Sam Powell-Pepper

Samuel Powell-Pepper (born 8 January 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

For the rugby league footballer, see Sam Powell.

Sam Powell-Pepper
Powell-Pepper playing for Port Adelaide in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Samuel Powell-Pepper
Date of birth (1998-01-08) 8 January 1998
Place of birth Western Australia
Original team(s) East Perth (WAFL)/Wesley College (PSA)
Draft No. 18, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Sydney vs. Port Adelaide, at Sydney Cricket Ground
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder / forward
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 2
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017– Port Adelaide 137 (101)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 24, 2023.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Powell-Pepper was born in Perth, the son of Maureen and Steven. His mother is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and his father is caucasian.[1][2][3] He has two full siblings and two half-brothers. His parents separated when he was young and he lived with his father until he was eight, then spent periods with his paternal grandmother, his mother, and friends' families.[4]

Powell-Pepper initially attended Mount Lawley Senior High School as an inaugural member of the school’s Aboriginal Excellence Program, before switching to Wesley College on an indigenous scholarship.[5] He went to school with Quinton Narkle who is his second cousin. He also attended school with other future AFL players Shai Bolton and Cameron Zurhaar.[6] He played junior football for the Mt Hawthorn Cardinals.[7]

In 2016, Powell-Pepper made his senior debut for the East Perth Football Club during round 20 of the 2016 WAFL season going on to play all the remaining games for the year.[8]

AFL career

Powell-Pepper was drafted by the Port Adelaide Football Club with their second selection and eighteenth overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his AFL debut in Port Adelaide's twenty-eight point win against Sydney in the opening round of the 2017 season at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[9] He was named that round's AFL Rising Star nominee after kicking two goals in the match, the first with his first kick in AFL football.[10] In a game against Melbourne, he recorded 17 tackles, beating the club's previous record which was 16.

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of round 24, 2023[11]
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
2017 Port Adelaide2221614182193375571140.70.68.38.817.02.65.2
2018
 Port Adelaide21651313716830536970.30.88.610.519.12.26.1
2019 Port Adelaide219101818717135850920.50.99.89.018.82.64.8
2020[lower-alpha 1] Port Adelaide 21971212315728036770.40.66.58.714.71.94.0
2021
 Port Adelaide21610811510421939610.60.57.26.513.72.43.8
2022
 Port Adelaide2222422216149365104741.11.09.06.616.64.73.4
2023
 Port Adelaide223292618413131560751.21.18.05.713.72.63.3
Career 137 101 113 1144 1071 2215 382 590 0.7 0.8 8.4 7.8 16.2 2.8 4.3

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. Sam Powell-Pepper pays tribute to former teammate’s family after Round 1 Rising Star nomination
  2. Resilience the driving force behind Sam Powell-Pepper's draft bid
  3. Tomorrow's heroes: Sam Powell-Pepper, big-bodied mid ready for AFL
  4. Rising Port Adelaide star Sam Powell-Pepper picks up from broken past
  5. Homfray, Reece (28 November 2016). "New recruit Sam Powell-Pepper's power nothing to sneeze at". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  6. O'Reilly, Jacob (1 November 2016). "Wesley College sends four to AFL Draft Combine". Western Independent. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  7. Resilience the driving force behind Sam Powell-Pepper's draft bid
  8. "WAFL - West Australian Football League". www.wafl.com.au. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  9. Laughton, Max (25 March 2017). "What we learned: Port Adelaide defeats Sydney Swans in Round 1 as Sam Powell-Pepper makes terrific debut". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  10. Twomey, Callum (27 March 2017). "Powerful Port mid's instant impact earns Rising Star nod". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  11. "Sam Powell Pepper". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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