David Astbury

David Astbury
Astbury playing for Richmond in June 2017
Personal information
Full name David Keith Astbury[1]
Nickname(s) Swoop[2]
Date of birth (1991-02-26) 26 February 1991
Original team(s) North Ballarat Rebels (TAC Cup)
Tatyoon (MDFL)
Draft No. 35, 2009 AFL National Draft: Richmond
Debut Round 4, 2010, Richmond
vs. Melbourne, at MCG
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current club Richmond
Number 12
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2010– Richmond 107 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2018 season.
Career highlights

AFL

Junior

  • North Ballarat Rebels co-captain: 2009
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David Keith Astbury (born 26 February 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life and junior football

Astbury was raised on a wheat and canola farm in the Western Victorian country town of Tatyoon.[3][4][5] He played junior football with the Ararat Western Warriors in the Ararat & District Junior league and the Tatyoon Hawks in the Mininera and District Football League.[6][5] Astbury played in two under-16s premierships during his time with Tatyoon.[7]

In 2007 he moved to Melbourne on a boarding program with Caulfield Grammar School.[8]

The following year he played four matches with the North Ballarat Rebels in the TAC Cup while still a boarder in Melbourne.[5]

Astbury moved back home in 2009, taking the role of co-captain at the Rebels and playing a total of 10 games with the team.[8] His best performance that year game in a match against the Western Jets where he recorded 18 disposals, 12 marks and three goals while playing in the forward line.[8] That year he also represented the Victorian Country region at the 2009 AFL Under 18 Championships where he held averages of 14 disposals and four marks per game.[8]

Astbury earned an invite to the national draft combine in Canberra that year, where he recorded a top-10 score in the kicking test.[9][10] He was noted pre-draft for his work rate and endurance as well as his ability to play both as a key forward and key defender.[10][11]

AFL career

Astbury was drafted to with the club's third selection and the 35th pick overall in the 2009 AFL national draft.[12]

Astbury played his first match against AFL opponents in a pre-season game against Hawthorn in Launceston in February 2010.[13][14] He then spent the early part of the regular season playing at reserves level with Richmond's VFL affiliate Coburg. Astbury's AFL debut came in round 4, in a 55-point loss to Melbourne.[14] In that match he played as a forward, recording seven disposals, three tackles and an equal-team-high three goals.[15] Astbury played three more matches at senior level but failed to kick a goal in any.[16] He was omitted from the club's round 8 side before making a return the following week and kicking a goal in that round 9 loss to Essendon.[16] By the later part of the season Astbury was playing primarily as a defender, having kicked just one more goal that year.[17][18] After playing 13 consecutive matches Astbury had his season ended early, sent for hip surgery following round 21's loss to St Kilda.[16][18] He finished a promising first season with 17 matches played at AFL level.[5]

Despite migrating fully to the role of key defender that off-season, Astbury was in November 2010 assigned the number 12 guernsey worn by club goal-kicking legend and recently retired forward Matthew Richardson.[19] He first wore it in pre-season matches in February 2011 before being selected to play at senior level in round 1's season-opening match against Carlton.[20][16][17] Astbury played a further three matches at senior level before being omitted from Richmond's round 5 side to take on North Melbourne.[16] He returned to senior level in round 12, but was involved in an collision with Sydney midfielder Ben McGlynn early in the game. Astbury sustained a dislocated patella in the incident and did not return to the match, having failed to lodge an entry in any of the popularly recorded statistical categories.[16][21] The resulting surgery revealed extensive damage to the medial collateral ligament too.[22] Efforts to repair the knee would keep him sidelined and unable to play another AFL match that season, having only featured in five to that point.[16]

Astbury jostles with Collingwood's Jesse White in round 2 of the 2017 season

In the early parts of the 2012 season Astbury remained ruled out of action, with a second surgery forcing him to prolong rehabilitation on the knee injury sustained the year prior.[22] After nearly a full year in recovery Astbury finally made his return to competitive football in mid-May.[22] He did so with the development side of VFL team Coburg, a full two levels below the AFL.[22] After further matches in the Coburg seniors, Astbury earned a re-call to AFL football as a key-position forward in a round 22 match against Essendon.[23][24] He kicked a goal in that match and again the next week when he played in the club's final match of the season.[16] Astbury finished the year at full health and having played two matches at AFL level that year.[16]

