Pearce Hanley

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Pearce Hanley
Pearce Hanley 2017.jpg
Hanley playing for Gold Coast in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Pearce Hanley
Date of birth (1988-11-15) 15 November 1988 (age 34)
Place of birth England
Original team(s) Ballaghaderreen (club)/Mayo (county team)
Draft No. 38, 2008 rookie draft
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder / Defender
Club information
Current club Gold Coast
Number 1
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2008–2016 Brisbane Lions 129 (58)
2017–2020 Gold Coast 040 (1)
Total169 (60)
International team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2011, 2014 Ireland 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2020.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2014.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Pearce Hanley (born 1988 in England) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played with the Brisbane Lions from 2008 to 2016. A former Gaelic footballer, he played for the Mayo county team and is from Ballaghaderreen, where he played his club football.

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Early life

Hanley was born in England to an Irish father and a Welsh mother. [1] [2] He and his family moved to Ballaghaderreen in County Roscommon at a young age. He is one of six siblings in his immediate family.

Gaelic football

Pearce made his senior debut in 2007 against Cavan. [3] Hanley had previously won the Ron Barassi Medal for the best player of the International Rules Series for the Irish U-17 international rules team against Australia in 2005. [4] It was there that he was first scouted by recruiters from Australia and he was targeted for recruitment by the Brisbane Lions as being a potential AFL player.

Australian rules football

Hanley with Brisbane in 2007 Piercehanley.jpg
Hanley with Brisbane in 2007

In 2007, Pearce was signed by the Brisbane Lions, and put on the rookie list with a view of converting him to Australian rules football. [5] At the Lions, he was mentored by fellow Irishman Colm Begley who had previously played with the club for a season. Hanley made rapid progress and his adaptation to Australian football was almost as rapid as Begley's. He impressed in an early intra-club hit-out and was a solid performer for the Suncoast Lions.

Called up by coach Leigh Matthews, he made his debut in the final Lions home match in 2008 against the Carlton Football Club in front of a crowd of 35,000 at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, replacing Begley in the side. [6] At the end of the 2009 season, Hanley was elevated to the Lions' senior list.

Hanley went on to become an integral part of the Lions' side as a highly damaging rebound defender. In round 18, 2014 in QClash8 Hanley amassed a whopping 44 touches and won the Marcus Ashcroft Medal.

At the conclusion of the 2016 season, Hanley was traded to the Gold Coast Football Club. [7]

In September 2020, Hanley announced his retirement from AFL, effective immediately.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season [8]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2008 Brisbane Lions 42200171027960.00.08.5513.54.53.0
2009 Brisbane Lions 421003710100.00.03.07.010.01.00.0
2010 Brisbane Lions 42930786113932260.30.08.76.815.43.62.9
2011 Brisbane Lions 112235299150449130540.10.213.66.820.45.92.5
2012 Brisbane Lions 112273314147461119530.30.114.36.721.05.42.4
2013 Brisbane Lions 112016929613443098500.80.514.86.721.54.92.5
2014 Brisbane Lions 112061331019450496810.30.715.59.725.24.84.1
2015 Brisbane Lions 1111991518823958330.80.813.78.021.75.33.0
2016 Brisbane Lions 1122141726919746691830.60.812.29.021.24.13.8
Career1295856173798827256343860.40.413.57.721.14.93.0

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References

  1. ↑ Hitzman, Grant (11 July 2013). "Queensland clubs celebrate diversity". AFL Queensland.
  2. ↑ "118 players with multicultural background on AFL lists". World Footy News. 25 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Foley, Cliona (6 July 2007). "O'Rourke junior gets the call-up for Meath senior start". Irish Independent .
  4. ↑ "Brisbane Lions chase Hanley deal". RTÉ News. 1 August 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  5. ↑ Lions ready to call up raw Irish rookie Pearce Hanley by Ben Dorries from couriermail.com.au 20 August 2008
  6. ↑ Ballaghaderreen’s Hanley makes his AFL debut from the Mayo News
  7. ↑ Beveridge, Riley (18 October 2016). "Pearce Hanley to Gold Coast trade: Brisbane midfielder joins Suns in three-way deal with Port Adelaide". Fox Sports (Australia) . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Pearce Hanley Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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