8 Josh Hunt

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Details
Number	8
Height	185cm
Weight	100kg
DOB	14-03-1982
Debut	2001

Games		Goals
2011	22	2011	4
Career	172	Career	22

Dreamteam Points
2011	1438

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• Yr-Yr Stats
• Awards
• Vs. opponents
• History
• Q & A

Outlook
After the disappointment of missing the 2009 premiership with a knee injury, Hunt turned in another solid season in defence to be part of the Cats’ 2011 flag-winning side. Played 22 of a possible 25 games and maintained his career average of 15 possessions a game. Was safe and reliable playing on opposition small forwards and again took most of the kick-in duties.

SEASON BY SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

2011

• Enjoyed excellent season, playing 22 games including all three finals
• Won his second premiership
• Played his 150th game in rd 4 vs Sydney
• Had over 300 disposals for the sixth time in his career
• Set a new career high with eight tackles vsEssendon in rd 15
• His 58 tackles for the season were a new career best
• Kicked four goals, equal most he has kicked in a season
• Had 20 disposals three times

2010

• Came back from ACL injury and had outstanding season
• Equaled career best season with 391 possessions
• Played 24 games including all three finals
• Kicked only goals of the season in rd 18 vs. Sydney
• Finished 12th in best & fairest – his equal best finish (2005)
• Had 15+ disposals in 17 games

2009

• Blew out his ACL in NAB Cup grand final and missed season
• Played in second NAB Cup premiership, beating Collingwood in GF
• Did some special comments work with K-rock during the season

2008

• Played 23 of 25 games including his second consecutive AFL grand final
• Had string of 45 straight games with double figure disposals snapped in rd 8, the only game he registered less than 10 possessions
• Had five games with 20 or more disposals
• 100th AFL game came in rd 1 win over Port Adelaide
• Played for Australia vs. Ireland in international rules series
  

2007

• Key member of Cats grand final winning line up
• Played 16 games and registered double figure possessions in all of them
• Played all three finals
  

2006

• Played all 22 games and registered double figure possessions in all of them
• Had a career best 30 disposals in rd 18 win over Lions at the Gabba
• Member of NAB Cup winning grand final team
  

2005

• Played 22 of 24 games, missing two due to appendectomy
• Played both finals games
• Named as Cats most improved player
• Registered double figure disposals in 21 games
• Had then career high 25 possessions in rd 3 vs. Melbourne
• Finished 12th in best & fairest
• Played 50th game in rd 11 vs. Collingwood
  

2004

• Established as key member of team, playing 24 of 25 games including all three finals
• Had back to back 21 disposal games in rd 10 & 11 vs. Port and Bulldogs
• Finals debut came against Power in qualifying final
• His 62 tackles remain a career best
• Polled first Brownlow vote of his career
• Played in Wizard Cup grand final against St Kilda
  

2003

• Played two senior games before season ended with stress fracture in leg
  

2002

• Played seven senior games (5-2)
• Kicked first AFL goal in rd 4 win over St Kilda
• Member of Cats VFL premiership winning team
  

2001

• Made AFL debut in rd 8 win over Freo as late replacement for Garry Hocking
• Played six senior games
• Finished 3rd in VFL best & fairest and named as Cats VFL best first year player
  

1998-2000

• Played with Bendigo in TAC Cup

At a Glance

• Junior Clubs: Mildura Imperials
• Clubs: Geelong
• Debut: 2001
• Recruited from: Bendigo U18
• AFL Awards: See awards section
• Club Awards: See awards section
• Brownlow Votes: 6

