Hayden Skipworth

Hayden Skipworth
Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-02-25) 25 February 1983
Original team(s)	Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL)
Debut	Round 1, 1 April 2001, Adelaide v. Sydney Swans, at the SCG
Height/Weight	177 cm / 75 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2001–2006 2009 Total	Adelaide Essendon	44 (22) 11 (11) 55 (33)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2009 season.
Career highlights
Jack Oatey Medal 2006

Hayden Skipworth (born 25 February 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer with Australian Football League (AFL) clubs Adelaide and Essendon. Skipworth currently serves as the head coach of the Essendon VFL Football Club.^[1]

Early career

A midfielder-small forward originally from Arthurton in the Yorke Peninsula, Skipworth originally played with the Central Yorke (CY) Cougars, before being recruited by South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Woodville-West Torrens.

Adelaide career

Skipworth was drafted 53rd overall by Adelaide in the 2000 AFL Draft and made his AFL debut in round 1 of the 2001 season against the Sydney Swans at the Sydney Cricket Ground, before playing another four matches that year and kicking one goal. Skipworth was de-listed at the end of the 2002 AFL season after failing to add to his overall matches tally, before being picked up by the Crows again for the 2003 season via the rookie draft (pick number 13 overall). Skipworth was elevated to the senior list again midway through that season after team-mate Andrew Crowell sustained a serious knee injury and was placed on the club's long-term injury list.

Skipworth had his best AFL season in 2005, in which he played 21 matches, including three finals matches (against St Kilda, Port Adelaide and West Coast) and scored 12 goals. His stand-out performance of the 2005 season came in Round 6 against North Melbourne at AAMI Stadium, when he kicked four goals (including three within the space of five minutes in the second quarter) and finally the victory-sealing goal late in the final quarter) and had 20 possessions in a match-winning effort. At the Brownlow Medal count later that year he received three votes for a best-on-ground performance, taking his career tally to six votes overall (previously Skipworth had received three votes in Round 18 of the 2004 season, also against the Kangaroos at AAMI Stadium).

Skipworth spent most of the 2006 season with the SANFL side Woodville-West Torrens. He was the recipient of the Jack Oatey Medal as the best player in the SANFL Grand Final. He was later de-listed by the Crows at the end of the season whilst on holiday in the United States.

SANFL career

During his time at the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles, Skipworth was involved in a premiership team across all grades (Under-17, Under-19, Reserves, and finally League). He was selected to join the AIS Academy in 2000, also representing Australia at Under-18's level in an International Rules Series that year. In 2003, he was named in The Advertiser SANFL team of the year. He is also a talented basketball player, making State Under-18 level before deciding to pursue football.

Bendigo and Essendon career

In 2007, Skipworth played in the Victorian Football League with Bendigo Bombers, where he ruptured the patellar tendon in his knee after landing awkwardly after a marking contest during the first quarter of the Bendigo Bombers' loss to Port Melbourne at TEAC Oval. Skipworth recovered well enough to be a standout player in 2008 and was drafted by Essendon in the 2008 Pre-season Draft.

After adding only 11 games in his first year with his new club, Skipworth announced his retirement, citing constant injuries as the reason.

On 27 October 2010, it was announced that Skipworth would take up a full-time role at Essendon as a development coach but this did not eventuate. In the interim, Skipworth has signed on to play with team mate Damien Peverill at Aberfeldie Football Club in the Essendon District Football League in season 2011.^[2]

References

↑ "Coaches Profiles". essendonfc.com.au. Essendon Football Club. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
↑ Landsberger, Sam (21 February 2011). "'Pev' joins Abers".

External links

Hayden Skipworth's statistics from AFL Tables

2000 AFL national draft

First round	1. Nick Riewoldt (PP) 2. Justin Koschitzke 3. Alan Didak 4. Luke Livingston 5. Andrew McDougall 6. Dylan Smith 7. Laurence Angwin 8. Daniel Motlop 9. Kayne Pettifer 10. Jordan McMahon 11. Trent Sporn 12. Shaun Burgoyne 13. Ashley McGrath 14. Daniel Harris 15. Simon Wiggins 16. Scott Thompson 17. James Davies

Second round	18. Daniel Kerr 19. Jason Cloke (F/S) 20. Kane Cornes 21. Nick Ries 22. Richard Hadley 23. Drew Petrie 24. Luke Ablett 25. Mark Coughlan 26. Shane Birss 27. Ted Richards 28. Steven Greene (F/S) 29. Jamie Charman 30. Sav Rocca 31. Blake Campbell 32. Sam Hunt

Third round	33. Martin Pike 34. Ryan Lonie 35. Allen Murray 36. Jeremy Humm 37. Guy Richards 38. Michael Handby 39. Adam McPhee 40. Chris Hyde 41. Andrew Krakouer 42. Daniel Pratt 43. Mark Williams 44. Josh Hunt 45. Trent Carroll 46. Sean O'Keeffe 47. Jordan Bannister 48. Matthew Smith

Fourth round	49. Shane Wakelin 50. Domenic Cassisi 51. Dion Woods 52. Amon Buchanan 53. Hayden Skipworth 54. Jarrad Sundqvist 55. Chris Newman 56. Daniel Cross 57. Steven Sziller 58. Nathan Lonie 59. Luke Hammond 60. Corey Jones 61. Callan Beasy 62. Daniel Breese 63. Marc Bullen

Fifth round	64. Mark Gale 66. Scott Thornton 67. Graham Johncock 70. Wayde Skipper 71. Daniel Lowther 73. Ross Funcke 74. Michael Davis

Sixth round	75. Robert Powell 79. Hamish Simpson 80. Mitchell Craig

Seventh round	82. Daniel Wulf

Jack Oatey Medal winners

1981: Ebert 1982: Jenkins 1983: Borchard 1984: Thomas 1985: Kernahan 1986: Hall 1987: Parsons 1988: Abernethy 1989: Johnston 1990: Fiacchi 1991: Hart 1992: Buckley 1993: Sziller 1994: Wakelin 1995: Darcy 1996: Brown 1997: Cunningham 1998: Chalmers 1999: Poole 2000: J. Gowans 2001: Macgowan 2002: Powell 2003: C. Gowans 2004: Steinberner 2005: McCabe 2006: Skipworth 2007: C. Gowans 2008: MacKenzie 2009: Goodrem 2010: Callinan 2011: Parry 2012: Terlich 2013: Zorzi 2014: Panos 2015: Schmidt

The Jack Oatey Medal has been awarded since 1981 to the "best" player in the South Australian National Football League Grand Final.

2009 AFL pre-season draft

1. Liam Jurrah 2. Josh Carr 3. Hayden Skipworth 4. Chris Johnson 5. Tom Rockliff 6. Ben Cousins

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