Paul Duffield

Paul Duffield
Personal information
Full name Paul Duffield
Date of birth (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985
Original team(s) South Fremantle, WAFL
Draft 2004 Rookie Draft
Height/Weight 187cm / 89kg
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2003–2015 Fremantle 171 (33)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2010 Australia 2
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2010.

Paul Duffield (born 5 February 1985) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He plays mainly as a half back flanker and began his football career at South Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League.

Fremantle Dockers

Selected in the rookie draft at the 2003 AFL Draft, he is a medium-sized defender who spent the 2004 and 2005 seasons on the rookie list, playing for South Fremantle. The nephew of The West Australian newspaper sports journalist Mark Duffield, he was a member of South Fremantle's 2005 premiership team. His father, Wayne and uncles Brett and Mark, were all successful country footballers.

Due to the AFL rules restricting rookies to a maximum of two years before being elevated or delisted, Duffield was delisted at the end of the 2005 season. However, Fremantle reselected him in the 2005 rookie draft. Duffield made his AFL pre-season debut against Collingwood in the quarter-final and also played in the semi final loss to Geelong.

On 19 April 2006, it was announced that Duffield had been elevated to the senior list as a replacement for Daniel Haines, who had injured his achilles tendon the previous weekend playing for Peel Thunder. Duffield then made his debut a week later against St Kilda in the controversial game at Aurora Stadium in Launceston, Tasmania.

At Fremantle he was allocated guernsey number 41.

After playing in the last six games in 2008, Duffield cemented his spot in the Fremantle team in 2009, only missing one game. He finished fourth in the club's best and fairest award.[1][2]

In 2010 he was selected in the Australian international rules football team for the 2010 International Rules Series against Ireland.[3]

Duffield announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 2015 season.[4]

Duffield is an old boy of Aquinas College, Perth and was School Captain in his final year, 2002.[5]

Statistics

Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2006 Fremantle 41 7 0 1 61 39 100 33 15 0.0 0.1 8.7 5.6 14.3 4.7 2.1
2007 Fremantle 41 6 3 1 47 32 79 23 18 0.5 0.2 7.8 5.3 13.2 3.8 3.0
2008 Fremantle 41 11 5 2 94 53 147 48 40 0.4 0.2 8.6 4.8 13.4 4.4 3.6
2009 Fremantle 41 21 5 7 330 144 474 98 76 0.2 0.3 15.7 6.9 22.6 4.7 3.6
2010 Fremantle 41 24 6 2 356 143 499 131 94 0.2 0.1 14.8 6.0 20.8 5.5 3.9
2011 Fremantle 41 21 2 8 217 137 354 73 86 0.1 0.4 10.3 6.5 16.9 3.5 4.1
2012 Fremantle 41 21 2 1 300 102 402 117 75 0.1 0.0 14.3 4.9 19.1 5.6 3.6
2013 Fremantle 41 22 4 5 318 85 403 130 63 0.2 0.2 14.4 3.9 18.3 5.9 2.9
2014 Fremantle 41 24 6 4 299 151 450 121 98 0.2 0.2 12.5 6.3 18.8 5.0 4.1
2015 Fremantle 41 14 0 1 131 69 200 54 54 0.0 0.1 9.4 4.9 14.3 3.9 3.9
Career 171 33 32 2153 955 3108 828 619 0.2 0.2 12.6 5.6 18.2 4.8 3.6

References

  1. ↑ Chadwick, Justin (10 October 2009). "Fremantle ruckman Aaron Sandilands wins the Doig Medal after stellar season".
  2. ↑ Clarke, Tim (23 June 2009) Duffield hopes to shift from scapegoat to club champion
  3. ↑ "Swan, Goodes lead Aussies to Ireland". 8 October 2010.
  4. ↑ "Duffield and Crowley to depart". FremantleFC.com.au (Bigpond). 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Aquinas College Annual 2006. Page 106.

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