Darren Jolly
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| Full name | Darren Jolly | ||
| Date of birth | 6 November 1981 | ||
| Original team | North Ballarat (VFL) | ||
| Draft | #31, 2001 Rookie Draft, Melbourne | ||
| Height/Weight | 200cm / 108kg | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
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| Current club | Collingwood | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2001–2004 2005–2009 2010– Total |
Melbourne Sydney Collingwood |
48 (11) 118 (59) 42 (36) 208 (106) |
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1 Playing statistics to end of QF1, 2011 season .
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Darren Jolly (born 6 November 1981) is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Jolly has previously played for Melbourne, the Sydney Swans. He is best known as being the ruckman in Sydney's 2005 premiership and Collingwood's 2010 premiership.
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[edit] Junior career
After player for the North Ballarat Rebels in the TAC Cup, Jolly spent a year playing for the North Ballarat Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) before being drafted by the Melbourne Football Club in the 2001 Rookie Draft.[1]
[edit] Melbourne
He played 48 games over four seasons for Melbourne, mainly as an understudy to Jeff White.[2]
[edit] Sydney
The Demons traded Jolly to Sydney in 2004 for pick 15 in the national draft. Along with Jason Ball, in 2005 he was an integral part of Sydney's ruck division and after the retirement of Ball, assumed the number one ruck role at Sydney.
During his time at the Swans Jolly only missed two games, stemming from a suspension following an incident against his old club Melbourne. Jolly has not missed an AFL game since, but this run was cut in early 2011 due to an injury suffered in 2011 playing for Collingwood.
In the early hours of 29 September - one day before the Swans played in the 2006 AFL Grand Final, Jolly's wife Deanne gave birth to the couple's first child, Scarlett, which brought relief to coach Paul Roos, as Jolly had said he would not play in the Grand Final if his wife was to give birth on the day of the game.[3]
[edit] Collingwood
At the end of the 2009 season, Jolly requested a trade be done so he could return to his native Victoria with his family.[4] Many clubs expressed initial interest in securing the senior ruckman, with Collingwood securing a trade in exchange for picks No. 14 and 46 in the 2009 AFL Draft.[5] Jolly immediately became Collingwood's number one ruckman, and in 2010 was named in the 40-man All-Australian team squad, but did not make the final team.[6]
Jolly's first two seasons at Collingwood mirrored his first two seasons with the Swans: he was part of Collingwood's premiership team in 2010, then part of its losing Grand Final team in 2011. Jolly played his 200th AFL game in Round 10, 2011.
[edit] Statistics
Jolly holds the record of most hitouts in a game by a current AFL player, amassing 53 against Collingwood on June 20, 2009. He beat his previous record of 49 and overall is ranked second since statistics have been kept (1987), one hitout behind Matthew Burton.[7]
- Statistics are correct as of 3 August 2010 (Round 18, 2010 season), Averages are in brackets.[8]
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Disposals | Kicks | Handballs | Marks | Hitouts | Goals | Behinds |
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| 2001 | Melbourne | 41 | 4 | 10 (2.5) | 5 (1.2) | 5 (1.2) | 2 (0.5) | 14 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) |
| 2002 | 11 | 18 | 85 (4.7) | 46 (2.6) | 39 (2.2) | 27 (1.5) | 100 (5.6) | 7 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | |
| 2003 | 19 | 138 (7.3) | 72 (3.8) | 66 (3.5) | 47 (2.5) | 260 (13.7) | 4 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| 2004 | 7 | 24 (3.4) | 16 (2.3) | 8 (1.1) | 11 (1.6) | 44 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| 2005 | Sydney | 16 | 24 | 185 (7.7) | 110 (4.6) | 75 (3.1) | 64 (2.7) | 442 (18.4) | 10 (0.4) | 4 (0.2) |
| 2006 | 25 | 209 (8.4) | 141 (5.7) | 68 (2.7) | 55 (2.2) | 605 (24.2) | 2 (0.1) | 5 (0.2) | ||
| 2007 | 23 | 227 (9.9) | 162 (7.0) | 65 (2.8) | 95 (4.1) | 458 (19.9) | 16 (0.7) | 7 (0.3) | ||
| 2008 | 24 | 271 (11.3) | 160 (6.7) | 111 (4.6) | 105 (4.4) | 543 (22.6) | 15 (0.6) | 11 (0.5) | ||
| 2009 | 22 | 261 (11.9) | 134 (6.1) | 127 (5.8) | 92 (4.2) | 682 (31.0) | 16 (0.7) | 12 (0.5) | ||
| 2010 | Collingwood | 18 | 18 | 222 (12.3) | 117 (6.5) | 105 (5.8) | 90 (5.0) | 384 (21.3) | 16 (0.9) | 5 (0.3) |
| Totals | 184 | 1632 (8.9) | 963 (5.2) | 669 (3.7) | 588 (3.2) | 3532 (19.2) | 86 (0.5) | 46 (0.3) | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 332. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
- ^ Lovett, Michael, ed (2005). AFL Record 2005 Guide to Season. pp. 279. ISBN 0-9580300-6-5.
- ^ Grant, Robert; Cooper, Adam (September 29, 2006). "Jolly good news for Swans". http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,20496563-23211,00.html. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ Denham, Greg (5 October 2009). "Darren Jolly set for shock switch to Magpies". The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26164117-2722,00.html. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ Broad, Ben (8 October 2009). "Jolly Pie-bound with two-pick deal". AFL.com.au. http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/85865/default.aspx. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ Cats dominate All-Australian squad
- ^ Player Game Records AFL Tables
- ^ "Darren Jolly statistics". AFL Tables. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/D/Darren_Jolly.html. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
[edit] External links
- Darren Jolly's statistics from AFL Tables
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