Bernie Vince

Bernie Vince
Personal information
Full nameBernard Vince
Date of birth2 October 1985
Place of birthYorke Peninsula, Australia
Original teamWoodville-West Torrens (SANFL)
Draft#32, 2005 National Draft
DebutRound 1, 2006, Adelaide
v. Collingwood, at Telstra Dome
Height/Weight185 cm (6 ft 1 in) / 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s)Midfielder
Club information
Current clubMelbourne
Number23
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2006–2013
2014–		Adelaide
Melbourne
Totals		129 (80)
25 (14)
154 (94)
International team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2011Australia2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of Round 4, 2015 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2011.

Bernie Vince (born 2 October 1985) is an Australian Rules footballer who plays for the Melbourne Demons in the Australian Football League. Originally from the Yorke Peninsula, he attended school at Minlaton District School until his senior years, which were spent in Adelaide at Prince Alfred College where he represented the school in the Open A Grade football and cricket teams.

Vince originally played Australian Rules football for the CMS Crows. After an unsuccessful stint in the SANFL, he returned to Stansbury, but eventually Woodville-West Torrens gave him a chance to play in the SANFL firsts—successfully played four games–including 3 finals. Vince was rewarded by being selected by the Adelaide Crows in the 2005 National Draft at pick 32.

Vince played all pre-season NAB Cup games in 2006, and debuted later that year—playing ten games in his first two seasons. He played six consecutive games early in 2007 before missing the rest of the season due to form and injury.

2008 saw Vince become a consistent member of Adelaide's young midfield, capable of going forward as well. One such performance earned him the Showdown Medal in Showdown XXIV against rivals Port Adelaide, despite being one of several Crows to take heavy knocks in the six-point victory. In round 11 against Richmond, he exceeded 30 disposals for the first time—also kicking 3 goals—as Adelaide won by 50 points. He has continued this form in 2009, being one of the club's, and league's, leading possession-getters. Vince topped a great season by winning the Adelaide Crows Best and Fairest award in 2009.[1]

In 2007 and 2010 Vince was suspended by Adelaide for missing curfews.[2][3] Prior to the start of the 2012 AFL season, Vince was reprimanded, but not suspended, after reportedly stripping down to his underwear in a pub after celebrating his cricket team winning the championship. Vince had played for the Stansbury, South Australia for most of the season, but Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson prevented him from playing in the final to avoid any chance of injury so close to the AFL season.[4]

Vince was traded to the Melbourne Demons in the 2013 Trade Period[5]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of Round 4, 2015 [6]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2006 Adelaide 28 4 1 1 15 13 28 10 4 0.3 0.3 3.8 3.3 7.0 2.5 1.0
2007 Adelaide 28 6 1 4 28 31 59 15 15 0.2 0.7 4.7 5.2 9.8 2.5 2.5
2008 Adelaide 17 21 15 10 217 161 378 100 50 0.7 0.5 10.3 7.7 18.0 4.8 2.4
2009 Adelaide 17 24 14 10 336 323 659 142 66 0.6 0.4 14.0 13.5 27.5 5.9 2.8
2010 Adelaide 17 16 7 1 226 154 380 78 41 0.4 0.1 14.1 9.6 23.8 4.9 2.6
2011 Adelaide 17 17 11 8 227 163 390 69 33 0.6 0.5 13.4 9.6 22.9 4.1 1.9
2012 Adelaide 17 20 18 10 293 121 414 83 34 0.9 0.5 14.7 6.1 20.7 4.2 1.7
2013 Adelaide 17 21 13 11 284 148 432 87 68 0.6 0.5 13.5 7.0 20.6 4.1 3.2
2014 Melbourne 23 22 13 14 361 170 531 100 76 0.6 0.6 16.4 7.7 24.1 4.5 3.5
2015 Melbourne 23 3 1 0 39 12 51 8 17 0.3 0.0 13.0 4.0 17.0 2.7 5.7
Career 154 94 69 2026 1296 3322 692 404 0.6 0.4 13.2 8.4 21.6 4.5 2.6

References

  1. ↑ "Vince joins Adelaide club greats". The Advertiser.
  2. ↑ Brettig, Daniel (8 August 2007). "Adelaide trio suspended". Archived from the original on 10 July 2007.
  3. ↑ "Crows suspend three players for breaches". The Age (Melbourne). 17 May 2010.
  4. ↑ Rucci, Michelangelo (13 March 2012). "No Vince suspension but Crows unimpressed with boxer shorts incident". AdelaideNow.
  5. ↑ Ryan, Peter (18 October 2013). "Melbourne swoops on Vince". AFL Bigpond.
  6. ↑ Bernie Vince's Player Profile at AFL Tables

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