Astbury begun the 2013 calendar in full-health and played in pre-season matches against the Indigenous All-Stars and Essendon in February and March respectively.[25][26] Before the start of the season he sustained a foot injury however, and did not play in either of the first two weeks of the season.[27][24] Astbury played limited minutes in the VFL the following week before missing another match with a knee complaint.[24] As string of six straight matches at VFL level followed with Astbury impressing enough to be named as an AFL emergency in round 10.[28] He earned his first match of the season at senior level a fortnight later, playing against Adelaide at the MCG.[16] Another senior match followed in round 13 but Astbury found himself substituted out of the game with a minor ankle injury[29] He rehabilitated the injury at VFL level before earning another AFL match in round 19.[16][30] In that match Astbury played a key shut down role on Hawthorn forward Jack Gunston and earned himself a further two matches at senior level.[24] More injury misfortune would befall him in the weeks that followed however, with further minor leg injuries keeping him from playing another match at either VFL or AFL level.[24] Astbury finished the season having played five senior matches.[16]

For the first time in three years Astbury begun the 2014 season in the club's best-22 and by round 2 had already turned in a "standout" performance, having kept Carlton's Jarrad Waite to just one goal while also recording 10 marks and five rebound-50s of his own.[31] In round 4 he impressed again, this time keeping Collingwood forward Travis Cloke goalless.[32] Yet another starring performance came in round 6 where he kept Hawthorn's Jarryd Roughead to one goal and was named by AFL Media as one of Richmond's best players that day.[33] By the conclusion of round 8 it was clear Astbury was having the best season of his career to-date, a fact later confirmed when the club's best and fairest count revealed he was Richmond's second highest vote polling player to that point of the year.[34][35] More injury troubles would await him however when in round 9 Astbury suffered another patella dislocation (this time in his left knee) while attempting to tackle Melbourne midfielder Jack Viney in the third quarter of that match.[36][21][37] Though he reset the dislocation himself while still on the field, he would again need surgery to fully repair the damage.[21] He did not play another match at AFL level that season, finishing with nine total.[16] Astbury did however return for a single game in the final match of the season with Richmond's stand-alone reserves side in the VFL.[38]

A full pre-season training program awaited Astbury in the lead-up to the 2015 season.[34][39] Despite this, and though initially selected to play, Astbury withdrew from a pre-season match in February with knee soreness.[40][35] He missed again in the following match of the series in March.[41] Just days before he was due to line up in his club's round 1 side, Astbury was stung by a stingray while wading at a Port Melbourne beach.[42] Surgery was required to remove the barb that caused minor damage to his left foot and ankle.[43] He missed the first two weeks of the season as a result of the injury, before making a return to AFL football in round 3.[44] Astbury remained in the senior side for a further three matches including in round 5, where he was moved into the Richmond forward-line in the match's third quarter and kicked his first goal since 2012.[45][16] He was relegated to VFL football after a poor performance in round 6 however and faced a hamstring strain in the following weeks that would restrict his ability to push for senior selection.[46] Astbury played a dual role as defender and forward, doing so well as to come under consideration (though ultimately unsuccessful) for AFL selection as a forward in round 15.[47] He was later named as an emergency in round 19 but could not earn final AFL selection again at any point that season.[48] Astbury finished the year only having played four AFL matches, bringing his five-year total to just 24.[5] At season's end Astbury became the subject of media speculation concerning a potential move to the Brisbane Lions.[49] Media reports suggested he had been offered a four year deal worth a reported $500,000 per season and the promise of greater playing time at AFL level.[5] An initial offer that would have seen Richmond give up Astbury and their pick 31 in exchange for Brisbane's pick 17 was rejected by Brisbane according to a report by The Age.[50] Talks progressed so far that Astbury was confirmed to have travelled to Brisbane to meet club officials and complete a medical exam.[51][52] By the middle of October a deal was reported to be almost complete, but a late period decision by Astbury to remain at Richmond saw him still at the club by the close of the trade deadline.[53][54][55]

