Brandan Parfitt

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Brandan Parfitt
Brandan Parfitt 2019.2.jpg
Parfitt playing for Geelong in April 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Darwin, Northern Territory
Original team(s) NT Thunder (NEAFL) / North Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft No. 26, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Geelong  vs. Fremantle, at Domain Stadium
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Geelong
Number 3
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017 Geelong 112 (46)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brandan Parfitt (born 27 April 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Contents

Early life

Parfitt was born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory and is of indigenous Australian heritage. [1] He is Larrakia and Warumungu. [2] He spent much of his junior football at the Nightcliff Football Club in Darwin.

AFL career

He was drafted by the Geelong Football Club with their first selection and twenty-sixth overall in the 2016 national draft. [3] He made his debut in the forty-two point win against Fremantle in the opening round of the 2017 season at Domain Stadium. [4] After his third match, he was named the round nominee for the rising star for his performance in the twenty-nine point win against Melbourne at Etihad Stadium in round three, in which he recorded twenty-three disposals and five tackles. [5]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season. [6]

Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals  
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds  
  H  
Handballs  
  M  
Marks
  #  
Played in that season's 
premiership team
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2017 Geelong 315641009719729510.40.36.76.513.11.93.40
2018 Geelong 31915716417834250850.80.48.69.418.02.64.53
2019 Geelong 32044190174364391050.20.29.58.718.22.05.32
2020 [lower-alpha 1] Geelong 31886148131279311070.40.38.27.315.51.75.92
2021 Geelong 32387225207432321280.30.39.79.018.71.35.56
2022 # Geelong 3175416818034832800.30.29.910.620.51.94.70
Career112463299596719622135560.40.38.98.617.51.95.013

Notes

  1. The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

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References

  1. Brandan Parfitt living the dream at AFL heavyweights Geelong from NT News 7 June, 2021
  2. Parfitt: My Family Love It And I Love Being A Part Of It By Tom Collings on May 28, 2021
  3. Wade, Nick (26 November 2016). "AFL Draft 2016: Geelong Cats top pick, NT's Brandan Parfitt, is ready to repay the faith". Geelong Advertiser . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. Young, Lachie (23 March 2017). "Geelong Cats 2017: Tom Stewart and Brandon Parfitt set for Cats debut". Geelong Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  5. McGowan, Marc (10 April 2017). "New Cats' No.3 named Rising Star nominee". AFL.com.au. Telstra. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  6. "Brandan Parfitt". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 November 2020.