Brent Prismall

Brent "Prizza" Prismall (born 14 July 1986) is an Australian rules football player who is currently signed to the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is an up-and-coming talent known for his calmness whilst under pressure and his smooth skills, particularly his kicking.

Career

Early career

Prismall grew up in Werribee, Victoria, and was drafted from the Western Jets under 18. He was Geelong's first pick in the 2004 draft, pick 32 overall, and wears this number on his guernsey. The number 32 was made famous by Geelong superstar Garry Hocking. Prismall spent all of the 2005 season playing in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Geelong: 2006–2008

At the start of 2006, he moved out of his Werribee home and moved to Geelong to live with teammates Corey Enright and Henry Playfair, whom he would later go on to start a personal training organisation with. He then set his sights on playing a senior game for Geelong, and, after playing in the team that had earlier won the pre-season cup, he was selected to play in round 5. Just minutes into his debut on 29 April on Saturday night against the Sydney Swans, he broke his arm, which only allowed him to play eight games for the year.

After a solid pre-season, he played the first five games of 2007 before being omitted, and then broke his wrist whilst playing for the Geelong VFL side on 8 July 2007. As a result Prismall was unable to play for several weeks but recovered in time to play finals for the VFL side.

In 2008, Prismall played in 11 home and away games and was selected to play in the qualifying final against St Kilda on 7 September 2008, which was to be his 25th game and finals debut. However, midway through the first quarter, he was stretchered off and did not return after landing awkwardly and badly injuring his right knee. It was later confirmed that he would have to undergo a full knee reconstruction after scans revealed a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.

After the 2008 season, Prismall declined the new two-year contract offered to him by Geelong and asked the club to be traded to get a better chance of playing more regularly in the AFL. On the final day of trade week, he was traded to the Essendon Football Club for national draft pick number 39. Essendon drafted Prismall in order to improve their young, developing list. Prismall was given the number Nine guernsey that was vacated after Adam Ramanauskus' retirement.

Essendon: 2009–current

Prismall returned from injury towards the second half of the season for the Essendon Bombers and enjoyed a injury free return, hitting a somewhat rich vein of form. He played 13 games for the club in 2009. He was a regular contributor to the squad, kicking five goals.

In season 2010, Prismall has been in and out of the Essendon team. His performances were not consistent, and his trademark ball-skills were lacking. Towards the end of the season, however, his form improved considerably, despite the team's poor performances on the field. After a reconstruction on his right knee in 2008, he injured his left knee in the opening minutes of Round 19, 2011 against Collingwood and is out for the rest of the season.

Statistics

Statistics are correct as of end of 2009 season (19 September 2009)^[1]

References

External links

• Brent Prismall's profile on the Official AFL Website of the Geelong Football Club
• Brent Prismall's statistics from AFL Tables