Ryan Harwood

Ryan Harwood
Personal information
Full nameRyan Harwood
Date of birth8 July 1991
Original teamGlenorchy (TFL)
Draft#47, 2009 National Draft, Brisbane Lions
Height/Weight183cm / 81kg
Position(s)Midfielder
Club information
Current clubBrisbane Lions
Number2
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2010–Brisbane Lions56 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of Round 22, 2014 season.

Ryan Harwood (born 8 July 1991) is a current Australian rules football player for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

He was selected with the Brisbane Lions' second selection (pick 47 overall) in the 2009 National Draft.[1]

At the 2009 AFL Draft Camp, he recorded one of the best scores in the new kicking test, devised by Nathan Buckley.[2] In 2009 Harwood played for the Glenorchy Football Club[3] in the Tasmanian Football League and the Tassie Mariners at the 2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships, where he recorded the most clearances of any player.[4]

In the seventeenth round of the 2010 season, he made his debut for the Brisbane Lions against Geelong. He picked up 18 possessions.[3]

Personal Life

Harwood grew up in Bagdad, Tasmania and had played for Glenorchy Football Club since his junior years.

Notes

  1. ↑ "2009 AFL draft picks round-by-round". The Herald Sun website. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  2. ↑ Quayle, Emma (2 October 2009) Buckley's kicking test sorts out draft camp
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Smith, Adam (30 July 2010). "Harwood relishes AFL debut". The Mercury. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Tassie under AFL spotlight

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