Fergus Watts

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Fergus Watts
Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-09-21) 21 September 1985
Place of birth	Whipps Cross, London^[1]
Original team	Wesley College, Melbourne/Sandringham Dragons
Debut	Round 17, 20 June 2004, Adelaide v. Western Bulldogs, at AAMI Stadium
Playing career¹
Adelaide (2004–2005) 5 games, 2 goals St Kilda (2006–2007) 1 game, 1 goal
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2007 season.

Fergus Watts (born 21 September 1985) is an English-born former professional Australian rules football player with the Australian Football League's (AFL) Adelaide Football Club and St Kilda Football Club. Watts was a forward line player.

Adelaide Crows 2004–2005

Originally from England, Watts was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne and was a 1st round draft selection (14th overall) for the Adelaide Crows at the 2003 AFL Draft. Watts made his senior AFL debut for Adelaide in Round 17 2004, against the Western Bulldogs at AAMI Stadium. Watts played five games in 2004, kicking two goals,^[2] and a good future for Watts seemed assured. However, Watts was unable to break into Adelaide's side throughout the 2005 AFL season, instead playing with the Crows's South Australian National Football League (SANFL) affiliate Woodville-West Torrens Football Club, for whom he kicked 10 goals in the 2005 SANFL semi-final.

Watts requested to be traded to St Kilda at the end of the 2005 season, citing limited playing opportunities at Adelaide. Watts's father Jim Watts was the then CEO of St Kilda, later leaving the club in June 2006.^[3] A deal was made with Adelaide, in which St Kilda traded their first round selection (number 17 overall) at the 2005 AFL Draft in return for Watts.

St Kilda 2006–2007

Watts made his debut for St Kilda in the 2006 AFL season opener against West Coast, where he kicked one goal.^[4] Dropped to St Kilda's Victorian Football League (VFL) affiliate Casey Scorpions, Watts broke his ankle two weeks later. His recovery was prolonged, punctuated by five surgeries on his leg and ankle and a struggle with osteitis pubis.^[5] Although returning to the VFL in the latter half of 2007, Watts was unable to break back into the AFL and at the end of the season he was delisted by St Kilda.^[6]

References

↑ Quayle, Emma (2 October 2003). "Watts not to like about draftee from Dragons". The Age (Melbourne).
↑ Watts's career statistics from AFL Tables
↑ Saints in bid to farewell Tasmania Saints in bid to farewell Tasmania
↑ Fergus Watts profile, Official St Kilda Football Club Website
↑ Saints.com.au: Watts he have to do?
↑ "Saints delist Watts, Brooks". Herald Sun. 17 October 2007.

External links

Fergus Watts's statistics from AFL Tables

v t e 2003 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Adam Cooney (PP) 2. Andrew Walker (PP) 3. Colin Sylvia (PP) 4. Farren Ray 5. Brock McLean 6. Kepler Bradley 7. Kane Tenace 8. Raphael Clarke 9. David Trotter 10. Ryley Dunn 11. Beau Waters 12. Ryan Murphy 13. Brent Stanton 14. Fergus Watts 15. Troy Chaplin 16. Josh Willoughby 17. Billy Morrison 18. Llane Spaanderman

Second round	19. David Mundy 20. Sam Butler 21. Alex Gilmour 22. Cameron Thurley 23. Matthew Moody 24. Chad Jones 25. Harry Miller 26. Daniel McConnell 27. Adam Campbell 28. Jay Nash 29. Tim Schmidt 30. Brad Symes 31. Joshua Krueger 32. Brayden Shaw (F/S) 33. Jed Adcock

Third round	34. Luke Peel 35. Brent Hall 36. Chris Johnson (F/S) 37. Tom Roach (F/S) 38. Mark Blake (F/S) 39. Robert Forster-Knight 40. Eddie Sansbury 41. Zac Dawson 42. Matthew Spencer 43. Brett Peake (F/S) 44. Ricky Dyson 45. Amon Buchanan 46. Michael Pettigrew 47. Andrew Erikson 48. Heath Shaw (F/S) 49. Tom Logan

Fourth round	50. Izaac Tomson 51. Matthew Ball 53. Daniel Jackson 55. Sam Fisher 56. Brent LeCras 57. Ricky Mott 58. Ben Hudson 59. Matthew Davis 60. Julian Rowe 61. Michael Rischitelli

Fifth round	63. Glen Bowyer 64. Shane Morrison 65. Craig Callaghan

Sixth round	69. Jordan Bannister 70. Brent Hartigan

Seventh round	72. Adrian Deluca 73. Shane Tuck

Eighth round	75. Stephen Kenna 76. Andrew Raines

Ninth round	79. Simon Fletcher

Tenth round	81. Kyle Archibald

Persondata
Name	Watts, Fergus
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	21 September 1985
Place of birth	Whipps Cross, London
Date of death
Place of death

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