Xavier Ellis

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Xavier Ellis
Personal information
Full name	Xavier Ellis
Nickname(s)	X-Man
Date of birth	(1988-02-28) 28 February 1988
Original team	Gippsland Power (TAC Cup)
Draft	#3 (PP), 2005 National Draft, Hawthorn
Height/Weight	187cm / 80 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	West Coast
Number	18
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2007–2013 2014-	Hawthorn West Coast	86 (28) 0 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season.
Career highlights
Hawthorn premiership player 2008

Xavier Ellis (born 28 February 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Drafted by Hawthorn with 3rd overall pick in the 2005 AFL Draft, he is a medium sized midfielder or defender, and has shown great footy smarts.

Early Career

In 2006 Ellis focused on completing his year 12 (final year) studies and playing football for Melbourne Grammar School, where he was co-captain of the 1stXVIII. Unfortunately, his season was wrecked by injuries, but he managed to play several games for Hawthorn's VFL affiliate Box Hill Hawks, where he played well.

Senior Career

2007

Ellis had a few injury scares over the 2006/07 pre-season, especially concerning his hamstrings, although he has overcome these problems, and has made his senior debut against Fremantle as part of the NAB Cup practice matches. Xavier scored his first goal for the Hawks in round 4, 2007 against Geelong at Aurora Stadium, Launceston.

At the club's 2007 Best and Fairest presentation, Ellis was named Hawthorn's 'Best First Year Player'.

2008

Ellis made steady progress during the 2008 season, playing 23 matches and putting in a stellar performance in the Grand Final, where he helped his team defeat Geelong.

2009 -

In recent seasons, Ellis has been hampered by injury. He missed most of the 2012 season. In total Ellis played 5 games, including the 2012 grand final.

In 2013 Ellis was restricted to just 2 games after numerous injuries. On the 16th October, Ellis joined the West Coast Eagles as a free-agent signing.

External links

Xavier Ellis's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
Xavier Ellis's statistics from AFL Tables

West Coast Eagles – current squad

1 Brown
2 LeCras
3 Gaff
4 Sheed
5 Sheppard
6 Yeo
7 Masten
8 Waters
9 Naitanui
10 Selwood (vc)
11 Priddis
12 Wellingham
13 Shuey
14 Brennan
15 Cripps
16 Mackenzie
17 Kennedy (vc)
18 Ellis
19 Carter
20 Cox
21 Colledge
22 Sinclair*
23 Glass (c)
24 Rosa
25 Hurn
26 Butler
27 Darling
28 Smith
29 Lycett
30 Wilson
31 Schofield
32 Tunbridge
33 Hill
34 Hutchings
35 McGinnity
36 McInnes
37 Barrass
38 Newman*
39 Karpany
40 Main
41 Maginness*
42 McGovern
43 Powell*
44 Bennell

Coach: Simpson

*rookie-listed player

v t e Hawthorn Football Club 2008 AFL Premiers

Hawthorn 18.7 (115) defeated Geelong Cats 11.23 (89), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 5. Mitchell 2. Roughead 3. Lewis 4. Ladson 6. Williams 7. Osborne 8. Ellis 9. Crawford 10. Bateman 11. Young 12. Sewell 14. Birchall 15. Hodge 18. Guerra 23. Franklin 24. Croad 27. Gilham 30. Brown 31. Dew 33. Rioli 34. Renouf 39. Campbell

Coach: Clarkson

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	Ellis, Xavier
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	28 February 1988
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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