Darcy Parish

Darcy Parish
Personal information
Full name Darcy Parish
Date of birth (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997
Place of birth Winchelsea, Victoria
Original team(s) Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 5, 2015 national draft
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club Essendon
Number 3
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2016 Essendon 33 (10)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 16, 2017.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Darcy Parish (born 25 July 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Essendon Football Club with the fifth overall selection in the 2015 national draft.[1]

Parish was considered one of the best midfielders in the 2015 draft crop, showing tremendous form averaging 28 disposals at TAC Cup level (16 contested and 12 uncontested), plus seven clearances and five inside-50 entries, showing his all-round quality for the Geelong Falcons. He was named All-Australian in 2014 and backed it up with another selection after the 2015 AFL Under 18 Championships, and was a member of the NAB AFL Academy squad.[2]

He made his debut in the opening round of the 2016 AFL season against Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium.[3] He was rewarded with a nomination for the 2016 AFL Rising Star after he collected 21 disposals, 13 handball receives, eight tackles, and five inside-50s whilst kicking his first goal in the dying stages to seal a 13-point win against Melbourne.[4] He played 20 games in his debut season, polling 19 votes to finish fourth in the Ron Evans Medal.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 5, 2017[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)
2016 Essendon 3 20 6 5 149 266 415 69 66 0.3 0.3 7.5 13.3 20.8 3.5 3.3
2017 Essendon 3 5 1 1 59 54 113 21 17 0.2 0.2 11.8 10.8 22.6 4.2 3.4
Career 25 7 6 208 320 528 90 83 0.3 0.2 8.3 12.8 21.1 3.6 3.3

References

  1. Guthrie, Ben (25 November 2015). "Bombers secure ideal top two with Darcy Parish and Aaron Francis". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  2. Twomey, Callum (28 October 2015). "27 days to the draft: Meet one of the best mids in the draft Darcy Parish". AFL.com.au. Bigpond.
  3. Beveridge, Riley (23 March 2015). "Jacob Weitering, Josh Schache, Callum Mills, Clayton Oliver, Darcy Parish set to debut in Round 1". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  4. Guthrie, Ben (4 April 2016). "Darcy Parish the round two Rising Star nominee". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. "Darcy Parish". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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