30 Matthew Scarlett

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Details
Number	30
Height	192cm
Weight	94kg
DOB	05-06-1979
Debut	1998

Games		Goals
2011	22	2011	1
Career	271	Career	17

Dreamteam Points
2011	1453

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Outlook
The champion defender was at his supreme best last year, becoming a triple premiership player and a six-time All-Australian. One of the best defensive playmakers in the AFL, Scarlett’s reading of the play and judgment are still superb. Opposition sides tried at times to nullify his influence, but he rose to every challenge and has decided to go on for another season and perhaps finish with back-to-back premierships.

SEASON BY SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

2011

• Continues as premier defender in the game
• Earned third premiership medal
• Played 22 games including all three finals
• Named All Australian for sixth time
• Equaled club record for most finals games (21)
• Had over 350 possessions for fifth time in his career
• Grabbed over 100 marks for eight time in his career
• Set new career high with 44 tackles
• Kicked one goal for season – vs Bulldogs in rd 11
• Had 20+ possessions in five games
• Finished season with the sixth most games in club history (268) and first in finals games (21)

2010

• Played 18 games including all three finals
• Continued to be the AFL’s elite defender
• Career best 6 tackles in rd 19 vs. Collingwood
• Played in his 150th win in rd 17 vs. Brisbane
• Had 20+ possessions eight times, including SF vs. Freo & PF vs. Collingwood

2009

• Played in second premiership team and third straight grand final
• Named as an All Australian for fifth time
• Recognised by some as the best full back of all time
• Had a career best 21 handball and 34 possessions in rd 22 win over Freo
• Was best on ground in QF win over Dogs with 30 disposals and 14 marks
• Was brilliant in GF win, and his ‘toe poke’ to Ablett in dying minutes set up match winning goal
• Member of NAB Cup winning team

2008

• Another brilliant season, playing 22 games including three finals and his second grand final
• Was outstanding again on grand final day
• Named to All Australian team for the fourth time
• Played his 200th game in rd 18 win over Richmond
• Set career best with 14 handballs vs. Dogs in rd 16, as he finished with 32 possessions
• Had eight games with 20+ possessions
• Failed to kick at least one goal for first time since 2003
• Played for Victoria against dream team in AFL hall of fame game

2007

• Earned premiership medal with brilliant grand final display
• Finished 3rd in Norm Smith medal voting after gathering 29 possessions in grand final. Also kicked two behinds.
• Had double figure possessions in all 24 games, and had nine 20+ games
• Named to All Australian team for the third time
• Finished 5th in best & fairest voting
• 100th win came in qualifying final win over North

2006

• Played 20 of 22 games and kicked four goals
• Played his 150th game in 66 point win over Freo in Perth
• Finished 7th in best & fairest voting
• Played as a forward in last two games, kicking three goals, including two vs. Melbourne in rd 21
• Had a career best 34 possessions in rd 16, a one point win over Dogs
• Had 13 or more possessions in 17 games
• Captained the Cats in NAB Cup grand final win over Adelaide

2005

• Played every game for fourth straight season
• Finished runner up in best & fairest voting
• Was brilliant in rd 12 win over Crows with 30 possessions and 14 marks while holding Scott Welch goal less
• Played his 100th consecutive game in rd 16 win over Port Adelaide
• Ranked =12th in AFL with 146 marks

2004

• Played all 25 games including three finals
• Was on ground for all but three minutes of season
• Named to All Australian team for the second time
• Finished runner up in best & fairest voting
• Played his 100th game (as did Tom Harley) in 23 point win over Essendon in rd 9
• Ranked =11th in AFL with 132 marks
• Had 25 possessions in rd 22 win over Hawthorn
• Kicked three goals for the year
• Played in Wizard Cup grand final against St Kilda

2003

• Played every game for second straight season
• Won Geelong’s best & fairest
• Named to All Australian team for the first time
• Ranked 14th in AFL with 134 marks
• Had career best 15 marks vs. Bulldogs in rd 16
• Registered double figure possessions in 17 of last 18 games
• Played for Australia against Ireland in international rules series

