Koby Stevens

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Koby Stevens
Personal information
Full name	Koby Stevens
Date of birth	(1991-05-23) 23 May 1991
Original team	Gippsland Power, TAC Cup
Draft	22nd overall pick, 2009 West Coast
Height/Weight	187cm / 83kg
Position(s)	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Western Bulldogs
Number	25
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2010–2012 2013– Total	West Coast Western Bulldogs	11 (2) 19 (9) 30 (11)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season.

Koby Stevens (born 18 June 1991) is an Australian rules footballer for Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected as a second round pick (number 22 overall) in the 2009 AFL Draft

Early career

Stevens played for Gippsland Power in the TAC Cup.

In 2008 he represented Vic Country at the 2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships, was named in the TAC Cup team of the year on the wing and also selected in the AIS/AFL Academy.

In 2009 he captained the AIS/AFL Academy squad in their annual tour and was in the leadership group for Vic Country at the 2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships. Stevens was also invited to and attended the annual AFL Draft Camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra in October 2009 but did not participate in much of the testing as he was undergoing rehabilitation from osteitis pubis sustained mid-season.

Stevens requested a trade to the Western Bulldogs after the Eagles' 2012 season ended, wishing to return to his home state of Victoria and rejoin former Gippsland Power teammate and friend Clay Smith. On 24 October 2012, it was announced that Stevens had been traded to the Western Bulldogs in exchange for the Bulldogs' pick 44 in the 2012 AFL Draft.^[1]

Playing style

Stevens plays primarily as a midfielder, but also has the versatility to play off a half forward flank. He has a strong, athletic build for a young player and his contested ball winning skills, attack on the ball, overhead marking, consistency, work-rate and leadership skills have all been described as strengths of his.^[2]

References

External links

Koby Stevens's profile on the official website of the Western Bulldogs
Koby Stevens's statistics from AFL Tables
Koby Stevens – East Gippsland Sports Foundation

Western Bulldogs – current squad

1 Grant
2 Murphy
3 Wallis
4 Bontempelli
5 Boyd
6 Dahlhaus
7 Higgins
8 Crameri
9 Stringer
10 Wood
11 Macrae
12 Williams
13 Giansiracusa
14 Smith
15 Tutt
16 Griffen (c)
17 Cooney
18 Roberts
19 Jones
20 Pearce
21 Liberatore
22 Honeychurch
23 Roughead
24 Hrovat
25 Stevens
26 Hunter
27 Minson
28 Prudden
29 Dickson
30 Howard
31 Young
32 Talia
33 Darley
34 Greenwood*
35 Hill
36 Fuller
38 Morris
39 Johannisen
42 Picken
43 Redpath*
44 Goodes
45 Campbell
46 Jong*
47 Austin*
49 Cordy

Coach: McCartney

* denotes Rookie Listed players

v t e 2009 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Tom Scully (PP) 2. Jack Trengove 3. Dustin Martin 4. Anthony Morabito 5. Ben Cunnington 6. Gary Rohan 7. Brad Sheppard 8. John Butcher 9. Andrew Moore 10. Jake Melksham 11. Jordan Gysberts 12. Kane Lucas 13. Daniel Talia 14. Lewis Jetta 15. Christian Howard 16. Jasper Pittard 17. Daniel Menzel

Second round	18. Luke Tapscott 19. Ben Griffiths 20. Nathan Fyfe 21. Ryan Bastinac 22. Gerrick Weedon 23. Koby Stevens 24. Jake Carlisle 25. Aaron Black 26. Travis Colyer 27. Callum Bartlett 28. Mitch Duncan 29. Jack Gunston 30. Luke Ball 31. Jason Tutt 32. Nicholas Winmar 33. Anthony Long

Third round	34. Max Gawn 35. David Astbury 36. Joel Houghton 37. Jamie Macmillan 38. Sam Reid 39. Sam Grimley 40. Allen Christensen 41. Ayden Kennedy 42. Nathan Vardy 43. Marcus Davies 44. Matt Dea 45. Sam Shaw 46. Ben Stratton 47. Ryan Harwood 48. Jesse Crichton 49. Dylan Roberton

Fourth round	50. Jack Fitzpatrick 51. Troy Taylor 52. Justin Bollenhagen 53. Brayden Norris 54. Byron Sumner 55. Trent Dennis-Lane 56. Josh Cowan 57. Jordan Williams 58. Rhan Hooper 59. Rohan Kerr 60. Jesse W. Smith 61. James Craig 62. Ben Sinclair 63. Lukas Markovic 64. Adam Pattison 65. Jeremy Laidler (RP)

Fifth round	67. Jeromey Webberley 69. Taylor Duryea 70. Matt Suckling (RP) 71. Ben Nason 72. Sam Jacobs (RP) 73. Jesse O'Brien 74. Brodie Martin (RP) 75. Josh Thomas 76. Shane Thorne 77. Will Johnson

Sixth round	79. Greg Broughton (RP) 80. Cruize Garlett (RP) 82. Daniel Stewart (RP) 83. Aaron Joseph (RP) 84. Bryce Retzlaff (RP) 85. Simon Buckley 86. Liam Picken (RP) 87. Zac Dawson (RP) 88. Wade Thompson (RP)

Seventh round	89. Robin Nahas (RP) 90. Kristin Thornton (RP) 91. Matt Maguire 92. James Mulligan (RP) 93. Luke Miles (RP)

Eighth round	94. Andrew Browne (RP) 95. Pearce Hanley (RP)

RP = Rookie Promotion

Persondata
Name	Stevens, Koby
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	23 May 1991
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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