Dylan Stephens

Last updated

Dylan Stephens
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Mildura, Victoria
Original team(s) Norwood (SANFL)
Draft No. 5, 2019 AFL draft, Sydney
Debut 12 July 2020, Sydney  vs. Richmond, at The Gabba
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club North Melbourne
Number 15
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2020–2023 Sydney 43 (11)
2024– North Melbourne 00 0(0)
Total43 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Dylan Stephens (born 8 January 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was initially recruited by the Sydney Swans with the fifth pick in the 2019 AFL draft. [1] [2]

Contents

Early football

Stephens played junior football for his local club, Red Cliffs Football Club. [3] [4] He attended Red Cliffs Primary School and then Red Cliffs Secondary College. [5] He later attended and played football for St Peter's College in Adelaide, while on a football scholarship. [3] Stephens played for Norwood in the SANFL for the 2019 season, where he played 13 games and kicked six goals. [6] [7] [8] Stephens also represented South Australia in the AFL Under 18 Championships, where he ended up winning the award for Most Valuable Player in the South Australian Side, as well as selection in the All-Australian Under 18 side. [9] [10]

AFL career

Stephens debuted in the Swans' eight point loss to the Richmond Tigers in the 6th round of the 2020 AFL season, alongside teammate Chad Warner. [11] [12] [13] On debut, Stephens collected 11 disposals, 5 marks and 4 tackles, and kicked a behind. [14]

Stephens was in and out of the Swans through 2021 and the first half of 2022, before a consistent run of games through 2022 including being included in the team for the 2022 AFL Grand Final. [15] [16]

A contract extension signed in 2021 committed Stephens to the Swans until the end of 2023. [17] Stephens played in the opening game of the 2023 season against the Gold Coast Suns, amassing 27 disposals. [18] On 11 October 2023, Stephens was traded to North Melbourne. [19]

Statistics

Updated to the end of Round 4, 2023. [20]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2020 [lower-alpha 1] Sydney 3823683210027270.20.38.54.012.53.33.3
2021 Sydney 37113029592080.10.14.24.18.42.81.1
2022 Sydney 315521716723863380.30.111.44.515.94.22.5
2023 Sydney 34114628741290.30.311.5718.532.3
Career3497315156471122810.30.29.34.613.93.62.4

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.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adelaide Football Club</span> Australian rules football club

The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed the Crows, are a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia that was founded in 1990. The Crows have fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) since 1991, and a women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition since 2017. The club's offices and training facilities are located in the western Adelaide suburb of West Lakes, at the site of the club's former home ground Football Park. Since 2014 Adelaide have played home matches at the Adelaide Oval, a 53,500-seat stadium located a few hundred metres north of the Adelaide CBD.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Australian National Football League</span> Australian rules football competition

The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL, is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adelaide Oval</span> Stadium in Adelaide, South Australia

Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the city centre and North Adelaide. The venue is predominantly used for cricket and Australian rules football, but has also played host to rugby league, rugby union, soccer, tennis among other sports as well as regularly being used to hold concerts. Austadiums.com described Adelaide Oval as being "one of the most picturesque Test cricket grounds in Australia, if not the world." After the completion of the ground's most recent redevelopment in 2014, sports journalist Gerard Whateley described the venue as being "the most perfect piece of modern architecture because it's a thoroughly contemporary stadium with all the character that it's had in the past."

Jared Crouch is a former Australian football player with the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League (AFL), who is colloquially known as "Crouchie" to Swans fans and the media. He currently serves as a development coach at the Sydney Swans.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nic Fosdike</span> Australian rules footballer

Nicholas "Nic" Fosdike is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the Sydney Swans.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tony Modra</span> Australian rules footballer, born 1969

Anthony Dale Modra is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Adelaide and Fremantle in the Australian Football League (AFL) and West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Known for his spectacular marking ability in the full-forward position, Modra had the physical strength and size to match the best opposition full-backs in the competition. As of 2023, he is the only Adelaide player to kick more than 100 goals in a season, achieving the feat in 1993 by registering 129 goals for the year.

