Sam Flanders

Sam Flanders (born 24 July 2001) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Sam Flanders
Personal information
Nickname(s) Ned[1]
Date of birth (2001-07-24) 24 July 2001
Place of birth Fish Creek, Victoria
Original team(s) Gippsland Power (NAB League)
Draft No. 11, 2019 AFL draft, Gold Coast
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Gold Coast
Number 3
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2020– Gold Coast 40 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 20, 2023.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Flanders was born in Fish Creek, Victoria.[2] He grew up playing basketball and Australian rules football at high junior levels.

AFL career

Flanders was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns with the eleventh pick in the 2019 AFL draft. He made his AFL debut in round 11 of the 2020 AFL season against Essendon at Metricon Stadium.

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of 2022[3]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2020[lower-alpha 1] Gold Coast 265211714314140.40.23.42.86.20.82.8
2021 Gold Coast 261645969318946620.30.36.05.811.82.93.9
2022 Gold Coast 2693151469722190.30.15.65.110.82.42.1
Career 30 9 7 166 153 319 72 98 0.3 0.2 5.5 5.1 10.6 2.4 3.3

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.

References
  1. Waterworth, Ben (19 November 2019). "When you have a surname like this AFL draft prospect does, a cheeky Simpsons reference is inevitable". Fox Sports Australia. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. Lewis, Tyler (3 September 2019). "Flanders destined to flourish". Berwick Gazette. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. "Sam Flanders". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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