Will Day
Will Day | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Will Day | ||
Date of birth | 5 June 2001 | ||
Original team(s) | West Adelaide/PHOS Camden Football Club | ||
Draft | No. 13, 2019 national draft | ||
Debut |
Round 6, 2020, Hawthorn vs. Collingwood, at Giants Stadium | ||
Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Hawthorn | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2020– | Hawthorn | 16 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2021 season. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Will Day (born 5 June 2001) is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Day is the grandson of 1971 VFL Grand Final premiership player Robert Day.[1]
Early career[]
Will played his junior football at PHOS Camden Football Club. He moved to Glenelg for a year before moving on to West Adelaide. In 2019 he played for South Australia in the under 18 national championships, as well as playing three reserves games.[2] He went to school at Sacred Heart College.
AFL career[]
Day's AFL career was initially hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic. As a young player coming into the system Day would normally start by playing with the Hawthorn affiliate Box Hill Hawks, but because that competition had been suspended for the year he had to show his mettle with scratch matches against other AFL clubs.
Day made his AFL debut in round 6, 2020, against Collingwood at Giants Stadium.[3] Day received a rising star nomination after round 16, 2020.[4]
Statistics[]
Statistics are correct to the end of 2021.[5]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
2020[a] | Hawthorn | 30 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 72 | 172 | 48 | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 9.1 | 6.5 | 15.6 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 0 |
2021 | Hawthorn | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 44 | 99 | 25 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 8.8 | 19.8 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 1 |
Career | 16 | 1 | 1 | 155 | 116 | 271 | 73 | 23 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 16.9 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 1 |
Notes
- ^ 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
- Hawthorn best first year player (debut season): 2020
- AFL Rising Star nominee: 2020
References[]
- ^ "Will Day, a star on the rise". 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Meet the Pack – Will Day". West Adelaide FC. November 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "MEMBER FIRST: Double debutant alert!". Hawthorn FC Media. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Will Day, a star on the rise". Hawthorn FC Media. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Will Day Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
External links[]
- Will Day's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
- Will Day's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Will Day at AustralianFootball.com
- Living people
- 2001 births
- West Adelaide Football Club players
- Box Hill Football Club players
- Hawthorn Football Club players
- People educated at Sacred Heart College, Adelaide