Paddy Ryder

Paddy Ryder
Ryder playing for Port Adelaide in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Patrick Ryder
Date of birth (1988-03-14) 14 March 1988
Original team(s) East Fremantle
Draft No. 7, 2005 National Draft
Height 197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 94 kg (207 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 4
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2006–2014 Essendon 170 (117)
2015– Port Adelaide 056 0(39)
Total 226 (156)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2017 Australia 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2018.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights

Club

Representative

Honours

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Patrick Ryder (born 14 March 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

A Noongar/Yamatji man, Ryder's father Revis Ryder also played football for East Fremantle.[1]

Ryder was part of the AFL under-18 All-Australian team and represented Australia in the under-18 international rules in Ireland. He had a successful career in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), playing for the East Fremantle Football Club.

AFL career

Ryder has 'freak' speed, agility and leap for someone of his size and it is these attributes that has him compared to retired Indigenous Australian rules football star Graham "Polly" Farmer.

Essendon (2006-2014)

Essendon secured Ryder with its first selection in the 2005 AFL Draft, which was the seventh pick in the League.

He made his debut in round 1, 2006 against Sydney and played mostly ruck. His debut went down as one to remember as the Bombers embarrassed the 2005 premiers by 27 points, in what would be their only win for the first 16 rounds of the season, and his only win that year.[2]

Ryder was awarded a NAB Rising Star nomination for his efforts in Round 1, 2007. He won the Anzac Medal in 2009 after teammate David Hille was injured in the opening minutes of the game, resulting in Ryder rucking unassisted for the entire game.

Ryder played his 100th AFL game in Round 6, 2011 in a match where Essendon defeated the Gold Coast Suns by 139 points.[3]

Ryder's improved form in the second half of the 2013 season after struggling with poor output and low confidence saw him play a big role in Essendon’s push to the finals. He played mainly in the ruck, where his tap-work was crucial, and also played forward and in defence. The 26-year-old has the ability to be one of the Bombers' key game-breakers, but can struggle with consistency.

Ryder remained a vital part of the Essendon outfit as firstly a ruckman and then an option as he pushed forward with his lightning pace and high-marking ability. Ryder had a solid start to 2014, including a two-goal performance in round 9 against Sydney. Ryder has announced himself as a player who can break games open and become a match-winner.

Port Adelaide (2015-present)

At the end of the 2014 season, it was reported that Ryder had quit Essendon[4] and had nominated Port Adelaide as his preferred club of destination.[5] On 16 October, he was traded to the Power.[6]

Being Port Adelaide's big name recruit for season 2015, Ryder was unable to take part in the pre-season trial matches and was only cleared from his provisional suspension a few prior to the round one game against Fremantle due to the ASADA drugs investigation. He played in 18 games for the Power, which included games where he kicked 3 goals in both Showdowns and a 4 goal haul against his former club Essendon.

Ryder, along with 33 other past and present Essendon players, was found guilty of using a banned performance enhancing substance, thymosin beta-4, as part of Essendon's sports supplements program during the 2012 season. He and his team-mates were initially found not guilty in March 2015 by the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal,[7] but a guilty verdict was returned in January 2016 after an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency. He was suspended for two years which, with backdating, ended in November 2016; as a result, he served approximately fourteen months of his suspension and missed the entire 2016 AFL season.[8]

In season 2017, Ryder became one of the best ruckman in the league. Eventually, he was named an All Australian Ruckman and John Cahill Medalist as a best and fairest player for the club.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of the 2014 season.[9][10]
Season Team No. Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2006 Essendon3092228194714100.20.23.12.15.21.61.1
2007 Essendon30213111410622099460.10.05.45.010.54.72.3
2008 Essendon30225411910322290470.20.25.44.710.14.12.1
2009 Essendon302112912114126272990.60.45.86.712.53.44.7
2010 Essendon3021211213911325287941.00.66.65.412.04.14.5
2011 Essendon30232715175118293111661.20.67.65.112.74.82.9
2012 Essendon301517101238120489381.10.78.25.413.65.92.5
2013 Essendon30171031368422067550.60.28.04.912.93.93.2
2014 Essendon3021201616410727185561.00.87.85.112.94.02.7
Career 170 117 72 1119 872 1991 714 514 0.7 0.4 6.6 5.1 11.7 4.2 3.0

References

  1. ↑ "Club honours indigenous players". Melville Times. Community Newspaper Group. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Bombers upset Swans - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  3. ↑ Essendon obliterate Gold Coast Suns, The Daily Telegraph, 1 May 2011
  4. ↑ http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-09-21/ryder-quits-bombers
  5. ↑ http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-09-26/paddy-firms-for-port
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Twomey, Callum (March 31, 2015). "Thirty-four present and former Bombers cleared of all drug charges". AFL.com.au. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  8. ↑ Travis King (12 January 2016). "Guilty: court bans the Essendon 34 for 2016". Australian Football League. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Patrick Ryder statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "Patrick Ryder of the Essendon Bombers Career AFL Stats". Retrieved 8 October 2012.
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