Travis Varcoe

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Travis Varcoe
Travis Varcoe in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Travis Varcoe
Date of birth	(1988-04-10) 10 April 1988
Place of birth	South Australia
Original team	Smithfield (SAAFL) Central District (SANFL)
Draft	15th overall, 2005 Geelong
Height/Weight	180cm / 80 kg
Position(s)	Forward pocket
Club information
Current club	Geelong
Number	5
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2006–	Geelong	115 (121)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2009	Indigenous All-Stars	1
International team honours
2010	Australia	2
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season.
Career highlights
Geelong premiership player 2009, 2011

Travis Varcoe (born 10 April 1988) is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Career

Varcoe debuted in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) for Central District Football Club in 2005 at the age of 17. A foot injury early in the season held him back from performing in front of prospective recruiters, before Geelong selected him at the end of the first round with the 15th overall pick in the 2005 National Draft.

Varcoe was given the honour of wearing Geelong's number five guernsey, previously worn by club legends Gary Ablett and Polly Farmer. Varcoe plays as a forward pocket but can also play as a midfielder if required, drawing comparisons to Melbourne speedster Aaron Davey, with his consistent forward line pressure and high-speed chase downs on the field. Varcoe is often referred to as "The Magician" with his quick, at times invisible handballs and tricky skills.

Varcoe playing for Geelong in 2008.

Varcoe played a key utility role for Geelong in 2009, which included a valuable contribution in the Grand Final as Geelong defeated St Kilda Football Club. Varcoe played a critical role in delivering a handball to Paul Chapman late in the game which resulted in a brilliant Chapman goal giving Geelong a six point lead. Shortly after, team mate Max Rooke scored a goal after the final siren to give Geelong a 12 point win.

Going in to the 2010 AFL season, Varcoe put in the most promising preseason of his career, only to succumb to a thumb injury to put him out for the first few weeks of the season.^[1] However, onhis return to the senior side, Varcoe played well enough to finish ninth in Geelong's 2010 Best and Fairest count.^[2]

Varcoe kicked the first goal of the 2011 AFL Grand Final inside the first 10 seconds of the match. However his goal at the eight minute mark in the 4th quarter was possibly goal of the season. Before kicking the goal Varcoe took a mark in Geelong's backline whilst he was almost simultaneously bumped forcing the ball free, and the mark going unpaid. However Varcoe ran forward with the play gathering possessions and ultimately converted a goal from inside 50 moments later. He picked up his 2nd Premiership Medallion in 2011.

Personal life

In August 2007, Varcoe caused controversy after concerns were raised about the racial and sexual content featured on his MySpace page.^[3] The site promoted the theme of black supremacy and contained several images of topless women in suggestive poses.^[3] The Geelong Football Club acted swiftly, removing the content immediately after it came to its attention.^[3]

Statistics

Statistics are correct as of 24 September 2011 (Preliminary Finals, 2011 season). Averages are in brackets.^[4]^[5]

Season	Team	#	Games	Disposals	Kicks	Handballs	Marks	Tackles	Goals	Behinds
2006	Geelong	5	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—
2007	Geelong	5	18	144 (8.0)	072 !72 (4.0)	072 !72 (4.0)	35 (1.9)	57 (3.2)	15 (0.8)	07 !7 (0.4)
2008	Geelong	5	16	185 (11.6)	098 !98 (6.1)	087 !87 (5.4)	45 (2.8)	72 (4.5)	14 (0.9)	07 !7 (0.4)
2009	Geelong	5	22	313 (14.2)	140 (6.4)	173 (7.9)	65 (3.0)	75 (3.4)	22 (1.0)	14 (0.6)
2010	Geelong	5	20	320 (16.0)	146 (7.3)	174 (8.7)	72 (3.6)	82 (4.1)	31 (1.6)	13 (0.6)
2011	Geelong	5	23	368 (16.0)	177 (7.7)	191 (8.3)	54 (2.4)	50 (2.2)	28 (1.1)	17 (0.6)
Career totals			99	1330 (13.4)	633 (6.4)	697 (7.0)	271 (2.7)	336 (3.4)	110 (1.1)	58 (0.6)

References

↑ Varcoe to miss early rounds, The Age, Retrieved on 18 March 2010.
↑ "Selwood wins Geelong's Best and Fairest". Geelong Advertiser. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Deery, Shannon (19 August 2007). "AFL club axes star's 'offensive' MySpace blog". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
↑ "Travis Varcoe statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
↑ "Travis Varcoe of the Geelong Cats Career AFL Stats". footywire.com. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

External links

Travis Varcoe's profile on the official website of the Geelong Football Club
Travis Varcoe's statistics from AFL Tables

Awards
Preceded by Mathew Stokes	Geelong F.C. Community Champion Award 2010 With: Nathan Djerrkura	Incumbent

