Will Day
Will Day | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Will Day | ||
Date of birth | 5 June 2001 | ||
Place of birth | South Australia | ||
Original team(s) | West Adelaide(SANFL)/PHOS Camden | ||
Draft | No. 13,2019 national draft | ||
Debut | Round 6, 2020,Hawthornvs.Collingwood,atGiants Stadium | ||
Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder/Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Hawthorn | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2020– | Hawthorn | 70 (13) | |
1Playing statistics correct to the end of round 23, 2024. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com |
Will Day(born 5 June 2001) is a professionalAustralian rules footballerwith theHawthorn Football Clubin theAustralian Football League(AFL). Day is the grandson of1971 VFL Grand Finalpremiership playerRobert Day.[1]
Early career
[edit]Will played his junior football at local clubPHOS Camden.He was part of theSANFLjunior development programs atGlenelgbefore transferring toWest Adelaide,(where his grandfather had played) for better opportunities.[2]In 2019, he played for South Australia in the under-18 national championships as well as playing three reserves games.[3]He went to school atSacred Heart College.
AFL career
[edit]Day's AFL career was initially hampered by theCOVID-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, againstCollingwoodatGiants Stadium.[4] Day received a Rising Star nomination after round 16, 2020.[5]
He had an injury-affected season in 2021. He fractured an ankle against Richmond in Round 3. He recovered in time to play in round 13 that year and played another three games for the season before having complications from his earlier injury.[6]
Day re-signed with Hawthorn until 2027 in April 2023.[7]
Statistics
[edit]Updated to the end of round 23, 2024.[8]
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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 |
2022 | Hawthorn | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 169 | 104 | 273 | 68 | 33 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 9.9 | 6.1 | 16.1 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 0 |
2023 | Hawthorn | 12 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 262 | 275 | 537 | 122 | 73 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 25.6 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 8 |
2024 | Hawthorn | 12 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 146 | 163 | 309 | 43 | 74 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 19.3 | 2.7 | 4.6 | |
Career | 70 | 13 | 12 | 733 | 658 | 1391 | 306 | 203 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 10.5 | 9.4 | 19.9 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 9 |
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 theimpact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Honours and achievements
[edit]Individual
- Peter Crimmins Medal:2023
- Paul Dear memorial medal: 2023
- HawthornLethal award: 2023
- Hawthornbest first year player (debut season): 2020
- AFL Rising Starnominee:2020
- 22under22 team:2023
References
[edit]- ^"Will Day, a star on the rise".10 September 2020.Retrieved10 September2020.
- ^"Where there's a Will, there's a Day: How Hawks teen took control of his destiny".afl.com.au.12 September 2020.Retrieved12 October2023.
- ^"Meet the Pack – Will Day".West Adelaide FC.November 2020.Retrieved10 September2020.
- ^"MEMBER FIRST: Double debutant alert!".Hawthorn FC Media.9 July 2020.Retrieved10 September2020.
- ^"Will Day, a star on the rise".Hawthorn FC Media.10 September 2020.Retrieved10 September2020.
- ^"Season Snapshot: Will Day".
- ^"Hawks fans' Day made as young star commits".
- ^"Will Day Stats".AFL Tables.Retrieved8 July2020.
External links
[edit]- Will Day's profileon the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
- Will Day's playing statisticsfrom AFL Tables
- Will Dayat AustralianFootball.com