Rhys Stanley

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Rhys Stanley
Personal information
Full name	Rhys Stanley
Date of birth	(1990-12-01) December 1, 1990
Place of birth	Berri, South Australia
Original team	West Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft	47, 2008 National Draft, St Kilda
Height/Weight	201.5cm / 95kg
Position(s)	Ruckman / Forward
Club information
Current club	St Kilda
Number	28
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2010–	St Kilda	39 (22)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season.

Rhys Stanley (born 1 December 1990 in Berri, South Australia) is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Stanley was recruited from West Adelaide with pick 47 in the 2008 AFL Draft. He played little football growing up but impressed with South Australia in the AFL Under 18 championships and in two senior games for West Adelaide.

2009 season

Stanley spent his first AFL season developing with St Kilda's VFL affiliate team Sandringham. He won the 2009 AFL Grand Final Sprint.^[1]^[2]

2010 season

In 2010 Stanley played in St Kilda's opening 2010 NAB Cup match against Collingwood, kicking one goal. On 23 May 2010, he made his official debut in Round 9 of the home and away season in which St Kilda defeated the West Coast Eagles at Subiaco. He had nine disposals, three marks, four kicks and five handballs.^[3] Rhys Stanley played seven games for St Kilda in 2010, with a toal of 53 disposals and four goals.^[4] Between rounds 9 and 14, Stanley played in a tall forward role, helping St Kilda to win all six of these games while the captain, Nick Riewoldt, recovered from a hamstring tear.

2011 season

Stanley played two games for St Kilda in 2011.^[5]

References

External links

Rhys Stanley's profile on the official website of the St Kilda Football Club
Rhys Stanley's statistics from AFL Tables
Real Footy; "Not without hope"

St Kilda Football Club – current squad

1 Hickey
2 Siposs
3 Steven
4 Jones
5 Savage
6 Ross
7 Hayes
8 Dennis-Lane
9 Lee
10 Markworth
11 Montagna
12 Riewoldt (c)
13 Schneider
14 Geary
15 Billings
16 Newnes
17 Roberton
18 Longer
19 Gilbert
20 Armitage
21 Delaney
22 Ray
23 White
24 Dempster
25 Fisher
26 Curren
27 Bruce
28 Stanley
29 Webster
30 Murdoch
31 Simpkin
32 Milera
33 Gwilt
34 Wright
35 Saunders
36 Dunstan
37 Maister
38 Dunell
39 Shenton*
40 Acres
41 Minchington*
42 Pierce
43 Templeton*
44 Weller*
45 Holmes*
46 Baker-Thomas*

Coach: Richardson

* denotes Rookie Listed players

v t e 2008 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Jack Watts 2. Nic Naitanui 3. Stephen Hill 4. Hamish Hartlett 5. Michael Hurley 6. Chris Yarran 7. Daniel Rich 8. Tyrone Vickery 9. Jack Ziebell 10. Phil Davis 11. Steele Sidebottom 12. Lewis Johnston 13. Tom Lynch 14. Ayce Cordy (F/S) 15. Mitchell Brown 16. Ryan Schoenmakers 17. Sam Blease (PP) 18. Luke Shuey (PP)

Second round	19. James Strauss 20. Tom Swift 21. Hayden Ballantyne 22. Jackson Trengove 23. David Zaharakis 24. Nick Suban 25. Jack Redden 26. Jayden Post 27. Sam Wright 28. Shaun McKernan 29. Dayne Beams 30. Daniel Hannebery 31. Jordan Roughead 32. Liam Jones 33. Thomas Gillies 34. Liam Shiels

Third round	35. Jamie Bennell 36. Ashley Smith 37. Zac Clarke 38. Matthew Broadbent 39. Steven Motlop 40. Mitch Robinson 41. Todd Banfield 42. Mitchell Banner 43. Liam Anthony 44. Rory Sloane 45. Jarrad Blight 46. Luke Rounds 47. Rhys Stanley 48. Nicholas Heyne 49. Taylor Hunt 50. Jordan Lisle

Fourth round	51. Neville Jetta 52. Jordan Jones 53. Michael Walters 54. Jarrad Redden 55. Michael Still 56. Ben Bucovaz 57. Aaron Cornelius 58. Tom Hislop 59. Nathan O'Keefe 60. Tom Lee 61. Campbell Heath 62. Alistair Smith 63. Luke Lowden

Fifth round	64. Rohan Bail 65. Rhys O'Keeffe 66. Glenn Dawson 67. Tyson Slattery 68. Tim Ruffles 69. Bart McCulloch 71. Warren Benjamin 72. Will Young 73. Leigh Brown 74. Paul Cahill 75. Shane Savage

Sixth round	77. Chris Hall 78. Jason Davenport 80. Caleb Tiller 81. Kieran King 83. Colm Begley

Persondata
Name	Stanley, Rhys
Alternative names
Short description	Australian footballer
Date of birth	1 December 1990
Place of birth	Berri, South Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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