Ashley Smith (Australian footballer)

Ashley Smith
Personal information
Full name	Ashley Smith
Date of birth	(1990-07-20) 20 July 1990
Original team(s)	Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup)
Draft	36th pick, 2008 National Draft
Height / weight	186 cm / 85 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder, defender
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2009–2013	Perth (WAFL)	45 (16)
2009–2014	West Coast	45 (10)
2014	East Perth (WAFL)	17 (17)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2014.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ashley Smith (born 20 July 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who previously played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Making his debut for the club during the 2010 season, he played 45 games as a midfielder and running defender before being delisted at the end of the 2014 season. From Victoria, Smith was recruited from the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup, and has also played at WAFL level for both Perth and East Perth.

Football career

Smith was accepted into the AIS-AFL Academy before playing for Vic Metro in the AFL Under 18 Championships. He then represented the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup, missing most of the first part of the season before starring in the second half, including the preliminary final. At the 2008 AFL Draft Camp, Smith impressed talent scouts with his speed and long-kicking abilities, placing first in the 20 metre sprint, sixth in the 30 metre repeat sprints, and tenth in the standing vertical jump, and consistently kicking over 50 metres.^[1] Smith was selected by West Coast with Pick 36 in the 2008 AFL Draft, after being predicted to go as high as the first round.^[2] He made his debut for West Coast in round 15 of the 2010 season against Adelaide at Subiaco Oval, gaining 19 disposals and four marks off the half-back flank, and scoring a goal from 55 metres out.^[3]

Smith was delisted by West Coast at the end of the 2014 season.^[4] He had played at AFL level only twice during the season.^[5]

References

↑ http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/tabid/7155/Default.aspx?newsid=70078+
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
↑ http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/tabid/7155/default.aspx?newsid=97567
↑ "List changes" – West Coast Eagles. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
↑ Ashley Smith playing statistics – AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

2008 AFL national draft
First round	1. Jack Watts 2. Nic Naitanui 3. Stephen Hill 4. Hamish Hartlett 5. Michael Hurley 6. Chris Yarran 7. Daniel Rich 8. Ty Vickery 9. Jack Ziebell 10. Phil Davis 11. Steele Sidebottom 12. Lewis Johnston 13. Tom Lynch 14. Ayce Cordy (F/S) 15. Mitch Brown 16. Ryan Schoenmakers 17. Sam Blease (PP) 18. Luke Shuey (PP)
Second round	19. James Strauss 20. Tom Swift 21. Hayden Ballantyne 22. Jackson Trengove 23. David Zaharakis 24. Nick Suban 25. Jack Redden 26. Jayden Post 27. Sam Wright 28. Shaun McKernan 29. Dayne Beams 30. Dan Hannebery 31. Jordan Roughead 32. Liam Jones 33. Tom Gillies 34. Liam Shiels
Third round	35. Jamie Bennell 36. Ashley Smith 37. Zac Clarke 38. Matthew Broadbent 39. Steven Motlop 40. Mitch Robinson 41. Todd Banfield 42. Mitch Banner 43. Liam Anthony 44. Rory Sloane 45. Jarrad Blight 46. Luke Rounds 47. Rhys Stanley 48. Nick Heyne 49. Taylor Hunt 50. Jordan Lisle
Fourth round	51. Neville Jetta 52. Jordan Jones 53. Michael Walters 54. Jarrad Redden 55. Michael Still 56. Ben Bucovaz 57. Aaron Cornelius 58. Tom Hislop 59. Nathan O'Keefe 60. Tom Lee 61. Campbell Heath 62. Alistair Smith 63. Luke Lowden
Fifth round	64. Rohan Bail 65. Rhys O'Keeffe 66. Glenn Dawson 67. Tyson Slattery 68. Tim Ruffles 69. Bart McCulloch 71. Warren Benjamin 72. Will Young 73. Leigh Brown 74. Paul Cahill 75. Shane Savage
Sixth round	77. Chris Hall 78. Jason Davenport 80. Caleb Tiller 81. Kieran King 83. Colm Begley

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