Wayne Milera | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Wayne Milera | ||
Date of birth | 14 September 1997 | ||
Original team(s) | Central District (SANFL) | ||
Draft | No. 11, 2015 national draft | ||
Debut | Round 1, 2016, Adelaide vs. North Melbourne, at Etihad Stadium | ||
Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Adelaide | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2016– | Adelaide | 96 (29) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Wayne Milera (born 14 September 1997) is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Adelaide with pick 11 in the 2015 national draft. [1]
Milera was drafted from Central District in the SANFL, having played 11 senior games for the season, including two finals. He also played all six games for South Australia at the Under 18 National Championships. Milera was part of Port Adelaide's Indigenous AFL Academy. [2] During the year he was diagnosed with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome after completing ECG and cardiac tests with the South Australian Under-18 program and underwent heart surgery. Just a week later he kicked 3 goals in a semi-final to help Centrals to a thrilling win. [1]
Milera debuted in round 1, 2016 against North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium. After playing in the opening four rounds of his debut season Milera suffered an injury and missed the next three rounds. He returned in round eight against Geelong and then in round nine against Gold Coast, Milera kicked three goals.
After the round 10, 2017 match against Fremantle, in which Milera recorded sixteen disposals, four tackles and three goals, he was the round nominee for the AFL Rising Star. [3]
In the 2018 season, Milera was moved to the half-back line as a replacement for the injured Brodie Smith in Adelaide's round 6 victory over the Gold Coast Suns Milera collected a career-high 33 disposals.
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
2016 | Adelaide | 30 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 40 | 89 | 25 | 17 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 11.1 | 3.1 | 2.1 |
2017 | Adelaide | 30 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 141 | 108 | 249 | 53 | 36 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 15.6 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
2018 | Adelaide | 30 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 231 | 137 | 368 | 89 | 49 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 12.1 | 7.2 | 19.3 | 4.6 | 2.5 |
2019 | Adelaide | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 184 | 125 | 309 | 93 | 52 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 10.8 | 7.3 | 18.1 | 5.4 | 3.0 |
2020 | Adelaide | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 15.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 |
2021 | Adelaide | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Career | 62 | 21 | 18 | 622 | 423 | 1045 | 267 | 156 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 16.8 | 4.3 | 2.5 |
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