Astbury pursues Sydney's Kieren Jack in round 13, 2017

Astbury underwent minor hip surgery in the lead-up to the 2016 season, but still managed what the Herald Sun labelled a "brilliant" pre-season training campaign.[56][57][58] With the move of veteran defender Troy Chaplin to a new forward-line role, Astbury was the natural replacement as a key defender alongside All-Australian Alex Rance in the Richmond defence.[59] He played that role in the club's first pre-season match in February but missed a large portion of the game after sustaining ligament damage to his thumb.[60][61] The injury would require surgery and forced Astbury to sit out the remainder of the pre-season series.[61] He was back to full health by late March however, and earned selection to the club's AFL side in round 1.[62][63] In round 4 Astbury suffered another injury, this time in the form of a rolled ankle that ended his night in the fourth quarter of that match.[64] He did not miss a game as a result of the injury however, instead playing a further two matches at AFL level before being omitted form the club's round 7 side due to poor form.[65] Astbury returned to senior football after three weeks away, recording 11 marks in a win over Essendon in the marquee Dreamtime at the 'G match.[66][16] He did not miss another match that year, playing in each of the final 13 matches of the season.[16] After 14 rounds Astbury led all Richmond players for average intercept marks per game (2.3) while placing 16th in the league for that same statistic.[67] In round 20 he recorded a career-best 14 marks in his club's win over Collingwood.[68] By season's end Astbury had played in a total 19 matches, the most of any year of his career to-date.[16] He earned an 11th-placed finished in the club best and fairest count that year, with his 27 votes placing him just one vote behind tenth placed Brett Deledio.[69] During the off-season Astbury avoid the contract drama of the year previous, having quietly signed a new three year deal to keep him at Richmond until the end of the 2019 season.[70]

Across the first two games of the 2017 season Astbury was a serviceable contributor to the Richmond defence.[24] In round 3 though he was impressive in his own right, restricting reining Coleman Medalist Josh Kennedy[71] For that performance he earned an honourable mention but ultimately went unselected in AFL Media's Team of the Week.[72] Astbury led all Richmond players with 12 disposals to half time of round 4's match with Brisbane, finishing the game with 16 disposals and 11 marks.[73][74] His form to that point was labelled by the Herald Sun as "career-best" while Richmond's back-line ranked number one in the league for fewest points conceded.[73][75] The following week Astbury become a point of discussion concerning umpiring when he was adjudged to have illegally rushed a behind while fumbling the ball in round 5's win over Melbourne.[76] His performance in round 9 was first-rate, recording an equal game-high four intercept marks as part of 10 total marks that saw him placed 20th in the league in that statistic so far that season.[77] Another starring performance came in round 11 when Astbury restricted North Melbourne's Jarrad Waite to a single goal while recording 20 disposals and an equal team high eight intercepts of his own.[78][79] He was one of six Richmond players recognised in the AFL Coaches Association award rankings for that match, recording 2 of a possible 10 votes.[78] Astbury's assignment on Waite was part of a concerted effort by coach Damien Hardwick to have him defend other teams' best key-forwards and allow Alex Rance to play a more fluid offensive role.[79][80] After 11 rounds of the season Astbury ranked sixth in the competition for intercept marks.[81] Eight weeks later he had improved this position, now ranking fourth in the league for average marks, intercept marks and intercept possession while also ranking third for lowest defensive on-on-one loss percentage (20 per cent).[53] Astbury passed his career-best games played mark in round 21, having not missed a game in 2017.[53] In early August the Herald Sun labelled him as a "legitimate star" on the back of his development that season.[82] At the end of the 2017 home and away season Astbury ranked eighth in the league for total marks recorded that season with 150 across his 22 matches. He also ranked equal 19th with his 106 one percenters.[83] September saw Astbury play in the first final of his career, keeping Tom Hawkins to just one goal in a qualifying final victory over Geelong.[24][84] In the preliminary final that followed, Astbury managed to keep Greater Western Sydney's Jonathon Patton to one goal, helping push Richmond to a 36-point victory and their first grand final in 35 years.[85] In the 2017 AFL Grand Final Astbury was given the task of restricting Adelaide's Taylor Walker, which he did by keeping the Crows captain goalless until late in the match when the game was already out of reach.[24] The Herald Sun ranked him the 11th best player of all 44 participants in the match that saw Astbury an AFL premiership player.[86] Across the season and finals series Astbury ranked number eighth in the league for intercepts, ninth for marks and 20th for one-percenters in 2017.[87] As part of his premiership success, Astbury was awarded life membership at Richmond.[88]