2002

• Played his 50th game in rd 8 win over NM at Telstra Dome
• Finished 4th in best & fairest voting
• Earned first Brownlow votes with 26 possessions vs. Port in rd 8
• Booted two goals vs. Bulldogs in rd 9
• Played for Australia against Ireland in international rules series

2001

• Played 20 games and kicked two goals
• Finished runner up in best & fairest voting
• Had first 20+ disposal game in rd 11 win over Hawthorn
• Had two other 20+ possession games (vs. NM, vs. Port)
• Grabbed 12 marks in rd 13 win over Sydney

2000

• Established in seniors, playing 21 games
• Made finals debut against Hawthorn in elimination final
• Had first double digit possession match in rd 3 match vs. Crows
• Kicked two goals for the year
• Earned an AFL rising star nomination

1999

• Played five games
• Kicked his first AFL goal in rd 17 vs. Bulldogs
• Finished 3rd in reserves best & fairest

1998

• Made his AFL debut against Essendon in last match of the season

1997

• Played TAC Cup with Geelong Falcons
• Named in TAC Cup team of the year
• Represented Victoria Country at U18 national championship

At a Glance

• Junior Clubs: St Josephs
• Clubs: Geelong
• Debut: 1998
• Recruited from: Geelong U18
• AFL Awards: See awards section
• Club Awards: See awards section
• Brownlow Votes: 31