Geelong Football Club – current squad

1 Brown
2 Smedts
3 Bartel (vc)
4 Mackie
5 Varcoe
6 McCarthy
7 Taylor
8 Kolodjashnij
9 Kelly
10 Menzel
11 Lang
12 Stringer
13 Lonergan
14 Selwood (c)
15 Schroder
16 Simpson
17 McIntosh
18 Cowan
19 T. Hunt
20 Johnson
21 Murdoch
22 Duncan
23 Caddy
24 Bews
25 Rivers
26 Hawkins
27 Stokes
28 Christensen
29 Guthrie
30 Vardy
31 Burbury
32 Motlop
33 Horlin-Smith
34 Walker
35 Jansen
36 Hartman
37 Luxford*
38 Sheringham*
39 Kersten
40 Thurlow
41 Toohey*
42 Bourke*
43 Bates*
44 Enright
45 Hamling
46 Blicavs*

Coach: Scott

* denotes Rookie Listed players

v t e Geelong Football Club 2009 AFL Premiers

Geelong Cats 12.8 (80) defeated St Kilda 9.14 (68), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 2. Harley 3. Bartel 4. Mackie 5. Varcoe 6. Ottens 7. Taylor 9. Kelly 11. Corey 14. Selwood 17. Byrnes 20. Johnson 21. Mooney 24. Blake 26. Hawkins 29. Ablett 30. Scarlett 33. Rooke 35. Chapman 39. Milburn 40. Wojcinski 44. Enright 45. Ling

Coach: Thompson

v t e Geelong Football Club 2011 AFL Premiers

Geelong 18.11 (119) defeated Collingwood 12.9 (81), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 45. Ling 3. Bartel 4. Mackie 5. Varcoe 6. Ottens 7. Taylor 8. Hunt 9. Kelly 11. Corey 12. West 13. Lonergan 14. Selwood 20. Johnson 22. Duncan 26. Hawkins 27. Stokes 28. Christensen 30. Scarlett 31. Podsiadly 35. Chapman 40. Wojcinski 44. Enright

Coach: Scott

v t e Australian squad – 2010 International Rules Series

Captain: Goodes Banfield Betts Boyd Cross Dangerfield Duffield Fletcher Frawley Gibbs Gilbert Goldsack Green Ibbotson Jack McVeigh Montagna Riewoldt Simpson Swan Varcoe Wojcinski Picken Coach: Malthouse

v t e Australian squad – 2013 International Rules Series

Captain: Wells Armstrong D. Barry Betts Aaron Davey Alwyn Davey Edwards Ellis-Yolmen Franklin Harbrow J. Hill Leroy Jetta Lewis Jetta Lovett-Murray McGrath Motlop Neade Stokes Thomas Wellingham Yarran Coach: O'Loughlin

2009 Indigenous All-Stars team

v t e 2005 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Marc Murphy (PP) 2. Dale Thomas (PP) 3. Xavier Ellis (PP) 4. Josh Kennedy 5. Scott Pendlebury 6. Beau Dowler 7. Paddy Ryder 8. Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls 9. Mitch Clark 10. Marcus Drum 11. Shaun Higgins 12. Nathan Jones 13. Shannon Hurn 14. Grant Birchall 15. Travis Varcoe 16. Richard Douglas 17. Darren Pfeiffer 18. Max Bailey 19. Courtenay Dempsey

Second round	20. Paul Bower 21. Danny Stanley 22. Beau Muston 23. Ryan Cook 24. Cleve Hughes 25. Wayde Mills 26. Garrick Ibbotson 27. Dylan Addison 28. Matt Riggio 29. Ben McKinley 30. Nick Lower 31. Trent West 32. Bernie Vince 33. Samuel Gilbert 34. Matthew Spangher 35. Stephen Owen

Third round	36. Jake Edwards 37. Jack Anthony 38. Travis Tuck (F/S) 39. Jay Neagle (F/S) 40. Travis Casserly 41. Rhan Hooper 42. Robert Warnock 43. Andrew Swallow 44. Alipate Carlile 45. Kasey Green 46. Travis Baird 47. Ryan Gamble 48. Alan Obst 49. Michael Rix 50. Sam Lonergan

Fourth round	51. Matthew Laidlaw 53. Simon Buckley 54. Kristin Thornton 55. Brett Montgomery 56. Joel Patfull 57. Michael West 58. Hugh Minson 59. Ryan Brabazon 60. Clint Bartram 61. Mathew Stokes 63. Phillip Raymond

Fifth round	66. Austin Lucy 68. Heath Neville 69. Tim Hutchison 70. Jonathan Giles 71. Justin Sweeney

Persondata
Name	Varcoe, Travis
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	10 April 1988
Place of birth	South Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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