Drew Petrie
Personal information
Full name Drew Petrie
Date of birth (1982-10-15) 15 October 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s) Ballarat Football Club
North Ballarat Rebels
Draft No. 23, 2000 national draft
Height 197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 101 kg (223 lb)
Position(s) Forward, ruckman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2001–2016 North Melbourne 316 (428)
2017 West Coast 016 0(16)
Total 332 (444)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2008 Australia 2 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2008.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Drew Petrie (born 15 October 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He came out of retirement in 2019 to play for the West Coast Eagles in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL).

AFL career

Petrie debuted in 2001 and played more than 300 games for North Melbourne Football Club. He played in a variety of roles for the Kangaroos including centre half-forward, defence and ruck. In a game against the Western Bulldogs in 2007 he helped inspire North Melbourne to a win in Glenn Archer's 300th match, kicking seven goals—six of them in the first quarter.[1]

Petrie was selected by coach Mick Malthouse for Australia in the International Rules series against Ireland as a utility player. He was a key player during the second test at MCG, scoring two overs (three points each) in quick succession early in the last quarter. He added a goal (six points) in the final minute giving Australia some hope of snatching a win. In the end, however, Ireland won the series by five points (on aggregate).

Petrie was named vice-captain of North Melbourne at the start of the 2009 season and filled-in for the newly appointed captain, Brent Harvey, who missed half the season with an elbow injury. Petrie was North Melbourne's top goal scorer in 2009 with 27 goals and again in 2011 with 48.

After missing most of the 2010 season. In 2011, Petrie was selected in the All-Australian Team on the interchange.[2]

Early in the season Petrie struggled to have the same impact as the previous year. However the forward was still finding ways to get on the scoreboard, kicking a respectable 12 goals in the first seven games. From that point he turned on an impressive feat of goal kicking form, managing 46 in the final 15 matches despite being used as a decoy on multiple occasions. Petrie kicked 23 goals between rounds 16 and 19 to temporarily lead the Coleman Medal. His final tally of 58 goals was the highest of his career and pushed him past 250 career goals.

Petrie was instrumental in North's 2014 elimination final defeat of arch rival Essendon by kicking the final 2 goals of the game to seal victory.[3]

In August 2016, North Melbourne announced they would not renew Petrie's contract for the 2017 season.[4] He was subsequently drafted by the West Coast Eagles in the 2017 rookie draft.[5] Drew Petrie played the final game of his AFL career in the 2017 semi final, where he recorded one goal, seven disposals and five marks in a 67-point loss to Greater Western Sydney.

In 2019 a lack of numbers generally and a lack of tall forwards contributed to the West Coast Eagles requesting Drew, then an assistant coach pulled back on the boots to play for the WAFL side

Statistics

[6]
Legend
  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) Votes
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
2001 Kangaroos 20 9 0 0 26 9 35 10 13 38 0.0 0.0 2.9 1.0 3.9 1.1 1.4 4.2 0
2002 Kangaroos 20 10 10 7 45 22 67 20 30 24 1.0 0.7 4.5 2.2 6.7 2.0 3.0 2.4 0
2003 Kangaroos 20 22 28 21 172 64 236 107 67 76 1.3 1.0 7.8 2.9 10.7 4.9 3.0 3.5 3
2004 Kangaroos 20 22 20 18 166 57 223 84 53 52 0.9 0.8 7.5 2.6 10.1 3.8 2.4 2.4 1
2005 Kangaroos 20 22 11 7 169 59 228 84 66 229 0.5 0.3 7.7 2.7 10.4 3.8 3.0 10.4 0
2006 Kangaroos 20 21 4 3 208 104 312 158 54 87 0.2 0.1 9.9 5.0 14.9 7.5 2.6 4.1 5
2007 Kangaroos 20 25 38 16 226 78 304 138 66 125 1.5 0.6 9.0 3.1 12.2 5.5 2.6 5.0 5
2008 North Melbourne 20 23 17 15 228 139 367 154 57 219 0.7 0.7 9.9 6.0 16.0 6.7 2.5 9.5 11
2009 North Melbourne 20 22 27 21 221 111 332 145 89 82 1.2 1.0 10.0 5.0 15.1 6.6 4.0 3.7 5
2010 North Melbourne 20 2 0 1 13 8 21 7 5 2 0.0 0.5 6.5 4.0 10.5 3.5 2.5 1.0 0
2011 North Melbourne 20 21 48 41 222 72 294 129 58 98 2.3 2.0 10.6 3.4 14.0 6.1 2.8 4.7 11
2012 North Melbourne 20 23 58 18 205 91 296 147 56 55 2.5 0.8 8.9 4.0 12.9 6.4 2.4 2.4 9
2013 North Melbourne 20 22 48 19 230 79 309 133 63 72 2.2 0.9 10.5 3.6 14.0 6.0 2.9 3.3 10
2014 North Melbourne 20 25 50 39 213 90 303 135 61 23 2.0 1.6 8.5 3.6 12.1 5.4 2.4 0.9 2
2015 North Melbourne 20 24 42 29 219 98 317 168 62 11 1.8 1.2 9.1 4.1 13.2 7.0 2.6 0.5 7
2016 North Melbourne 20 23 27 19 168 85 253 110 52 13 1.2 0.8 7.3 3.7 11.0 4.8 2.3 0.6 3
2017 West Coast 21 16 16 3 132 61 193 76 53 195 1.0 0.2 8.3 3.8 12.1 4.8 3.3 12.2 0
Career 332 444 277 2863 1227 4090 1805 905 1401 1.3 0.8 8.6 3.7 12.3 5.4 2.7 4.2 72

References

  1. ^ "Roos celebrate Archer milestone in style". 1 July 2007.
  2. ^ "Six Pies named in All Australian team". 19 September 2011.
  3. ^ "BEST OF FINALS, 2011-2020: Thrilling matchwinners".
  4. ^ "North Melbourne won't offer Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie, Nick Dal Santo, Michael Firrito contracts for 2017". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  5. ^ Browne, Ashley (28 November 2016). "Giants reunite ex-Dockers Mzungu and de Boer". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Drew Petrie". AFL Tables. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

External links

North Melbourne Football Club · leading goalkickers
2011 All-Australian team
Australian squad – 2008 International Rules Series
2000 AFL national draft
2017 AFL rookie draft
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