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

St Kilda

W 48 - 47

12

6

18

8

0

0

0

2

0

0

2

14

88.89

2

0

0

0

2

1

2

0

80

77

-

0

2

Fremantle

W 78 - 89

9

7

16

7

0

0

0

2

0

0

1

14

81.25

3

0

0

0

0

2

3

0

70

79

-

0

3

Port Adelaide

W 122 - 43

12

8

20

6

0

0

0

3

1

0

7

11

75.00

2

0

0

1

4

3

1

0

88

82

100.00

0

4

Sydney Swans

W 54 - 81

4

4

8

1

0

1

0

4

0

0

4

3

75.00

3

0

0

1

0

2

4

0

40

48

-

0

5

Hawthorn

W 98 - 117

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

North Melbourne

W 127 - 61

11

6

17

8

0

1

2

0

0

0

5

13

88.24

3

2

0

1

4

1

1

0

64

86

-

0

8

Collingwood

W 65 - 62

9

8

17

3

0

2

1

3

0

0

8

9

70.59

4

0

0

0

4

4

2

0

63

76

-

0

9

Carlton

W 100 - 102

8

5

13

3

0

0

0

2

0

0

4

9

76.92

1

0

0

0

1

3

2

0

51

84

-

0

10

Gold Coast Suns

W 73 - 139

12

6

18

7

0

0

0

1

1

0

3

14

77.78

2

1

0

0

2

5

5

0

79

92

100.00

0

11

Western Bulldogs

W 148 - 87

10

3

13

4

0

0

1

3

0

0

1

12

69.23

3

0

0

0

2

0

3

0

57

84

-

0

12

Hawthorn

W 88 - 83

11

6

17

4

0

0

0

3

0

0

5

12

94.12

0

0

0

1

1

3

1

0

69

85

-

0

13

St Kilda

W 72 - 100

7

5

12

3

0

0

2

1

0

0

1

7

83.33

3

0

0

1

0

0

2

0

38

82

0.00

0

14

Adelaide

W 125 - 73

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

15

Essendon

L 115 - 111

8

9

17

2

0

3

0

8

0

1

9

9

64.71

2

0

0

1

1

2

2

0

84

86

0.00

0

16

West Coast Eagles

L 96 - 88

5

6

11

2

0

0

0

4

0

0

2

8

72.73

3

0

0

0

0

4

6

0

49

83

-

0

17

Brisbane Lions

W 104 - 133

6

8

14

4

0

1

0

4

0

0

6

9

71.43

0

0

0

0

1

2

3

0

63

92

-

0

18

Richmond

W 113 - 51

7

9

16

4

0

0

0

4

0

0

4

12

100.00

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

67

81

-

0

19

Melbourne

W 233 - 47

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20

Gold Coast Suns

W 188 - 38

8

12

20

5

0

1

2

2

0

0

7

13

90.00

2

1

0

0

1

4

2

0

66

83

-

0

21

Adelaide

W 85 - 96

12

8

20

9

0

0

1

2

0

0

6

13

75.00

2

0

0

0

0

6

4

0

84

84

-

0

23

Sydney Swans

L 86 - 99

10

6

16

5

0

0

1

3

0

0

7

7

100.00

1

1

0

0

3

5

3

0

66

79

-

0

24

Collingwood

W 53 - 149

10

4

14

6

0

1

1

2

0

0

6

7

85.71

2

2

0

0

1

4

4

0

62

86

-

1

W1

Hawthorn

W 98 - 67

13

1

14

4

0

2

0

1

1

0

4

8

85.71

1

1

0

0

7

5

2

0

65

75

100.00

1

W3

West Coast Eagles

W 117 - 69

10

7

17

6

0

0

0

1

1

0

3

14

88.24

2

0

0

0

2

1

0

0

72

86

100.00

0

GF

Collingwood

W 81 - 119

9

7

16

2

0

2

0

3

0

0

9

8

75.00

0

0

0

2

1

2

1

0

61

81

-

0

News

Milestone for Hunt

Josh Hunt reaches the 150 games mark against the Swans on SaturdayThursday, April 14, 2011 - 8:16AM

Hunt likes NAB cup

Josh Hunt is in favour of the AFL retaining the NAB cup after the competition increases to 18 teamsWednesday, March 16, 2011 - 5:39PM

A bite of the big apple

Josh Hunt had a super consistent 2010 and rewarded himself with a trip to New York. Now two years past his knee reconstruction things can only get better. Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 9:46AM

Hunt hungry for September success

Josh Hunt missed the Cats 2009 premiership due to injury. He tells CAT CHAT he can not wait for another crack at glory.Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 4:13AM

Angry Cats set ship aright

Josh Hunt says the Geelong team were bristling when it took the field against the Western Bulldogs on Saturday nightSunday, August 15, 2010 - 1:01PM

Video

Argue the Toss (Rd7)

Josh Hunt and Scott Gullan argue this week's topicsWednesday, May 09, 2012 - 3:51AM

2012 Mastermind Rd 3: Josh Hunt

Josh Hunt in the hot seatMonday, April 16, 2012 - 9:48AM

Argue the Toss (Rd3)

Scott Gullan and Josh Hunt go head to headThursday, April 12, 2012 - 3:08AM

Draft memories: Josh Hunt

Josh Hunt recalls being drafted by the Cats.Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 11:00PM

Mackie Hunt at Fed square

Josh Hunt Andrew Mackie discuss the win, plus behind the scenes at Fed square celebrations.Sunday, October 02, 2011 - 10:39AM

