Ben McEvoy

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Ben McEvoy

Personal information
Full name	Ben McEvoy
Nickname(s)	Big boy
Date of birth	(1989-07-11) 11 July 1989
Original team	Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)
Draft	#9, 2007 National Draft, St Kilda
Height/Weight	200 cm / 98 kg
Position(s)	Ruckman
Club information
Current club	Hawthorn
Number	7
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2008–2013 2014–	St Kilda Hawthorn	91 (27) 0 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season.

Ben McEvoy (born 11 July 1989) is an Australian rules footballer for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for St Kilda between 2008 and 2013.

Early career

McEvoy is an Australian Institute of Sport and AFL Academy graduate. He was an All-Australian selection in the NAB AFL Under 18 championships, averaging seven marks per game as a ruck/forward. He played junior football with Dederang-Mt Beauty^[1] and U18 football with the Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup. In 2007 he captained the Murray Bushrangers and won the best and fairest award.

AFL career

McEvoy was recruited by St Kilda with the ninth selection in the 2007 AFL Draft from the Murray Bushrangers. With an injury to Michael Gardiner he made his debut for St Kilda against Fremantle in 2008. This was his only game for that year and he has been in and out of the St Kilda senior side for the next two years, wearing the number 5 jumper. In that time he was consistently in the best players for St Kilda's VFL affiliate team, Casey Scorpions.^[1]

2010 season

Hawthorn and St Kilda played out a draw in Round 17 after McEvoy kicked a goal with 12 seconds remaining. McEvoy went up uncontested in a ball-up and then dribbled through the goal from 12m out with no Hawthorn player in the goalsquare. After playing strongly into and through the 2010 finals series, including eight consecutive games and 18 for the season, McEvoy was dropped for the Grand Final.^[2] With injury to first ruck Michael Gardiner, McEvoy regained his place in the side for the grand final replay in which St Kilda were defeated by Collingwood.

2011 season

The 2011 season was his "break out" season. After an strong preseason,^[3] McEvoy's fitness and preparation was lauded as outstanding by those close to the club. He worked closely with Steven King before and during the season to improve his technical skill to assume the lead ruck role for the club.

2012 season

He was St Kilda's number one ruckman again in 2012, but had mid season surgery to his knee after he injured it a training.^[4] He missed six games and after returning played every game to seasons end. He liked to spend time dropping back into defence to take strong contested marks.

2013 season

McEvoy played all 22 games for St Kilda in season 2013 and held down it's number one ruck role. During the 2013 trade period, McEvoy was traded by St Kilda to Hawthorn in exchange for young midfielder Shane Savage and Hawthorn's first round pick. The Hawks are hopeful that McEvoy can hold down the number one ruck position after premiership ruckman Max Bailey announced his retirement post-season. ^[5]

References

External links

Ben McEvoy's profile on the official website of the St Kilda Football Club
Ben McEvoy's statistics from AFL Tables

Hawthorn Football Club – current squad

2 Roughead (vc)
3 Lewis (vc)
4 Suckling
5 Mitchell
6 Gibson
7 McEvoy
8 Duryea
9 Burgoyne
10 Hill
11 Whitecross
12 Sewell
13 Cheney
14 Birchall
15 Hodge (c)
16 Smith
17 Lake
18 Ceglar
19 Gunston
20 Hale
21 Ross*
22 Breust
23 O'Brien
24 Stratton
25 Schoenmakers
26 Shiels
27 Spangher
28 Puopolo
29 Langford
30 Lowden
31 Litherland
32 Simpkin
33 Rioli
34 Kelly
35 Grimley
36 Wanganeen*
37 Anderson
38 Hallahan
39 Woodward
40 Hartung
41 Sicily
42 Brand
43 Willsmore*
44 Garlett
45 Webster*
46 Heatherley*
47 Tatupu*

Coach: Clarkson

*Rookie Listed players

v t e 2007 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Matthew Kreuzer 2. Trent Cotchin 3. Chris Masten 4. Cale Morton 5. Jarrad Grant 6. David Myers 7. Rhys Palmer 8. Lachie Henderson 9. Ben McEvoy 10. Patrick Dangerfield 11. Patrick Veszpremi 12. Cyril Rioli 13. Brad Ebert 14. Jack Grimes 15. Robbie Tarrant 16. Matthew Lobbe 17. Harry Taylor 18. Alex Rance (PP)

Second round	19. Callan Ward 20. Tony Notte 21. Addam Maric 22. Scott Selwood 23. Tayte Pears 24. Clayton Hinkley 25. Tom Collier 26. Brett Meredith 27. Andy Otten 28. Marlon Motlop 29. Brendan Whitecross 30. Jarrhan Jacky 31. John McCarthy 32. Levi Greenwood 33. Matthew Westhoff 34. Dawson Simpson

Third round	35. Sam Reid 36. Steven Browne 37. Scott Thompson 38. Myke Cook 39. Darcy Daniher (F/S) 40. Chris Mayne 41. James Polkinghorne 42. Jack Steven 43. Easton Wood 44. Scott Simpson 45. Stuart Dew 46. Dennis Armfield 47. Toby Thoolen 48. Jarrad Boumann 49. Mitch Farmer 50. Dan McKenna

Fourth round	51. Dean Putt 52. Bradd Dalziell 53. Kyle Cheney 54. Cale Hooker 55. Mark Johnson 56. Matt Austin 57. Fraser Gehrig 58. Tony Armstrong 59. Craig Bird 60. Adam Donohue (F/S) 61. Jaxson Barham (F/S) 62. Josh Smith 63. Guy O'Keefe

Fifth round	66. Tom McNamara 69. Kepler Bradley 70. Eljay Connors 71. Aaron Kite 72. Blake Grima

Sixth round	75. Taylor Walker (NSWSP)

Persondata
Name	McEvoy, Ben
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	11 July 1989
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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