Darcy Lang

Darcy Lang
Personal information
Full name	Darcy Lang
Date of birth	(1995-11-21) 21 November 1995
Place of birth	Colac
Original team(s)	Colac (GFL) Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
Draft	16th overall 2013 AFL Draft
Height/Weight	183cm / 77kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Geelong
Number	11
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2014–	Geelong	21 (15)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2015 season.
Career highlights
2015 AFL Rising Star nominee

Darcy Lang (born 21 November 1995) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Darcy grew up in Colac, Victoria and played for Victoria Country in the 2013 AFL Under 18 Championships, where he suffered a broken leg.^[1]

Lang was drafted by Geelong with the 16th overall selection in the 2013 national draft.^[1] He made his debut for Geelong in the round 13 win against St Kilda in 2014.^[2] In August 2015, he was the round nominee for the AFL Rising Star after the round 21 draw to St Kilda, where he recorded 16 disposals, 3 marks and 2 tackles.^[3]

References

1 2 Hanlon, Peter (23 February 2014). "Geelong draftee Darcy Lang is now the pride of Colac". The Age (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ Hanlon, Peter (13 June 2014). "Darcy Lang's happy break as one of two new Cats". The Age (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 15 June 2014.
↑ Landsberger, Sam (24 August 2015). "Geelong has another Rising Star after Darcy Lang earns Round 21 nomination". News.com.au (News Corp Australia). Retrieved 24 August 2015.

External links

Darcy Lang's profile on the official website of the Geelong Football Club
Darcy Lang's statistics from AFL Tables

Geelong Football Club – current squad

1 Stanley
2 Smedts
3 Bartel
4 Mackie
5 Cockatoo
6 McCarthy
7 Taylor (vc)
8 Kolodjashnij
9 Smith
10 Menzel
11 Lang
12 Buzza
13 Lonergan
14 J. Selwood (c)
15 Hayball
16 S. Selwood
17 Cornell*
18 Cowan
19 Clark
20 Gardner
21 Murdoch
22 Duncan
23 Caddy
24 Bews
25 Henderson
26 Hawkins
27 Menegola
28 Gregson
29 Guthrie
30 Vardy
31 Cunico
32 Motlop
33 Horlin-Smith
34 Parsons*
35 Dangerfield
36 Ruggles*
37 Luxford
38 Read*
39 Kersten
40 Thurlow
42 Lucey*
43 Bates*
44 Enright
45 Delaney*
46 Blicavs

Coach: Scott

* denotes rookie listed players

2015 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: McIntosh Rd 2: Honeychurch Rd 3: Heeney Rd 4: Cripps Rd 5: Saad Rd 6: Gregson Rd 7: Hartung Rd 8: McCarthy Rd 9: Hogan Rd 10: Brayshaw Rd 11: Broomhead Rd 12: Boyd Rd 13: Cameron Rd 14: Lonie Rd 15: Sheed Rd 16: Miller Rd 17: Lever Rd 18: Andrews Rd 19: Thurlow Rd 20: De Goey Rd 21: Lang Rd 22: Lennon Rd 23: Fantasia

Italics denote winner

2013 AFL national draft

First round	1. Tom Boyd 2. Josh Kelly 3. Jack Billings 4. Marcus Bontempelli 5. Kade Kolodjashnij 6. Matthew Scharenberg 7. James Aish 8. Luke McDonald (F/S) 9. Christian Salem 10. Nathan Freeman 11. Dom Sheed 12. Ben Lennon 13. Patrick Cripps 14. Cameron McCarthy 15. Zak Jones 16. Darcy Lang 17. Michael Apeness 18. Luke Dunstan 19. Blake Acres 20. Jack Leslie

Second round	21. Jarman Impey 22. Darcy Gardiner 23. Matt Crouch 24. Billy Hartung 25. Daniel McStay 26. Zach Merrett 27. Sean Lemmens 28. Lewis Taylor 29. Rory Lobb 30. Trent Dumont 31. Malcolm Karpany 32. George Hewett 33. Tom Cutler 34. Nick Robertson 35. Toby Nankervis 36. Jarrad Jensen 37. Alex Pearce 38. Dayle Garlett

Third round	39. Cameron Giles 40. Jay Kennedy-Harris 41. Jake Kolodjashnij 42. Matt Fuller 43. Tom Barrass 44. Aliir Aliir 45. Mitchell Harvey 46. Riley Knight 47. Ben Brown 49. Dylan Main 50. Nathan Gordon 51. Nick Holman 52. Darcy Byrne-Jones 54. Josh Walker (RP) 55. Orazio Fantasia 56. James Sicily

Fourth round	57. Jayden Hunt 58. Brady Grey 59. Jonathon Ceglar (RP) 60. Mitch Honeychurch 61. Jamie Bennell (RP) 62. Jonathan Freeman (Academy selection) 63. George Burbury (RP) 64. Lauchlan Dalgleish (RP) 65. Tom Langdon 66. Sam Lloyd 68. Karl Amon 70. Matt Taberner (RP) 71. Will Langford (RP)

Fifth round	74. Jeremy McGovern (RP) 75. Justin Clarke (RP) 76. Kyle Hartigan (RP) 77. Jonathon Marsh 80. Brandon Jack (RP)

Sixth round	82. Mitch Clisby (RP) 83. Tom Curren (RP) 84. Brett Goodes (RP) 85. Simon Tunbridge (RP) 86. Rory Laird (RP) 87. Sam Dwyer (RP) 89. Ed Curnow (RP) 90. Dane Rampe (RP)

Seventh round	92. Adam Oxley (RP) 93. Ricky Petterd (RP) 94. Tom Bell (RP)

Eighth round	95. Zachary Williams (RP)

Ninth round	97. Jake Barrett (NSW Zone)

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