Sam Powell-Pepper

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Sam Powell-Pepper
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Powell-Pepper playing for Port Adelaide in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Samuel Powell-Pepper
Date of birth (1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Western Australia
Original team(s) East Perth (WAFL)/Wesley College (PSA)
Draft No. 18, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Sydney  vs. Port Adelaide, at Sydney Cricket Ground
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder / forward
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 2
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017– Port Adelaide 142 (106)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Samuel Powell-Pepper (born 8 January 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Early life

Powell-Pepper was born in Perth, the son of Maureen and Steven. His mother is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and his father is caucasian. [1] [2] [3] He has two full siblings and two half-brothers. His parents separated when he was young and he lived with his father until he was eight, then spent periods with his paternal grandmother, his mother, and friends' families. [4]

Powell-Pepper initially attended Mount Lawley Senior High School as an inaugural member of the school’s Aboriginal Excellence Program, before switching to Wesley College on an indigenous scholarship. [5] He went to school with Quinton Narkle who is his second cousin. He also attended school with other future AFL players Shai Bolton and Cameron Zurhaar. [6] He played junior football for the Mt Hawthorn Cardinals. [7]

In 2016, Powell-Pepper made his senior debut for the East Perth Football Club during round 20 of the 2016 WAFL season going on to play all the remaining games for the year. [8]

AFL career

Powell-Pepper was drafted by the Port Adelaide Football Club with their second selection and eighteenth overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his AFL debut in Port Adelaide's twenty-eight point win against Sydney in the opening round of the 2017 season at the Sydney Cricket Ground. [9] He was named that round's AFL Rising Star nominee after kicking two goals in the match, the first with his first kick in AFL football. [10] In a game against Melbourne, he recorded 17 tackles, beating the club's previous record which was 16.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 24, 2023 [11]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2017 Port Adelaide 2221614182193375571140.70.68.38.817.02.65.2
2018
Port Adelaide 21651313716830536970.30.88.610.519.12.26.1
2019 Port Adelaide 219101818717135850920.50.99.89.018.82.64.8
2020 [lower-alpha 1] Port Adelaide 21971212315728036770.40.66.58.714.71.94.0
2021
Port Adelaide 21610811510421939610.60.57.26.513.72.43.8
2022
Port Adelaide 2222422216149365104741.11.09.06.616.64.73.4
2023
Port Adelaide 223292618413131560751.21.18.05.713.72.63.3
Career1371011131144107122153825900.70.88.47.816.22.84.3

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. ↑ Sam Powell-Pepper pays tribute to former teammate’s family after Round 1 Rising Star nomination
  2. ↑ Resilience the driving force behind Sam Powell-Pepper's draft bid
  3. ↑ Tomorrow's heroes: Sam Powell-Pepper, big-bodied mid ready for AFL
  4. ↑ Rising Port Adelaide star Sam Powell-Pepper picks up from broken past
  5. ↑ Homfray, Reece (28 November 2016). "New recruit Sam Powell-Pepper's power nothing to sneeze at". The Advertiser . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  6. ↑ O'Reilly, Jacob (1 November 2016). "Wesley College sends four to AFL Draft Combine". Western Independent. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  7. ↑ Resilience the driving force behind Sam Powell-Pepper's draft bid
  8. ↑ "WAFL - West Australian Football League". www.wafl.com.au. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  9. ↑ Laughton, Max (25 March 2017). "What we learned: Port Adelaide defeats Sydney Swans in Round 1 as Sam Powell-Pepper makes terrific debut". Fox Sports (Australia) . News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Twomey, Callum (27 March 2017). "Powerful Port mid's instant impact earns Rising Star nod". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "Sam Powell Pepper". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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