Darcy Cameron (born 18 July 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Originally from Albany, Western Australia, Cameron grew up as a West Coast Eagles fan. He is the nephew of radio personality and politician Eoin Cameron.[1] He was a cricketer and swimmer in his youth and played football for North Albany.[2] He attended Hale School as a boarder. Cameron played for Claremont in the West Australian Football League, averaging one goal, 11 disposals and 16 hitouts over 40 league matches. He wore number 18.[3]

AFL career

Sydney Swans

Cameron was expected to be drafted by West Coast in the 2016 AFL draft, but was taken by Sydney with pick 48.[4] He made a positive start, impressing coach John Longmire in his first pre-season.[5] Cameron lacerated his finger during training in March. It was later infected in a North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) match against Sydney University, rendering him unavailable for one week.[6] Shoulder surgery halfway through the year restricted him to nine NEAFL games.[2] In April, Cameron signed a contract extension, tying him to Sydney until 2019.[4]

In 2018, Sam Naismith's season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injury, Kurt Tippett's retirement and a quadriceps injury to Sam Reid opened up senior opportunities for Cameron.[7][8] He played both JLT Community Series matches[8] and showed good form in the NEAFL, averaging 34 hitouts, 19 possessions and one goal over 13 matches.[2] However, he did not make his AFL debut until round 18 against the Gold Coast Suns at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[9]

Collingwood

Cameron was traded to Collingwood at the end of the 2019 AFL season.[10] He was a member of Collingwood's team that won the 2023 AFL Grand Final where he had 4 clearances and 19 hitouts.[11]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2024 season.[12]

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
2017 Sydney 17 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2018 Sydney 17 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 9 0 0 1.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 9.0 0
2019 Sydney 17 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2020[a] Collingwood 14 10 4 2 46 30 76 36 14 57 0.4 0.2 4.6 3.0 7.6 3.6 1.4 5.7 0
2021 Collingwood 14 18 22 9 147 72 219 99 32 121 1.2 0.5 8.2 4.0 12.2 5.5 1.8 6.7 0
2022 Collingwood 14 24 20 8 204 108 312 91 80 423 0.8 0.3 8.5 4.5 13.0 3.8 3.3 17.6 4
2023# Collingwood 14 19 5 6 139 110 249 65 61 490 0.3 0.3 7.3 5.8 13.1 3.4 3.2 25.8 0
2024 Collingwood 14 23 11 2 230 129 359 106 65 673 0.5 0.1 10.0 5.6 15.6 4.6 2.8 29.3 0
Career 95 62 27 767 451 1218 399 254 1773 0.7 0.3 8.1 4.7 12.8 4.2 2.7 18.7 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.

References

  1. ^ Middlemass, Corban (25 November 2016). "Tweet". Twitter. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Gates, Zachary (20 July 2018). "Cameron: A special moment". sydneyswans.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Darcy CAMERON". West Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b Curley, Adam (24 March 2017). "First-year Swans ruckman Darcy Cameron inks new deal". afl.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. ^ Ryan, Peter (5 February 2017). "Big Swan pushing for pre-season opportunity". afl.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. ^ Schmook, Nathan (22 March 2017). "Cameron ruled out". sydneyswans.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. ^ Cordy, Neil (9 March 2018). "Cameron stakes claim for Round 1 berth". news.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. ^ a b Newbold, Cameron (12 April 2018). "Cameron on the cusp of debut". The West Australian. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Sydney Swans Vs Gold Coast Suns – Match Centre". afl.com.au. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  10. ^ Waterworth, Ben (15 October 2019). "Collingwood has entered the AFL trade period — and they've snared a Swans ruckman". Fox Sports.
  11. ^ "Veterans, young gun deliver as tall struggles: Every Magpies player rated". AFL. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Darcy Cameron statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
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