Isaac Weetra

Isaac Weetra
Personal information
Full nameIsaac Weetra
Date of birth27 February 1989
Place of birthWhyalla
Original teamPort Adelaide Magpies
Height/Weight184cm/76kg
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2007–2008Melbourne2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 2008 season.
Career highlights
  • Under 18 Indigenous Australia tour to South Africa
  • Naish Travers Medallist 2005

Isaac Weetra (born 27 February 1989) is a semi-professional Australian rules footballer.

He is notable for his brief Australian Football League (AFL) stint, playing with the Melbourne Demons.

Early life

In 2006 he represented Australia's indigenous youth on tour to South Africa with the "Flying Boomerangs" to play against the South African Buffaloes.[1]

Weetra was recruited from Port Adelaide Magpies in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) with selection number 62 in the 2006 AFL Draft. In 2005, he was awarded the Naish Travers Medal for best on ground during the Whyalla Football League Grand Final, playing for his club West Whyalla.

AFL

Weetra debuted in the AFL in round 1, 2008 against Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He was dropped after his second game against the Western Bulldogs and played the rest of the season for Melbourne's VFL-affiliate, Sandringham in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Weetra was delisted by Melbourne at the conclusion of the 2008 season.[2]

Post AFL

Weetra returned to the Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL for the start of the 2009 season.

In more recent times he has been spotted at the Canning Tigers Football Club in Western Australia where he plays prodominately in the club's league side.

References

  1. ↑ AFL Record. Round 9, 2008. pg 10
  2. ↑ "Demons clearing the decks". Sportal. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2010.

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