Wayde Mills

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Wayde Mills

Personal information

Full name

Wayde Mills

Date of Birth

29 August 1987 (age 20)

Place of Birth

Recruited from

Southport (QLD)

Draft

25^th overall, 2005
Brisbane Lions

Height/Weight

196cm / 88kg

Position

Half-back

Club information

Current club

Brisbane Lions

Number

Playing Career¹

Years

Club

Games (Goals)

2006-

Brisbane Lions

15 (2)

¹ Club statistics to end of 2007 season

² Representative statistics to end of {{{repstatsend}}}

Career highlights
Queensland U18 side

Wayde Mills (born August 29, 1987) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

[edit] Overview

Mills played junior football with the Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Blues before playing senior football with the Southport Sharks.

He was recruited as the number 25 draft pick in the 2005 AFL Draft from Southport. He made his debut for the Brisbane Lions in Round 2, 2006 against Essendon.

Mills is expected to be developed as the Lions' Centre Half-Back to fill the void created by the retirement of Justin Leppitsch.

Currently this AFL season 2007, Wayde Mills has been playing at Half Forward flank role, but interestingly he is playing as a defensive forward to pressure opponents defence to force them to make mistakes.

His best performance so this season is 2 goals against Kangaroos at 4th August, 2007.

Wayde Mills is expectantly to play as a Centre Half Back in 2008 season.

Rolling Stone magazine ranked Wayde Mills as the greatest name of all time.

[edit] External links

Wayde Mills profile on the Official AFL Website of the Brisbane Lions Football Club
Wayde Mills's statistics from AFL Tables

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