australian U18 honours at national championship playing with Victoria Country
• Played for Australia vs. Ireland in U17 international rules series, winning Barassi medal as best player

At a Glance

• Junior Clubs: Sandhurst
• Clubs: Geelong
• Debut: 2007
• Recruited from: Bendigo U18
• AFL Awards: See awards section
• Club Awards: See awards section
• Brownlow Votes: 75

Disposals	Marks	Stoppages	Frees	General play	Scoring
K H D	M	HO	FF FA	T	G B
CP UP DE% Clg	CM m50	CL i50 r50		1% BO DT GT%	G% GA

Rd

Opponent

Result

K

H

D

M

HO

FF

FA

T

G

B

CP

UP

DE%

Clg

CM

m50

CL

i50

r50

1%

BO

DT

GT%

G%

GA

1

Hawthorn

W 103 - 111

15

10

25

5

0

5

6

5

0

2

9

18

68.00

8

0

0

3

3

2

2

0

89

72

0.00

1

Week 1

Western Bulldogs

W 96 - 82

6

12

18

3

0

2

4

1

0

0

5

13

66.67

6

0

0

2

3

0

1

1

45

71

0.00

0

2

Richmond

W 105 - 85

11

11

22

4

0

2

0

4

0

0

7

15

68.18

2

1

0

4

3

2

1

0

85

78

0.00

0

3

Collingwood

W 122 - 95

13

13

26

4

0

2

1

4

0

1

7

18

76.92

1

0

0

3

4

0

2

1

93

90

0.00

0

Week 3

Collingwood

W 120 - 47

15

14

29

9

0

1

1

4

0

0

6

23

75.86

2

2

0

3

4

1

2

0

114

80

0.00

1

Week 4

St Kilda

W 68 - 80

8

16

24

4

1

1

2

3

1

1

13

11

45.83

6

0

1

5

2

2

2

0

83

79

50.00

0

4

Adelaide

W 86 - 134

11

21

32

2

0

1

0

4

1

0

10

23

71.88

0

0

0

4

2

2

3

1

104

78

100.00

0

5

Brisbane Lions

W 126 - 33

12

19

31

2

0

1

1

3

0

0

14

16

70.97

1

0

0

4

5

1

2

0

90

88

0.00

1

6

Melbourne

W 68 - 111

12

22

34

5

0

1

1

3

0

0

15

19

82.35

1

1

0

4

4

2

1

0

105

88

0.00

0

7

Sydney Swans

W 116 - 65

18

16

34

6

0

4

0

4

0

0

12

23

73.53

0

0

0

4

4

4

2

3

124

83

0.00

0

8

North Melbourne

W 119 - 49

13

18

31

2

0

4

0

5

0

0

9

23

80.65

1

0

0

5

3

2

2

2

105

84

0.00

0

9

Western Bulldogs

W 116 - 114

16

16

32

4

0

2

1

3

1

1

9

24

84.38

2

0

0

4

5

0

1

0

110

87

50.00

2

10

Essendon

W 70 - 134

15

22

37

7

0

1

0

3

2

0

14

24

83.78

1

0

0

8

3

0

3

1

135

83

100.00

0

11

West Coast Eagles

W 77 - 99

10

16

26

5

0

3

2

3

0

0

9

18

88.46

2

0

0

4

5

2

4

1

86

84

0.00

3

12

Fremantle

W 75 - 94

6

13

19

1

0

4

3

3

0

1

11

9

84.21

3

0

0

3

1

1

1

0

55

82

0.00

0

13

Port Adelaide

W 122 - 88

5

13

18

3

0

4

1

3

0

0

9

10

66.67

2

0

0

2

3

1

3

0

63

87

0.00

0

14

St Kilda

L 91 - 85

12

18

30

3

0

2

1

7

1

0

14

15

63.33

3

0

0

6

4

2

2

0

114

86

100.00

0

15

Brisbane Lions

L 108 - 65

12

7

19

2

0

2

1

7

0

1

8

11

63.16

3

1

1

2

2

0

1

0

84

83

0.00

0

16

Melbourne

W 117 - 71

15

16

31

3

1

2

0

9

1

0

14

17

80.65

0

1

0

6

9

0

1

1

131

81

100.00

1

17

Hawthorn

W 99 - 98

19

23

42

10

2

6

2

11

1

0

15

29

76.19

5

0

1

9

3

4

0

0

185

91

100.00

1

18

Adelaide

W 93 - 91

10

16

26

5

1

2

2

6

1

0

12

15

80.77

4

1

1

4

1

2

1

0

104

86

100.00

0

19

Carlton

L 97 - 62

16

12

28

4

0

3

1

11

0

0

8

20

64.29

3

0

0

2

4

2

3

1

128

86

0.00

0

20

Sydney Swans

W 87 - 92

8

11

19

3

0

2

2

3

1

0

8

11

57.89

3

0

0

3

3

0

1

1

69

88

100.00

1

21

Western Bulldogs

L 110 - 96

13

20

33

9

0

1

2

7

1

1

12

24

72.73

3

0

1

2

3

2

2

1

136

85

50.00

2

22

Fremantle

W 94 - 54

10

11

21

6

0

1

2

2

0

2

12

9

57.14

5

1

2

1

1

0

1

0

75

67

0.00

1

News

Ode to Joel

Gerard Whateley pays tribute to Cats star Joel Selwood who plays his 100th game on Friday.Friday, May 13, 2011 - 12:05PM

Selwood in good hands

The AFL is confident Geelong will not breach concussion rules by playing Joel Selwood against FremantleThursday, March 31, 2011 - 5:00PM

Selwood in the mix

Top Cat may travel west to play Fremantle after being knocked out last weekend against the SaintsTuesday, March 29, 2011 - 4:33PM

Finding his kicks

Cruising around the US with some mates was the perfect tonic for Joel Selwood. Now another new adventure is about to begin for the Cats new vice captain. Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 10:11AM

Selwood excited at new look

Geelong midfielder Joel Selwood will captain the Cats for the first time in their opening NAB Cup matches Wednesday, February 09, 2011 - 5:36PM

Video

Joel Selwood one on one

New Cats skipper Joel Selwood discusses the captaincyFriday, January 20, 2012 - 1:38PM

Have a Joely Christmas!