Josh Hunt year by year

Year	Club	Gms	Kicks	HB	Marks	Poss	Goals	Beh	Conv	HO	Tack	FF	FA	B'low	B+F
2001	GEEL	6	16	15	7	31	0	0	0.0%	0	8	1	2	0	31st
2002	GEEL	7	23	10	13	33	1	1	50.0%	0	15	0	1	0	x
2003	GEEL	2	13	8	6	21	0	0	0.0%	0	6	0	0	0	31st
2004	GEEL	24	191	114	68	305	3	3	50.0%	1	62	12	16	1	15th
2005	GEEL	22	238	116	98	354	2	1	33.3%	2	30	14	13	3	12th
2006	GEEL	22	239	152	96	391	4	4	50.0%	0	49	20	19	1	13th
2007	GEEL	16	143	132	72	275	3	1	75.0%	0	43	3	13	0	19th
2008	GEEL	23	200	189	89	389	3	3	50.0%	0	38	14	15	0	15th
2010	GEEL	24	210	181	117	391	1	3	25.0%	1	42	11	15	0	12th
2011	GEEL	22	203	141	103	344	4	1	80.0%	0	58	14	11	1	14th
Totals		168	1476	1058	669	2534	21	17	55.3%	4	351	84	101	6
Best			21	13	11	30	1	2		1	8	4	3

Geelong
Most improved player 2005
Third reserves best & fairest 2001
Best first year VFL player 2001

Representative honours
Interntional rules vs Ireland 2008

Premierships
VFL 2002 (Geelong dft. Port Melbourne)
NAB Cup 2006 (Geelong dft. Adelaide)
AFL 2007 (Geelong dft Port Adelaide)
NAB Cup 2009 (Geelong dft. Collingwood)
AFL 2011 (Geelong dft. Collingwood)

Josh Hunt history vs. opponents 2001-11

Opponent	Gms	Kicks	HB	Marks	Poss	Goals	Beh	HO	Tack	FF	FA
Adelaide	7	72	55	39	127	2	1	0	17	5	6
Brisbane	13	109	80	55	189	1	1	0	25	4	7
Carlton	9	71	62	26	133	1	0	0	23	3	8
Collingwood	13	116	83	46	199	0	2	0	27	9	6
Essendon	10	85	61	25	146	0	3	1	13	8	2
Fremantle	11	85	77	53	162	2	1	0	18	3	5
Gold Coast	2	20	18	12	38	1	0	0	3	1	2
Hawthorn	13	109	73	43	182	1	0	0	32	12	7
Melbourne	10	122	64	58	186	0	2	0	25	6	9
Nth Melb	11	103	68	54	171	2	0	1	22	5	9
Port Adel	13	128	96	56	224	2	1	0	35	9	5
Richmond	9	69	48	36	117	0	1	0	26	1	8
St Kilda	13	126	65	56	191	3	2	0	19	4	7
Sydney	12	82	73	35	155	3	2	2	24	5	8
W- Bulldogs	11	90	83	35	173	1	0	0	22	5	10
West Coast	11	89	52	40	141	2	1	0	20	4	2

Playing record (at start of 2012 season)
AFL
Geelong: 168 games, 21 goals
NAB Cup
Geelong: 28 games, 4 goals
VFL
Geelong: 45 games, 17 goals
TAC Cup
Bendigo: 46 games, 93 goals

 

Milestone games

Milestone	versus	round	venue	result
AFL debut	Fremantle	rd 8, 2001	Subiaco	W 22
Finals debut	Port Adelaide	QF, 2004	AAMI	L 55
50th game	Collingwood	rd 11, 2005	Telstra	L 25
100th game	Port Adelaide	rd 1, 2008	AAMI	W 9
150th game	Sydney	rd 4, 2011	SCG	W 27

Draft history
Selected by Geelong with 44th pick in 2000 national draft

Name: Josh Hunt
Sportsperson (other than AFL) you love watching the most: DeSean Jackson
Coach’s pet: too early to tell, but Selwood is odds on
Favourite footy commentator: Dennis Cometti & Tom Harley
Whose autograph did you get as a kid: Lleyton Hewitt and Pat Rafter
Describe your perfect day off: sleep in; walk dog; lunch; movie, dinner and sleep
Best advice received: if it aint broke, don’t try to fix it
What scares you most: sleep walkers
If you weren’t a footballer, what would you like to be: major league baseballer
First job: paper boy
The person you would most like to meet: Charlize Theron
Two things you would like to do after your footy career: travel and Sunday sessions
Greatest non-football achievement: averaging 202 in under 16 cricket
How would your best friend describe you: as a big kid
One thing you can’t eat: anchovies
Which event would you prefer to attend – Olympics or World Cup: World Cup
Favourite Australian personality: Bert Newton
iPhone, Blackberry or Android: iPhone
Best book read: Power of One
Favourite TV show: Entourage
Favourite band / musical artist: The Wiggles
Favourite movie: Elmo in Grouchland