Corey Enright

Corey Enright

Enright 2011 Premiership Parade.
Personal information
Full name Corey Enright
Date of birth (1981-09-14) 14 September 1981
Place of birth Kimba, South Australia
Original team(s) Port Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft #47, 1999 National Draft
Height/Weight 187 cm / 90 kg
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current club Geelong
Number 44
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2001– Geelong 309 (62)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 2015 season.
Career highlights

Corey Enright (born 14 September 1981) is a professional Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Early life

Enright grew up in the town of Kimba, South Australia[1] and played for the Kimba District Tigers in the Eastern Eyre Football League. He was recruited from the Port Adelaide Magpies, selected by Geelong with the 47th overall pick in the 1999 National Draft.[2]

AFL career

Like many of his teammates, Enright was simply outstanding in 2007. He was among the Cats best in the thumping Grand Final win over Port Adelaide, gathering 29 possessions.

The 2008 season saw Enright become a household name with his first All-Australian selection. He was again pivotal in the Grand Final, recording 25 disposals in the Cats’ narrow loss to Hawthorn.

In 2009 after another superb season down back he got his second All-Australian team selection, this time starting on the field. He was also voted by his peers to be the league's most underrated player, as he had begun to make a name for himself as one of the league's most reliable non-key defenders with his superb overhead skills and cool, calm head.

2010 saw a third successive selection in the All-Australian team which he followed up with a fourth successive selection in 2011,[1] the last three selections as a starting back pocket.

At Geelong Corey also won his two Club Best and Fairest "Carji Greeves" Medals in the Premiership Years 2009 and 2011.[3]

He joins an elite AFL group who won multiple Club Best and Fairest Medals in Premiership years. This group includes Leigh Matthews, Kevin Bartlett, Jason Dunstall, Simon Black, Michael Voss, and Gary Ablett Junior.

On the night of the 2011 Carji Greeves Medal presentation, coach Chris Scott introduced Corey Enright as "still the most underrated player in the competition".[4]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2014 season[5]
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)
2001 Geelong 44 17 5 5 116 87 203 56 20 0.3 0.3 6.8 5.1 11.9 3.3 1.2
2002 Geelong 44 16 3 2 180 117 297 54 27 0.2 0.1 11.3 7.3 18.6 3.4 1.7
2003 Geelong 44 22 3 6 240 174 414 117 40 0.1 0.3 10.9 7.9 18.8 5.3 1.8
2004 Geelong 44 9 0 1 67 41 108 27 15 0.0 0.1 7.4 4.6 12.0 3.0 1.7
2005 Geelong 44 15 8 6 168 109 277 79 23 0.5 0.4 11.2 7.3 18.5 5.3 1.5
2006 Geelong 44 22 11 2 327 164 491 139 64 0.5 0.1 14.9 7.5 22.3 6.3 2.9
2007 Geelong 44 24 9 5 323 226 549 139 51 0.4 0.2 13.5 9.4 22.9 5.8 2.1
2008 Geelong 44 25 6 2 299 282 581 133 70 0.2 0.1 12.0 11.3 23.2 5.3 2.8
2009 Geelong 44 25 4 2 343 285 628 142 71 0.2 0.1 13.7 11.4 25.1 5.7 2.8
2010 Geelong 44 24 1 1 360 222 582 136 69 0.0 0.0 15.0 9.3 24.3 5.7 2.9
2011 Geelong 44 23 1 0 330 183 513 144 64 0.0 0.0 14.3 8.0 22.3 6.3 2.8
2012 Geelong 44 22 2 3 283 179 462 126 53 0.1 0.1 12.9 8.1 21.0 5.7 2.4
2013 Geelong 44 22 1 4 324 166 490 152 41 0.0 0.2 14.7 7.5 22.3 6.9 1.9
2014 Geelong 44 22 8 4 255 207 462 114 61 0.4 0.2 11.6 9.4 21.0 5.2 2.8
Career 288 62 43 3615 2442 6057 1558 669 0.2 0.1 12.6 8.5 21.0 5.4 2.3

References

  1. 1 2 Faulkner, Andrew (1 October 2011). "Shining star Corey Enright uncomfortable under bright lights". The Australian.
  2. ↑ http://www.geelongcats.com.au/player-profile/corey-enright
  3. ↑ Gullan, Scott (6 October 2011). "Corey Enright top Cat again". Herald Sun.
  4. ↑ "Corey Enright "most underrated player in the competition, says Chris Scott". AAP. 8 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Corey Enright's player profile at AFL Tables

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