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

15

12

27

8

0

3

1

0

0

0

11

18

77.78

3

1

0

1

2

5

3

1

93

92

-

0

2

Fremantle

W 78 - 89

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

Port Adelaide

W 122 - 43

10

9

19

3

0

0

0

3

0

0

5

14

89.47

0

0

0

0

0

2

3

0

69

92

-

0

4

Sydney Swans

W 54 - 81

14

9

23

10

0

0

0

1

0

0

2

18

91.30

0

1

0

0

2

6

4

0

94

100

-

1

5

Hawthorn

W 98 - 117

17

12

29

8

0

1

1

1

0

0

6

24

86.21

3

1

0

0

3

4

3

3

101

98

-

1

7

North Melbourne

W 127 - 61

7

4

11

2

0

1

0

2

0

0

6

5

90.91

1

0

0

0

1

5

4

0

44

92

-

0

8

Collingwood

W 65 - 62

14

5

19

8

0

2

1

3

0

0

7

10

84.21

2

0

0

0

3

2

1

0

87

95

-

1

9

Carlton

W 100 - 102

5

9

14

5

0

0

2

0

0

0

7

8

92.86

3

2

0

1

0

3

5

0

42

99

-

0

10

Gold Coast Suns

W 73 - 139

6

6

12

4

0

0

1

0

0

0

6

5

100.00

1

1

0

0

0

4

6

0

39

97

-

0

11

Western Bulldogs

W 148 - 87

11

6

17

6

0

0

1

4

1

0

4

12

76.47

3

1

1

0

1

4

3

1

82

96

100.00

1

12

Hawthorn

W 88 - 83

9

6

15

7

0

0

0

2

0

0

3

12

80.00

2

1

0

1

0

2

2

0

68

98

-

0

13

St Kilda

W 72 - 100

10

5

15

9

0

0

0

3

0

1

5

10

93.33

0

3

1

0

0

4

1

0

80

98

0.00

0

14

Adelaide

W 125 - 73

9

8

17

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

13

94.12

0

1

0

0

0

2

4

0

61

53

-

0

15

Essendon

L 115 - 111

6

4

10

1

0

1

1

4

0

0

5

6

80.00

2

0

0

0

3

0

2

0

43

92

-

0

16

West Coast Eagles

L 96 - 88

7

5

12

3

0

1

0

3

0

0

7

7

75.00

3

0

0

0

1

3

6

0

53

96

-

0

17

Brisbane Lions

W 104 - 133

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18

Richmond

W 113 - 51

18

9

27

9

0

2

1

1

0

0

4

22

88.89

4

1

0

0

3

6

11

0

102

97

-

1

19

Melbourne

W 233 - 47

14

8

22

6

0

1

1

3

0

0

7

16

77.27

3

1

0

0

2

4

4

1

86

95

-

0

20

Gold Coast Suns

W 188 - 38

5

4

9

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

2

7

100.00

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

1

30

59

-

0

21

Adelaide

W 85 - 96

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

23

Sydney Swans

L 86 - 99

7

12

19

0

0

1

0

5

0

0

9

11

94.74

0

0

0

0

0

4

2

1

66

95

-

0

24

Collingwood

W 53 - 149

12

4

16

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

10

93.75

0

1

0

0

1

2

3

1

62

88

-

0

W1

Hawthorn

W 98 - 67

4

2

6

3

0

0

0

4

0

0

2

5

66.67

3

2

0

0

0

2

4

0

41

99

-

0

W3

West Coast Eagles

W 117 - 69

5

9

14

5

0

1

0

2

0

0

4

9

100.00

0

1

0

0

1

3

5

0

57

92

-

0

GF

Collingwood

W 81 - 119

6

6

12

5

0

0

0

2

0

0

7

4

58.33

1

2

0

1

0

1

6

0

53

100

-

0

News

Scarlo fit and on top of his game

Matthew Scarlett will be back to face the Swans and his team mates are glad to have him back.Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 8:49AM

Forward and back Scarlo a star

Matthew Scarlett enjoyed his move forward but he knows what his priority is.Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 3:56AM

250 up for Scarlo

Matthew Scarlett ranks highly in the list of Geelong's best-ever playersMonday, April 25, 2011 - 7:00AM

Mean machine

Matthew Scarlett's mean streak is only part of his charmFriday, April 22, 2011 - 10:00AM

Scarlo a top Cat: Scott

Chris Scott says many at the club rate Matthew Scarlett among top two Cats of all time.Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 8:35PM

Video

That's my number: Matthew Scarlett

Matthew Scarlett speaks about what the number 30 jumper means to himTuesday, May 08, 2012 - 3:52PM

2012 Mastermind: Matthew Scarlett

Matthew Scarlett has his crack at the titleMonday, May 07, 2012 - 2:00AM

The Conversation: Matthew Scarlett

Matthew Scarlett goes one-on-one with Scott GullanFriday, May 04, 2012 - 2:00AM

Matthew Scarlett post-match (Rd5)

Matthew Scarlett chats to Cats TVSunday, April 29, 2012 - 12:19AM

Looking ahead 2012: Travis Varcoe

Travis Varcoe speaks to Cats TV about the 2012 seasonWednesday, March 21, 2012 - 4:23AM

Matthew Scarlett year by year

Year	Club	Gms	Kicks	HB	Marks	Poss	Goals	Beh	Conv	HO	Tack	FF	FA	B'low	B+F
1998	GEEL	1	5	1	2	6	0	0	0.00%	0	1	0	0	0	32nd
1999	GEEL	5	15	2	9	17	1	1	50.0%	0	3	3	1	0	x
2000	GEEL	21	142	43	73	185	2	0	100.0%	2	22	6	19	0	18th
2001	GEEL	20	189	87	112	276	2	2	50.0%	5	33	16	11	0	2nd
2002	GEEL	22	171	106	85	277	2	3	40.0%	0	27	12	11	2	4th
2003	GEEL	22	206	105	134	311	0	2	0.00%	3	29	18	17	5	1st
2004	GEEL	25	238	96	132	334	3	3	50.0%	2	42	17	29	5	2nd
2005	GEEL	24	251	111	146	362	1	2	33.3%	1	40	12	12	6	2nd
2006	GEEL	20	237	87	109	324	4	2	66.70%	0	22	6	15	2	7th
2007	GEEL	24	278	137	111	415	1	5	16.7%	1	40	19	20	3	5th
2008	GEEL	22	200	168	75	368	0	1	0.0%	0	32	10	12	2	11th
2009	GEEL	22	233	174	125	407	0	1	0.0%	0	32	10	28	3	6th
2010	GEEL	18	166	151	97	317	0	0	0.0%	0	30	8	13	0	10th
2011	GEEL	22	211	154	115	365	1	1	50.0%	0	44	14	10	3	6th
Totals		268	2542	1422	1325	3964	17	23	42.5%	14	397	151	198	31
Best			24	21	15	34	2	2		4	6	3	4

