Deven Robertson

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Deven Robertson
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Robertson in April 2025
Personal information
Full name Deven Robertson
Nickname 'The Cold Cut'
Born (2001-06-30) 30 June 2001 (age 24)
Northam, Western Australia
Original team Perth Demons(WAFL)/Manning Rippers(WA)
Draft No. 22, 2019 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2020, Brisbane Lions  vs. Hawthorn, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position Forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2020–2025 Brisbane Lions 47 (10)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2025.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Deven Robertson (born 30 June 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). Robertson was recently delisted, and is expected to join the West Coast Eagles as a Delisted Free Agent. [1]

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Early life

Robertson grew up in Northam, Western Australia. He played junior football for Manning and also played at high school while boarding at Aquinas College, Perth. [2] His senior football was played with the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League. In 2019 captained Western Australia at the 2019 AFL Under 18 Championships and won the Larke Medal as the best player in the tournament. His performance saw him selected by the Brisbane lions with their first pick in the 2019 AFL draft.

AFL Career

Brisbane (2020–2025)

Early Career: (2020–2022)

Robertson made his debut in Round 1 of the 2020 AFL season against Hawthorn at the MCG. He played 16 games in 2021 and earned a two-year contract extension. He made eight appearances in 2022 including all three of Brisbane’s finals, and was one of Brisbane's best in the 2022 Preliminary Final, accruing 17 disposals and 10 tackles.

Grand Final Loss and Trade Request: (2023–2025)

He was subject to widespread fanfare following an incident where his guernsey was ripped in a match against Collingwood at Marvel Stadium in Round 23 of the 2023 season. Robertson continued to play with the ripped shirt until he took it off completely following a tackle from Beau McCreery. [3] His ripped shirt was ultimately auctioned off for the Royal Children’s Hospital charity ahead of the 2023 finals, and the incident saw Robertson gain over 20,000 new followers on social media platform Instagram. [4] Overall he played 18 games in 2023, including a grand final appearance in Brisbane's loss against Collingwood, in which he scored a goal. Robertson again extended his contract at the conclusion of the 2023 season, penning a two-year extension to the end of the 2025 season, ending speculation that he would seek a trade to a Western Australian club in 2023.

Robertson was selected in the VFL Team of the Year in both 2024 & 2025, and was the joint winner of Brisbane's Reserves Best & Fairest Award in Brisbane Lions Reserves Best & Fairest alongside Luke Beecken, but his opportunities at AFL level remained limited to only 6 games across both 2024 and 2025, leading him to request a trade to the West Coast Eagles at the conclusion of the 2025 season. Robertson was delisted at the end of the 2025 AFL season to allow him to join the Eagles as a Delisted Free Agent. [5]

Statistics

Updated to the end of Round 22 2025. [6]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2020 [a] Brisbane Lions 2100347030.00.03.04.07.00.03.0
2021 Brisbane Lions 2164211010021053670.30.16.96.313.13.34.2
2022 Brisbane Lions 283047489521320.40.05.96.011.92.64.0
2023 Brisbane Lions 21632717314434420.20.14.44.69.02.12.6
2024 Brisbane Lions 220061016140.00.03.05.08.00.52.0
2025 Brisbane Lions 24009514430.00.02.21.23.51.00.7
Career471042462404861131510.20.05.25.110.32.43.2

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

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Saints delist veteran and defender as list change continues". AFL Media. 16 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Glass act to follow for WA skipper Robertson". 7 June 2019.
  3. ↑ Manibog, Rebekah (19 August 2023). "The AFL Player Whose Shirt Got Ripped Off Has Now Gained Over 20,000 New Insta Followers". PEDESTRIAN.TV. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "AFL 2023: Deven Robertson's torn Brisbane guernsey to be auctioned off for charity". Fox Sports. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "Saints delist veteran and defender as list change continues". AFL Media. 16 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Deven Robertson". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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