Darcy Parish

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Darcy Parish
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Parish playing for Essendon in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Darcy Parish
Date of birth (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Winchelsea, Victoria
Original team(s) Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 5, 2015 national draft
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Weight 81 kg (179 lb) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Essendon
Number 3
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2016– Essendon 162 (55)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Darcy Parish (born 25 July 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Contents

Early life

Parish was born in Winchelsea, Victoria. He participated in the Auskick program at the local Winchelsea club. [2] He played under-18 football with the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup.

Parish was recruited by the Essendon Football Club with the fifth overall selection in the 2015 national draft. [3]

AFL career

Parish was recruited by the Essendon Football Club with the fifth overall selection in the 2015 national draft. [4] He was considered one of the best midfielders in the 2015 draft crop, showing tremendous form averaging 28 disposals at TAC Cup level (16 contested and 12 uncontested), plus seven clearances and five inside-50 entries, showing his all-round quality for the Geelong Falcons. He was named All-Australian in 2014 and backed it up with another selection after the 2015 AFL Under-18 Championships, and he was a member of the NAB AFL Academy squad.

He made his debut in the opening round of the 2016 AFL season against Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium. [5] He was rewarded with a nomination for the 2016 AFL Rising Star after he collected 21 disposals, 13 handball receives, eight tackles, and five inside-50s whilst kicking his first goal in the dying stages to seal a 13-point win against Melbourne. [6] He played 20 games in his debut season, polling 19 votes to finish fourth in the Ron Evans Medal.

He was played mainly on the wing and as a forward over his first 5 years in the competition. Following a spate of injuries early in 2021 to Essendon midfielders, Parish was moved into the centre square. Parish's form suddenly skyrocketed as he became one of the most dominant midfielders in the league, winning best-on-ground medals in the ANZAC Day match, Dreamtime at the 'G, and the Country Game, the latter two being all the more impressive due to being earned in large defeats. He broke Essendon's all-time disposal record against Richmond, was named in the All-Australian team, and finished 5th in the Brownlow Medal, recording 26 votes after only polling in 1 of his 93 games prior. [7]

Parish struggled to maintain that form over the next couple of seasons, as he was hampered by injuries, however he still polled 15 votes in the 2023 Brownlow Medal count. At the end of the 2023 season, he signed a 5 year extension with Essendon, to keep him at the club until the end of the 2028 season. [8] 2024 was another injury interrupted season for Parish, only managing 12 games for the season.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2024 season [9]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2016 Essendon 3206514926641569660.30.37.513.320.83.53.30
2017 Essendon 3207619522642179650.40.39.811.321.14.03.30
2018 Essendon 3155914116430545520.30.69.410.920.33.03.50
2019 Essendon 3211292321043361800.60.410.610.020.62.93.82
2020 [a] Essendon 3177414618032627520.40.28.610.619.21.63.10
2021 Essendon 32310834136070196900.40.414.815.730.54.23.926
2022 Essendon 3163622128050159520.20.413.817.531.33.73.36
2023 Essendon 3183627128455578770.20.315.115.830.84.34.315
2024 Essendon 3122414614929555520.20.312.212.424.64.64.31
Career16255571833211839515695860.30.411.313.124.43.53.650

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Darcy Parish AFL". essendonfc.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  2. ↑ AFL Record. Round 3, 2022. pg 49
  3. ↑ Guthrie, Ben (25 November 2015). "Bombers secure ideal top two with Darcy Parish and Aaron Francis". AFL.com.au. Bigpond . Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Guthrie, Ben (25 November 2015). "Bombers secure ideal top two with Darcy Parish and Aaron Francis". AFL.com.au. Bigpond . Retrieved 26 March 2016.
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  7. ↑ Waterworth, Ben (20 September 2021). "Power play! Wines storms home to claim Brownlow in epic four-way medal shootout". Fox Sports (Australia) . News Corp Australia.
  8. ↑ Twomey, Callum (31 August 2023). "Bomber rejects free agency move, signs new long-term deal". afl.com.au.
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