Geelong
Best and fairest 2003
Runner up best and fairest 2001, 2004, 2005
4th best and fairest 2002
Hall of Fame
3rd reserves best and fairest 1999

AFL
All-Australian 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
AFL Rising Star nominee 2000

TAC Cup
Team of the Year 1997

Representative honours
Victoria vs Dream Team 2008
Australia vs. Ireland 2002-03
Vic Country U18 1997

Premierships
NAB Cup 2006 (Geelong dft. Adelaide)
AFL 2007 (Geelong dft Port Adelaide)
NAB Cup 2009 (Geelong dft. Collingwood)
AFL 2009 (Geelong dft. St Kilda)
AFL 2011 (Geelong dft. Collingwood)

Matthew Scarlett history vs. opponents 1998-2011

Opponent	Gms	Kicks	HB	Marks	Poss	Goals	Beh	HO	Tack	FF	FA
Adelaide	16	162	92	88	254	2	1	1	28	7	11
Brisbane	17	156	89	85	245	0	0	0	31	11	11
Carlton	13	104	68	48	172	2	0	0	16	10	12
Collingwood	19	185	106	92	291	1	2	0	31	10	19
Essendon	17	131	61	64	192	0	0	1	26	6	20
Fremantle	17	168	91	84	259	1	1	1	22	8	14
Gold Coast	2	11	10	5	21	0	0	0	1	0	1
Hawthorn	19	162	103	86	265	1	1	1	28	16	11
Melbourne	20	192	90	82	282	2	4	5	28	11	19
Nth Melb	20	207	116	110	323	1	0	1	29	6	9
Port Adel	16	159	103	86	262	0	2	0	19	8	12
Richmond	15	157	74	73	231	0	3	0	15	8	14
St Kilda	23	229	109	134	338	2	2	2	38	16	12
Sydney	19	160	92	86	252	0	2	2	30	10	11
West Coast	17	156	102	90	258	1	1	0	28	15	11
W- Bulldogs	18	203	116	112	319	3	4	0	27	9	11

Playing record (at start of 2012 season)
AFL
Geelong: 268 games, 17 goals
NAB Cup
Geelong: 29 games, 0 goals
AFL reserves/VFL
Geelong: 37 games, 0 goals
TAC Cup
Geelong Falcons: 10 games, 10 goals
 

 

Milestone games

Milestone	versus	round	venue	result
AFL debut	Essendon	rd 22, 1998	MCG	W 10
Finals debut	Hawthorn	EF, 2000	Telstra	L 9
50th game	Kangaroos	rd 3, 2002	Telstra	W 8
100th game	Essendon	rd 9, 2004	Telstra	W 23
150th game	Fremantle	rd 12, 2006	Subiaco	W 66
200th game	Richmond	rd 18, 2008	Telstra	W 63
250th game	Hawthorn	rd 5, 2011	MCG	W 19

Draft history

• Selected by Geelong with 45th pick in 1997 National Draft as a father-son selection

 

 

Name: Matthew Scarlett
Sportsperson (other than AFL) you love watching the most: Troy Polamalu
Favourite footy commentator: Jon Gruden (NFL)
Whose autograph did you get as a kid: Gavin Wanganeen
Describe your perfect day off: on the couch watching NFL
Who inspires you: Luke Trvaskis
Best advice received: was from my daughter - don’t say naughty words
What scares you most: sharks
If you weren’t a footballer, what would you like to be: builder
First job: car park attendant
The person you would most like to meet: Dennis Rodman
Three things you would like to do after your footy career: go to US Masters; go to another Super Bowl, relax
Greatest non-football achievement: family
How would your best friend describe you: loyal
One thing you can’t eat: tuna
What domestic chore do you refuse to do: cook
Which event would you prefer to attend – Olympics or World Cup: World Cup
Favourite Australian personality: Travis Agg
iPhone, Blackberry or Android: Blackberry
Favourite TV show: Eastbound & down
Favourite band / musical artist: Dr Dre
Favourite movie: Godfather