Zach Merrett

Zach Merrett
Personal information
Full name	Zachary Merrett
Date of birth	(1995-10-03) 3 October 1995
Original team(s)	Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 26, 2013 National Draft
Height/Weight	180 cm / 80 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	7
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2014–	Essendon	41 (18)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 4, 2016 season.
Career highlights
2014 AFL Rising Star nominee

Zach Merrett (born 3 October 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the younger brother of his teammate Jackson Merrett.^[1]

AFL career

Merrett was drafted by Essendon with the 26th overall selection in the 2013 national draft. He made his debut against North Melbourne in round 1, 2014.^[2] He was named as the substitute and came on in the third quarter, replacing Martin Gleeson.^[3] After the round 11 win against Richmond, he was the round nominee for the Rising Star, where he recorded twenty-two disposals, five marks, three tackles and two goals.^[4]

The 2015 season saw Merrett spend more time in the midfield.^[5] In August, following Essendon's 87-point loss to the Western Bulldogs in round 18, it was announced that Merrett may miss the remainder of the season after scans revealed a major stress reaction in his foot.^[6]

References

↑ Quayle, Emma (9 December 2013). "Brothers Zach and Jackson Merrett to play with the Bombers". The Age (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 3 April 2014.
↑ "AFL teams: Essendon names three debutants as a weekend of milestones awaits". ABC Online. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
↑ Bowen, Nick (21 March 2014). "Veterans lead charge as Dons dispatch flat Roos". AFL.com.au (Bigpond). Retrieved 26 August 2015.
↑ Landsberger, Sam (2 June 2014). "Essendon youngster Zach Merrett the Round 11 AFL Rising Star nominee". Herald Sun (News Corp Australia). Retrieved 26 August 2015.
↑ Twomey, Callum (29 April 2015). "Zach Merrett: Quality over quantity". AFL.com.au (Bigpond). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
↑ Lerner, Ronny (4 August 2015). "Foot injury could bring Essendon youngster Zach Merrett's season to an end". The Age (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 7 August 2015.

External links

Zach Merrett's profile on the official website of the Essendon Football Club
Zach Merrett's statistics from AFL Tables

Essendon Football Club – current squad

1 Hibberd**
2 Bellchambers**
3 Parish
4 Watson**
5 Stanton**
6 Daniher
7 Z. Merrett
8 Gleeson
9 Goddard (c)
10 Francis
11 Zaharakis
12 Baguley (vc)
13 Fantasia
14 Ashby
15 Dempsey
16 Pears**
17 Cooney
18 Hurley**
19 Edwards
20 J. Merrett
21 Heppell**
22 Leuenberger
23 Myers**
24 Bird
25 Morgan
26 Hooker**
27 Redman
28 Brown
29 Ambrose
30 Langford
32 Colyer**
33 Laverde
34 Long*
35 Eades
36 Hartley
37 Nyuon*
38 Kommer
39 Hocking**
40 Howlett**
41 Hams*
42 Gwilt
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti*
44 McKernan
45 McKenna*
46 Wallis*
47 Kelly+
48 Stokes+
49 Dea+
50 Polkinghorne+
51 Crowley+
52 Simpkin+
53 Jamar+
54 Grimley+
55 Grima+
56 Michael+

Coach: Worsfold

* denotes rookie listed players

** denotes player(s) serving WADA suspension in 2016

+ denotes top-up players

2014 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Dunstan Rd 2: Buckley Rd 3: Kelly Rd 4: McDonald Rd 5: Crouch Rd 6: Aish Rd 7: Langdon Rd 8: Impey Rd 9: Taylor Rd 10: Kolodjashnij Rd 11: Merrett Rd 12: Daniher Rd 13: Bontempelli Rd 14: Billings Rd 15: Cunningham Rd 16: Menzel Rd 17: Hrovat Rd 18: Patton Rd 19: Gardiner Rd 20: Stringer Rd 21: Lloyd Rd 22: Taberner Rd 23: Martin

Italics denote winner

2013 AFL national draft

First round	1. Tom Boyd 2. Josh Kelly 3. Jack Billings 4. Marcus Bontempelli 5. Kade Kolodjashnij 6. Matthew Scharenberg 7. James Aish 8. Luke McDonald (F/S) 9. Christian Salem 10. Nathan Freeman 11. Dom Sheed 12. Ben Lennon 13. Patrick Cripps 14. Cameron McCarthy 15. Zak Jones 16. Darcy Lang 17. Michael Apeness 18. Luke Dunstan 19. Blake Acres 20. Jack Leslie

Second round	21. Jarman Impey 22. Darcy Gardiner 23. Matt Crouch 24. Billy Hartung 25. Daniel McStay 26. Zach Merrett 27. Sean Lemmens 28. Lewis Taylor 29. Rory Lobb 30. Trent Dumont 31. Malcolm Karpany 32. George Hewett 33. Tom Cutler 34. Nick Robertson 35. Toby Nankervis 36. Jarrad Jensen 37. Alex Pearce 38. Dayle Garlett

Third round	39. Cameron Giles 40. Jay Kennedy-Harris 41. Jake Kolodjashnij 42. Matt Fuller 43. Tom Barrass 44. Aliir Aliir 45. Mitchell Harvey 46. Riley Knight 47. Ben Brown 49. Dylan Main 50. Nathan Gordon 51. Nick Holman 52. Darcy Byrne-Jones 54. Josh Walker (RP) 55. Orazio Fantasia 56. James Sicily

Fourth round	57. Jayden Hunt 58. Brady Grey 59. Jonathon Ceglar (RP) 60. Mitch Honeychurch 61. Jamie Bennell (RP) 62. Jonathan Freeman (Academy selection) 63. George Burbury (RP) 64. Lauchlan Dalgleish (RP) 65. Tom Langdon 66. Sam Lloyd 68. Karl Amon 70. Matt Taberner (RP) 71. Will Langford (RP)

Fifth round	74. Jeremy McGovern (RP) 75. Justin Clarke (RP) 76. Kyle Hartigan (RP) 77. Jonathon Marsh 80. Brandon Jack (RP)

Sixth round	82. Mitch Clisby (RP) 83. Tom Curren (RP) 84. Brett Goodes (RP) 85. Simon Tunbridge (RP) 86. Rory Laird (RP) 87. Sam Dwyer (RP) 89. Ed Curnow (RP) 90. Dane Rampe (RP)

Seventh round	92. Adam Oxley (RP) 93. Ricky Petterd (RP) 94. Tom Bell (RP)

Eighth round	95. Zachary Williams (RP)

Ninth round	97. Jake Barrett (NSW Zone)

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