Fergus Greene

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Fergus Greene
Fergus Greene 2018.6.jpg
Greene in August 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-12-20) 20 December 1997 (age 25)
Original team(s) Sandhurst Football Club
Draft No. 70, 2016 national draft
Debut 29 July 2018, Western Bulldogs  vs. Port Adelaide, at Eureka Stadium
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Number 26
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017–2020 Western Bulldogs 05 0(5)
2023– Hawthorn 11 (15)
Total16 (20)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
Career highlights
  • 2× Box Hill leading goalkicker: 2021, 2022
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Fergus Greene (born 20 December 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Western Bulldogs. He made his debut in round 19 of the 2018 AFL season against Port Adelaide at Eureka Stadium. [1]

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Career

Greene played junior football for Sandhurst and Catholic College Bendigo. In 2015, he suffered a navicular bone injury, but returned in 2016 and played well in the first half of the season. He was recruited by the Bendigo Pioneers and played five TAC Cup games in 2016. [2] He recorded a 15.6 beep test at the Rookie Me Combine, the best time recorded nationally before the 2016 AFL draft. [3] He was selected by the Western Bulldogs with their fourth selection, pick 70, in the 2016 national draft. [3]

In 2017, he kicked three goals on his Victorian Football League (VFL) debut in round 4 [4] and followed up with five goals against Werribee the next week. [5] However, he was restricted to eight VFL games for the year by a broken wrist – which kept him out for eight weeks – and cracked ribs later in the season. [4] In 2018, he played in the inaugural AFLX pre-season competition [6] and showed strong form in his first nine VFL matches. Coach Steve Grace was "super pleased" with Greene and praised his maturity and mental improvement. [7] He played 14 VFL matches and kicked 18 goals before his round 19 AFL debut. [3] On debut, Greene kicked a goal from a 30 m (98 ft) set shot in the second quarter, [8] laid five tackles and amassed five disposals. [1]

Greene had been compared to fellow Bulldogs forward Tory Dickson – the two were both late developers and have reliable set shot routines, innate 'goal sense' and forward pressure. [3]

Greene was delisted at the conclusion of the 2020 AFL season after playing just 5 games, all in the 2018 AFL season. [9]

Greene played for the Box Hill Hawks Football Club in the Victorian Football League in 2021 and 2022. [10] Greene kicked 30 goals in 2021 and 53 goals in 2022. He kicked 83 goals from 26 games.

Greene was signed by Hawthorn as a delisted free agent at the end of the 2022 season. [10]

Statistics

Updated as of the end of 2023. [11]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2017 Western Bulldogs 300——————————————0
2018 Western Bulldogs 3055627174418151.01.25.43.48.83.63.00
2019 Western Bulldogs 300——————————————0
2020 [lower-alpha 1] Western Bulldogs 300——————————————0
2023 Hawthorn 2611151056338938101.40.95.13.08.13.50.90
Career162016835013356251.31.05.23.18.33.51.60

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

Personal life

Greene is the son of Chris Greene and Anne Hartney [2] and the nephew of former Carlton player Brendan Hartney. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Western Bulldogs Vs Port Adelaide – Match Centre". afl.com.au. 29 July 2018. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 Bourke, Adam (26 July 2018). "Greene to make AFL debut for Western Bulldogs". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Davidson, Ryan (29 July 2018). "New Dog comes from 'nowhere' to the big-time". afl.com.au. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Season Review: Fergus Greene". westernbulldogs.com.au. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. ↑ Bourke, Adam (25 April 2017). "Greene continues hot form". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "AFLX full wrap: How did your club go?". afl.com.au. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  7. ↑ Francis, Emma (22 June 2018). "Young Dog earns praise". westernbulldogs.com.au. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Guthrie, Ben (29 July 2018). "Five talking points: Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide". afl.com.au. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Bulldogs confirm list changes". Western Bulldogs Media. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  10. 1 2 "VFL gun joins Hawthorn". hawthornfc.com.au. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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