Joel Selwood wishes you a merry christmasTuesday, December 20, 2011 - 1:09PM

Kelly, Ling, Duncan Selwood on the win

Kelly, Ling, Duncan Selwood on the winSunday, October 02, 2011 - 10:44AM

GF memories: Joel Selwood

Joel Selwood reflects on his grand final memoriesMonday, September 05, 2011 - 4:12AM

Why I love footy (Rd20)

Tom Hawkins, Joel Selwood and Mathew Stokes tell us what they love about footy.Thursday, August 04, 2011 - 1:00AM

Joel Selwood year by year

Year	Club	Gms	Kicks	HB	Marks	Poss	Goals	Beh	Conv	HO	Tack	FF	FA	B'low	B+F
2007	GEEL	21	215	189	109	404	7	8	46.7%	0	95	36	20	2	16th
2008	GEEL	24	283	324	102	607	6	9	40.0%	2	78	63	21	19	5th
2009	GEEL	25	301	386	111	687	11	10	52.4%	5	118	59	36	16	4th
2010	GEEL	24	289	388	112	677	9	10	47.4%	8	126	53	24	21	1st
2011	GEEL	20	296	222	82	518	15	12	55.6%	13	125	60	26	17	6th
Totals		114	1384	1509	516	2893	48	49	49.5%	28	542	271	127	75
Best			20	29	10	43	3	3		3	11	7	6

AFL
Ron Evans Medal 2007
Michael Tuck medal 2009
All Australian 2009, 2010
All Australian nomine 2008, 2011
AFLPA most courageous player 2009

Geelong
Best and fairest 2010
Fourth best and fairest 2009
Fifth best and fairest 2008
Tom Harley award 2011
Best first year player 2007

Representative honours
Victoria vs Dream Team 2008
All-Australian U18 2005
Vic Country U18 2005
Barassi Medal 2005
International rules series vs. Ireland 2005

Premierships
AFL 2007 (Geelong dft Port Adelaide)
NAB Cup 2009 (Geelong dft. Collingwood)
AFL 2009 (Geelong dft. St Kilda)
AFL 2011 (Geelong dft. Collingwood)

Joel Selwood history vs. opponents 2007-2011

Opponent	Gms	Kicks	HB	Marks	Poss	Goals	Beh	HO	Tack	FF	FA
Adelaide	6	79	98	28	177	5	1	2	25	11	5
Brisbane	8	113	102	33	215	0	3	1	40	18	10
Carlton	6	77	64	29	141	2	4	0	40	11	4
Collingwood	11	138	121	51	259	4	6	4	63	32	17
Essendon	5	53	83	30	136	4	2	2	26	7	1
Fremantle	8	83	111	35	194	3	4	2	24	15	8
Gold Coast	2	33	27	11	60	5	0	0	10	4	3
Hawthorn	9	122	128	50	250	2	5	5	54	30	14
Melbourne	7	88	114	35	202	4	2	2	30	16	7
Nth Melb	7	87	97	26	184	2	2	0	38	16	9
Port Adel	7	67	93	32	160	0	4	1	24	27	5
Richmond	7	85	92	29	177	3	1	4	40	17	7
St Kilda	7	76	79	20	155	3	4	2	34	11	7
Sydney	9	114	105	34	219	1	5	2	38	30	8
West Coast	6	64	75	27	139	2	0	0	27	9	5
W- Bulldogs	9	105	120	46	225	8	6	1	29	17	17

Playing record (at end of 2011 season)

AFL

Geelong: 114 games, 48 goals

NAB Cup

Geelong: 9 games, 5 goals

VFL

Geelong: 2 games, 0 goals

TAC Cup
Bendigo Pioneers: 15 games, 9 goals

Milestone games

Milestone	versus	round	venue	result
AFL debut	Western Bulldogs	rd 1, 2007	Telstra	L 20
Finals debut	Nth Melbourne	QF, 2007	MCG	W 106
50th game	Brisbane	rd 5, 2009	Skilled	W 93
100th game	Collingwood	rd 8, 2011	MCG	W 3

Draft history
Selected by Geelong with 7th pick in 2006 national draft

Name: Joel Selwood
Sportsperson (other than AFL) you love watching the most: Blake Griffin
Coach’s pet: James Kelly
Favourite footy commentator: Dennis Cometti and Brian Taylor
Whose autograph did you get as a kid: Leigh Colbert
Describe your perfect day off: massage, feet up and a roast for dinner
Who inspires you: Tom Veale
Best advice received: live in the moment
What scares you most: snakes
If you weren’t a footballer, what would you like to be: a fireman
First job: life guard
The person you would most like to meet: Michael Jordan
Three things you would like to do after your footy career: travel, have kids and get my golf handicap down
Greatest non-football achievement: hole in one at golf
How would your best friend describe you: reliable
One thing you can’t eat: carrot
What domestic chore do you refuse to do: cleaning toilet
Which event would you prefer to attend – Olympics or World Cup: World Cup
Favourite Australian personality: Billy Brownless
iPhone, Blackberry or Android: iPhone
Best book read: Lance Armstrong’s autobiography
Favourite TV show: Entourage
Favourite band / musical artist: Washington
Favourite movie: The Hangover