Damien Adkins

Damien Adkins
Personal information
Date of birth	9 March 1981
Original team(s)	Leongatha / Gippsland U18
Debut	Round 1, 13 March 2000, Collingwood v. Hawthorn, at the MCG
Height/Weight	181cm / 73kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2000–2002 2003–2006 Total	Collingwood West Coast	22 0(8) 32 (24) 54 (32)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006 season.
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nominee 2000

Damien "Chipper" Adkins (born 9 March 1981) is an Australian rules footballer formerly with the Collingwood and West Coast Eagles Football Clubs in the AFL. He currently plays for the Frankston Football Club in the Victorian Football League.

Collingwood

Adkins was drafted by Collingwood with pick 50 in the 1998 AFL Draft. He played his first game for Collingwood in round 1, 2000. Adkins won a Rising Star nomination after collecting 19 disposals and kickind 2 goals in his third game, a match against Carlton in round 3, 2000.

Adkins played 18 of a possible 22 games in his debut season. However, injury and form saw Adkins play only 4 games between 2001 and 2002.

West Coast

After the 2002 season, Adkins was traded to the West Coast Eagles in return for Andrew Williams. Adkins played 32 games, including an elimination final, for the Eagles between 2003 and 2005. Adkins, for the second time in his career, missed selection for an AFL Grand Final when West Coast made the 2005 Grand Final.

Frankston

Once Adkins left the Eagles at the end of 2006, he returned to Victoria and played in the VFL for Frankston.

External links

• Damien Adkins's profile on the official website of the West Coast Eagles
• Damien Adkins's statistics from AFL Tables