Sam Naismith | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Sam Naismith | ||
Date of birth | 16 July 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Narrabri, New South Wales | ||
Original team(s) | North Shore (Sydney AFL) Gunnedah (TAFL) | ||
Draft | 59th pick, 2013 Rookie Draft | ||
Height | 206 cm (6 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 108 kg (238 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Richmond | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2014–2022 | Sydney | 30 (3) | |
2024– | Richmond | 1 (0) | |
Total | 31 (3) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of opening round, 2023 season. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Sam Naismith (born 16 July 1992) is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the Sydney Swans between 2014 and 2022 before being delisted.
Naismith was born in Narrabri, New South Wales but moved to Gunnedah with his family at a young age. He grew up playing rugby league and supported the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League. He first played Australian rules football at the age of 16 when a school friend convinced him to take part in a few training sessions with the Gunnedah Bulldogs. [1] A year later, as a 17-year-old, he was named joint best and fairest winner of the Tamworth Australian Football League in 2009. [2] [3] By 2011 Naismith was ready to quit Aussie rules and move to Sydney to play rugby union until then-Sydney Swans coach Paul Roos called him and invited him to join the Swans' talent academy. [4] Naismith accepted the invitation and began playing for the North Shore Bombers in the Sydney AFL competition in 2012. By the end of the season he was rookie drafted by the Swans.
Naismith made his debut for the Swans in the final round of 2014 season against Richmond. Naismith assumed the ruck duties alone that day as Mike Pyke and Tom Derickx, alternative ruck options, were both injured. [5]
In December 2022, Naismith was delisted by the Swans and signed by VFL side Port Melbourne Football Club. He played for Port Melbourne during the 2023 season. In November 2023, Naismith signed with Richmond as a delisted free agent [6] after the club traded their back-up ruckman Ivan Soldo to Port Adelaide during the trade period. [7] Naismith is expected to play as a back-up for premiership ruckman and Richmond co-captain Toby Nankervis in 2024.
Updated to the end of the 2022 season. [8]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | H/O | Hit-outs |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | ||||
2014 | Sydney | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 16.0 |
2015 | Sydney | 35 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2016 | Sydney | 35 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 68 | 110 | 25 | 39 | 277 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 23.1 |
2017 | Sydney | 35 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 81 | 133 | 25 | 40 | 419 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 8.9 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 27.9 |
2018 | Sydney | 35 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2019 | Sydney | 35 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2020 [lower-alpha 1] | Sydney | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 26.5 |
2021 | Sydney | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2022 | Sydney | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Career | 30 | 3 | 4 | 109 | 159 | 268 | 56 | 91 | 765 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 8.9 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 25.5 |
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