Reece Conca

Reece Conca
Personal information
Full nameReece Conca
Date of birth12 August 1992
Original teamPerth
Draft6th overall, 2010
Richmond
Height/Weight185 cm / 78 kg
Club information
Current clubRichmond
Number30
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2011–Richmond71 (20)[1]
1 Playing statistics correct to end of Round 1, 2015 season.

Reece Conca (born 12 August 1992) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Originally from the Perth Football Club in the WAFL, Conca was drafted to Richmond with their first selection, the sixth overall, in the 2010 AFL Draft.

Conca made his AFL debut in Round 1, 2011 against Carlton at the MCG. In Round 9 he was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star for a "stellar performance against Essendon."[2]

Conca caused controversy in 2014, when he intentionally struck Greater Western Sydney midfielder Devon Smith in the back of his head following a minor scuffle during the second quarter of the match between Richmond and Greater Western Sydney.[3] For this incident, Conca received only a two-match ban from the AFL Match Review Panel, when many argued his case should have gone straight to the AFL Tribunal.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Richmond Football Club Playerlist". Richmond Football Club. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Luke (23 May 2011). "All Conca-ing". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  3. ↑ AFL Chief Executive officer Gillon McLachlan admits the AFL Match Review Panel (MRP) erred in their handling of the Reece Conca-Devon Smith incident, Triple M, 8 August 2014
  4. ↑ Reece Conca's 'appalling act' should have gone straight to the AFL tribunal, says Gillon McLachlan, The Age, 8 August 2014

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