Brandan Parfitt

Brandan Parfitt (born 27 April 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Brandan Parfitt
Parfitt playing for Geelong in April 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-27) 27 April 1998
Place of birth Darwin, Northern Territory
Original team(s) NT Thunder (NEAFL) / North Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft No. 26, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Geelong vs. Fremantle, at Domain Stadium
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Geelong
Number 3
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017– Geelong 121 (47)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Parfitt was born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory and is of indigenous Australian heritage.[1] He is Larrakia and Warumungu.[2] He spent much of his junior football at the Nightcliff Football Club in Darwin.

AFL career

He was drafted by the Geelong Football Club with their first selection and 26th overall in the 2016 national draft.[3] He made his debut in the 42–point win against Fremantle in the opening round of the 2017 season at Domain Stadium.[4] After his third match, he was named the round nominee for the rising star for his performance in the 29–point win against Melbourne at Etihad Stadium in round three, in which he recorded 23 disposals and five tackles.[5]

Parfitt was part of the Geelong team that played in the 2020 AFL Grand Final against Richmond, starting on the interchange bench. It was later revealed that he played out the game with a broken thumb after suffering the injury during the first quarter.[6]

In August 2022, Parfitt signed a new contract keeping him at Geelong until the end of the 2024 season.[7] He would start as the tactical substitute in the 2022 AFL Grand Final[8] in place of injured teammate Max Holmes. Parfitt would come on during the last quarter of the match, kicking a goal almost immediately after replacing Cameron Guthrie.[9]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[10]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
  #  
 Played in that season's 
premiership team
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017Geelong3 15641009719729510.40.36.76.513.11.93.40
2018Geelong3 1915716417834250850.80.48.69.418.02.64.53
2019Geelong3 2044190174364391050.20.29.58.718.22.05.32
2020[lower-alpha 1]Geelong3 1886148131279311070.40.38.27.315.51.75.92
2021Geelong3 2387225207432321280.30.39.79.018.71.35.56
2022#Geelong3 175416818034832800.30.29.910.620.51.94.70
Career 112463299596719622135560.40.38.98.617.51.95.013

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

Individual

References
  1. Brandan Parfitt living the dream at AFL heavyweights Geelong from NT News 7 June, 2021
  2. Parfitt: My Family Love It And I Love Being A Part Of It By Tom Collings on May 28, 2021
  3. Wade, Nick (26 November 2016). "AFL Draft 2016: Geelong Cats top pick, NT's Brandan Parfitt, is ready to repay the faith". Geelong Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. Young, Lachie (23 March 2017). "Geelong Cats 2017: Tom Stewart and Brandon Parfitt set for Cats debut". Geelong Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  5. McGowan, Marc (10 April 2017). "New Cats' No.3 named Rising Star nominee". AFL.com.au. Telstra. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  6. Ryan, Peter; Cherny, Daniel (27 October 2020). "Ablett and Parfitt played out grand final with breaks". theage.com.au. Nine Media. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  7. "PARF PUTS PEN TO PAPER". Krock Football. Geelong Broadcasters Pty Limited. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  8. Ryan, Peter; Pierik, John (23 September 2022). "Holmes out: Hamstring dashes Cat wingman's grand final dream". theage.com.au. Nine Media. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  9. "AFL grand final 2022: Geelong Cats demolish Sydney Swans – as it happened". The Guardian. 24 September 2022.
  10. "Brandan Parfitt". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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