Rhys Stanley
Stanley playing for Geelong in April 2019
Personal information
Full name Rhys Stanley
Date of birth (1990-12-01) 1 December 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Berri, South Australia
Original team(s) West Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft No. 47, 2008 national draft
Height 200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 102 kg (225 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman / Forward
Club information
Current club Geelong
Number 1
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2010–2014 St Kilda 058 (40)
2015– Geelong 138 (65)
Total 196 (105)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Rhys Stanley (born 1 December 1990) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the St Kilda Football Club from 2010 to 2014.

Stanley was recruited from West Adelaide with pick 47 in the 2008 AFL Draft. He played little football growing up but impressed with South Australia in the AFL Under 18 championships and in two senior games for West Adelaide.

Career with St Kilda (2010–2014)

Stanley spent his first AFL season developing with St Kilda's VFL affiliate team Sandringham. He won the 2009 AFL Grand Final Sprint.[1]

In 2010, Stanley played in St Kilda's opening 2010 NAB Cup match against Collingwood, kicking one goal. On 23 May 2010, he made his official debut in Round 9 of the home and away season in which St Kilda defeated the West Coast Eagles at Subiaco. He had nine disposals, three marks, four kicks and five handballs.[2] Stanley played seven games for St Kilda in 2010, with a total of 53 disposals and four goals.[3] From rounds 9 to 14, he played in a tall forward role, helping St Kilda to win all six of these games while the captain, Nick Riewoldt, recovered from a hamstring tear.

Stanley played two games for St Kilda in 2011.[3]

Career with Geelong (2015–present)

Stanley was traded to Geelong, along with pick 60 for pick 21 in the 2014 AFL national draft.

On 12 April 2015, Stanley made his Geelong Cats debut in the second round of the season against the Fremantle Dockers where they were defeated by 44 points but won his first game as a Geelong player in the following round against the Gold Coast Suns. He played six more games in the 2015 season before cementing his spot as the club's first choice ruck for the 2016 season. [4]

Since joining Geelong in 2015, Stanley has been selected to play in two AFL grand finals, a loss in 2020 against the Richmond Tigers and a premiership victory in 2022 against the Sydney Swans in which he had 16 disposals and 27 hit outs.[4]

In late 2021, Stanley signed a two-year extension to remain at the Geelong Football Club until the end of 2023, taking him to his eighth season at the club and thirteenth as an AFL player.[5]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[6]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
H/O
 Hit-outs
  #  
 Played in that season's 
premiership team
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
2010 St Kilda 28 7 4 1 24 29 53 23 13 5 0.6 0.1 3.4 4.1 7.6 3.3 1.9 0.7 0
2011 St Kilda 28 2 1 1 8 6 14 9 2 5 0.5 0.5 4.0 3.0 7.0 4.5 1.0 2.5 0
2012 St Kilda 28 12 11 14 82 39 121 56 23 74 0.9 1.2 6.8 3.3 10.1 4.7 1.9 6.2 0
2013 St Kilda 28 18 6 5 123 65 188 67 26 55 0.3 0.3 6.8 3.6 10.4 3.7 1.4 3.1 0
2014 St Kilda 28 19 18 10 129 84 213 121 38 148 0.9 0.5 6.8 4.4 11.2 6.4 2.0 7.8 2
2015 Geelong 1 8 6 2 53 46 99 26 22 124 0.8 0.3 6.6 5.8 12.4 3.3 2.8 15.5 0
2016 Geelong 1 21 17 13 137 111 248 77 41 284 0.8 0.6 6.5 5.3 11.8 3.7 2.0 13.5 2
2017 Geelong 1 13 8 9 78 78 156 54 32 209 0.6 0.7 6.0 6.0 12.0 4.2 2.5 16.1 0
2018 Geelong 1 15 6 3 99 103 202 44 42 422 0.4 0.2 6.6 6.9 13.5 2.9 2.8 28.1 0
2019 Geelong 1 18 7 7 138 111 249 53 46 501 0.4 0.4 7.7 6.2 13.8 2.9 2.6 27.8 0
2020[a] Geelong 1 11 10 5 72 68 140 32 14 212 0.9 0.5 6.5 6.2 12.7 2.9 1.3 19.3 0
2021 Geelong 1 19 8 5 152 129 281 74 33 391 0.4 0.3 8.0 6.8 14.8 3.9 1.7 20.6 0
2022# Geelong 1 20 3 2 146 111 257 64 36 418 0.2 0.1 7.3 5.6 12.9 3.2 1.8 20.9 0
Career 183 105 77 1241 980 2221 700 368 2848 0.6 0.4 6.8 5.4 12.1 3.8 2.0 15.6 4

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.

Honours and achievements

Team

References

  1. ^ TheKraftyOne (25 September 2009). "2009 AFL Grand Final Sprint - 26/09/2009". Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2016 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Saints stop the rot in West - AFL.com.au". 26 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b "AFL Tables - Rhys Stanley - Stats - Statistics". afltables.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Rhys Stanley | AFL". geelongcats.com.au. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  5. ^ "New deals for Cats five". K rock Football. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Rhys Stanley". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

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