Astbury underwent minor shoulder surgery immediately following the end of the 2017 finals series, though still managed to complete a mostly-full training program in the lead-in to the 2018 season.[89] He was back to full health in time for the club's first pre-season match of 2018, but suffered a head knock and a concussion during the match and played only limited game-time as a result.[90][91] The effects of the concussion were minimal however as he managed to play in the team's second and final pre-season match in March as well as in the season opening match against Carlton later that month.[92][16] In round 2 Astbury earned negative attention when he mis-kicked the ball in defence and allowed Adelaide a goal that would quash Richmond's fourth-quarter comeback.[93] He made amends the following week, earning selection to AFL Media's Team of the Week for his efforts in Richmond's 13-point victory over Hawthorn.[94][95] Astbury repeated the accolade in round 4, earning another Team of the Week selection as well as three votes in the AFL Coaches Association's award for his 20 disposal and six mark game against the Brisbane Lions.[96][97][98] After four rounds Astbury ranked second in the league for most goals conceded to a direct-opponent with 13.[99] In contrast he was placed highly in a number of positive statistics, ranking 12th for intercepts, 17th for marks and 20th for rebound 50s across all players in the league.[100] In round 7 Astbury equalled a previous career-best when he recorded 14 marks in the club's 77-point victory over Fremantle.[16] For that performance he earned his third Team of the Week selection of the year.[101] To the mid-point of the season Astbury ranked 13th in the league for intercepts and 17th for total marks.[102] Astbury played his 50th consecutive match in round 12, but he also sustained a significant ankle injury in that loss to Port Adelaide.[102][103] Though he played out the match on that injury, Atbury was forced to miss the following week's match with Geelong to rehabilitate the ankle before returning in round 15 against Sydney.[104][105][106] During that match he was engaged in misconduct against opposition forward Tom McCartin that saw him attract a $1,500 fine from the AFL's Match Review Officer.[107] Astbury played his 100th career match in round 17, a loss to the Greater Western Sydney at Spotless Stadium in Sydney.[108][16] At that time he was labelled as "in the conversations" for All-Australian honours by one of the award's selectors, Seven Network commentator and former Richmond star Matthew Richardson.[109]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2018 season[16]
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
Totals Averages (per game)
2010 Richmond 3917551108319357290.30.36.54.911.43.41.7
2011 Richmond 12501121426360.00.02.42.85.20.61.2
2012 Richmond 122206612541.00.03.03.06.02.52.0
2013 Richmond 125003022521820.00.06.04.410.43.60.4
2014 Richmond 12800713710842150.00.08.94.613.55.31.9
2015 Richmond 124102022421480.30.05.05.510.53.52.0
2016 Richmond 121901156101257127250.00.18.25.313.56.71.3
2017 Richmond 122500221154375159360.00.08.86.215.06.41.4
2018 Richmond 122200184138322125230.00.08.46.314.65.71.0
Career 107 8 6 810 577 1387 550 148 0.1 0.1 7.6 5.4 13.0 5.1 1.4

Honours and achievements

Team

Junior

  • North Ballarat Rebels co-captain: 2009

Personal life

Astbury's mother Kate was an unsuccessful candidate for Labor party pre-selection for the Victorian electoral seat of Ripon in 2017.[110][111][6]

Astbury traveled to Rio de Janeiro in the summer before the 2014 season, one of nine Richmond players making a cultural-exchange trip as part of a project to work with disadvantaged kids that was developed by researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.[112][113]

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