Alex Woodward

Alex Woodward
Personal information
Full name Alex Woodward
Date of birth (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993
Original team(s) Sandringham Dragons, TAC Cup
Draft No. 53, 2011 national draft
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2012–2016 Hawthorn 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alex Woodward (born 11 June 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He attended Mazenod College.

Football career

He was drafted by Hawthorn Football Club with pick 53 in 2011 AFL Draft from the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup. Whilst on Hawthorn's list, Woodward twice ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and has had three knee reconstructions.[1] Woodward has played primarily for Box Hill Hawks in VFL and finally made his AFL debut in Round 18, 2014.[2]

After competing his first full year of football in three years, Woodward's hard work was rewarded with winning the J. J. Liston Trophy for 2014. He polled 20 votes.[3]

Woodward tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee early in Box Hill Hawks’ match against Coburg in the VFL in July 2015.[4]

Woodward was delisted at the conclusion of the 2015 season,[5] however, he was re-drafted in the 2016 rookie draft with the 52nd selection.[6] At the conclusion of the 2016 season, he was delisted again by Hawthorn.[7]

In 2017 he joined the Collingwood VFL team, but ruptured his ACL again in his third game for the club.[8]

His mother is Filipino.[9]

Woodward came into scrutiny after the 2018 AFL Grand Final after an incident in the third quarter of the match where he blocked Collingwood rookie Jaidyn Stephenson from reaching West Coast midfielder Elliot Yeo giving Yeo an easy mark and an opportunity to put West Coast in front in a Grand Final, the Eagles would win by 5 points. Woodward was Collingwood's runner for the game and was seen being comforted by Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley in the rooms after the game.

Statistics

[10]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T Votes
Totals Averages (per game)
2012 Hawthorn 360——————————————0
2013 Hawthorn 360——————————————0
2014 Hawthorn 3920161218180.00.53.06.09.00.54.00
2015 Hawthorn 390——————————————0
2016 Hawthorn 390——————————————0
Career 2 0 1 6 12 18 1 8 0.0 0.5 3.0 6.0 9.0 0.5 4.0 0

Honours and achievements

VFL

References

  1. ↑ Clark, Jay (15 January 2013). "Hawthorn youngster Alex Woodward injures reconstructed knee".
  2. ↑ Waterworth, Ben (24 July 2014). "Alex Woodward will make his long-awaited debut for Hawthorn against Sydney at MCG on Saturday night".
  3. ↑ "Woodward wins J.J. Liston Trophy". VFL. 1 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Duxson, Nick (21 July 2015). "Woodward out for season with ACL injury". hawthornfc.com.au.
  5. ↑ "Hawthorn list changes". HawthornFC.com.au. Bigpond. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Guthrie, Ben (27 November 2015). "Adcock heads rookie draft's second-chance saloon". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Browne, Ashley; Ryan, Peter (28 October 2016). "Axe falls at Hawthorn with cult hero among seven cut". AFL.com.au. BigPond. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Di Giorgio, Giulio (1 May 2017). "Luckless ex-Hawk suffers fourth ACL tear". afl.com.au. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  9. ↑ 118 players with multicultural background on AFL lists
  10. ↑ "Alex Woodward". AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
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