Brandan Parfitt

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Brandan Parfitt
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Parfitt playing for Geelong in April 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 26)
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
Playing career
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017–2024 Geelong 130 (48)
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brandan Parfitt (born 27 April 1998) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played 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 26th overall in the 2016 national draft. [3] He made his debut in the 42–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 29–point win against Melbourne at Etihad Stadium in round three, in which he recorded 23 disposals and five tackles. [5]

Parfitt was part of the Geelong team that played in the 2020 AFL Grand Final against Richmond, starting on the interchange bench. It was later revealed that he played out the game with a broken thumb after suffering the injury during the first quarter. [6]

In August 2022, Parfitt signed a new contract keeping him at Geelong until the end of the 2024 season. [7] He would start as the tactical substitute in the 2022 AFL Grand Final [8] in place of injured teammate Max Holmes. Parfitt would come on during the last quarter of the match, kicking a goal almost immediately after replacing Cameron Guthrie. [9]

Parfitt was delisted by Geelong at the end of the 2024 AFL season. [10]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season. [11]

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. ↑ Ryan, Peter; Cherny, Daniel (27 October 2020). "Ablett and Parfitt played out grand final with breaks". theage.com.au. Nine Media. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "PARF PUTS PEN TO PAPER". Krock Football. Geelong Broadcasters Pty Limited. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Ryan, Peter; Pierik, John (23 September 2022). "Holmes out: Hamstring dashes Cat wingman's grand final dream". theage.com.au. Nine Media. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "AFL grand final 2022: Geelong Cats demolish Sydney Swans – as it happened". The Guardian. 24 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Premiership pair among SEVEN axed by Cats". afl.com.au. 24 September 2024.
  11. ↑ "Brandan Parfitt". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 November 2020.


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