Stephen Scott Kernahan is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He also played 16 State of Origin games for South Australia and gained selection as an All-Australian five times. He later served for six years as president of the Carlton Football Club.

Matthew Dylan Campbell is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League from 2006 - 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greater Western Sydney Giants</span> Australian rules football club

The Greater Western Sydney Giants are a professional Australian rules football team based in Sydney Olympic Park which represents the Greater Western Sydney region of New South Wales and Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

Proposed VFL/AFL clubs are clubs that at various points in the history of the Australian Football League have been or were distinct possibilities but either did not or have not yet eventuated. Due to their association with the national Australian competition, they have drawn a large amount of controversy and media attention.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lewis Jetta</span> Australian rules footballer

Lewis Jetta is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Swan Districts Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel Menzel</span> Australian rules footballer (born 1991)

Daniel Menzel is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Cats and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Brother to fellow former footballer Troy Menzel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tony Armstrong (Australian rules footballer)</span> Australian rules footballer

Tony Patrick Armstrong is an Aboriginal Australian television presenter and former professional Australian rules footballer.

Will Young is an Australian rules football player who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Young was taken late in the 2008 AFL Draft, with Adelaide's fifth round pick at number 72.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paul Puopolo</span> Australian rules footballer

Paul Puopolo is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A man small in stature, he is known to jump into packs and take marks against much taller opponents. He is a 3-time premiership player having played in Hawthorn's back-to-back-to-back Grand Final triumphs in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

The Australian Football League stages the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dean Terlich</span> Australian rules footballer

Dean Terlich is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the club with draft pick 68 in the 2012 national draft. He made his debut in round 2, 2013, against Essendon at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in the match where Melbourne were defeated by 148 points.

Chad Warner is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Sydney Swans with the 39th draft pick in the 2019 AFL draft.

Tom Hutchesson is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with the 65th draft pick in the 2019 AFL draft.

Bella R. Smith is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for Sydney in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She played for Norwood in the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW) before she was signed to an AFLW contract by Collingwood as an undrafted free agent.

References

  1. ↑ "Dylan Stephens". Footywire. Archived from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Milbank, Zac (November 2019). "Three Croweaters taken in First Round". SANFL Media. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  3. 1 2 "The school behind Stephens". Sydney Swans FC Media. 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Dearlove, Angus (21 August 2020). "Dylan Stephens steadily rising at Swans". Sunraysia Daily. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "The school behind Stephens". sydneyswans.com.au. 24 August 2020. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Dylan Stephens". Aussie Rules Draft Central. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Stephens to the Swans". NorwoodFC Media. November 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "The first five croweaters picked". AdelaideNow. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  9. ↑ Balmer, Matt (19 November 2019). "Dylan Stephens starred for South Australia. It's why his national carnival self-assessment seems so harsh". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Pick five: Dylan Stephens". Sydney Swans FC Media. 27 November 2019. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  11. ↑ Wu, Andrew (11 July 2020). "From Super Mario Kart to the big stage for two young Swans". The Age. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  12. ↑ Di Fabrizio, Michael (13 July 2020). "Positive signs for Dylan Stephens in AFL debut". Sunraysia Daily. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  13. ↑ Beveridge, Riley (8 July 2020). "Two to debut: Swans to unveil No.5 pick, bull-at-a-gate mid". AFL Media. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  14. ↑ "Round 6 • Richmond v Sydney Swans - Player Stats". Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  15. ↑ Garb, Daniel (7 August 2022). "Late-blooming Swan 'still far from satisfied'". Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  16. ↑ "Team line-ups". Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  17. ↑ Whiting, Michael (19 February 2022). "The last thing you want to do is...': Why young Swan stayed". Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  18. ↑ Whiting, Michael (18 March 2023). "Swans dominant in season opener". Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  19. ↑ @AFLHouse (11 October 2023). "Trade paperwork approved" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ↑ "Dylan Stephens". AFL Tables. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.