Pearce Hanley
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 Pearce Hanley at a Brisbane Lions public training session in 2007. |
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Pearce Hanley | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Ireland | ||
| Original team | County Mayo (Gaelic Football) | ||
| Draft | #38, 2008 Rookie Draft, Brisbane Lions #95 (RP), 2009 National Draft, Brisbane Lions |
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| Height/Weight | 185cm / 85kg | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / Defender | ||
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| Current club | Brisbane Lions | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2008– | Brisbane Lions | 34 (6) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .
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Pearce Hanley (born 1988 in Ireland) is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a former Gaelic footballer who played for Mayo GAA and Ballaghaderreen Gaelic Athletic Association clubs.
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[edit] Gaelic football
Pearce made his senior debut in 2007 against Cavan.[1] Hanley had previously won the Ron Barassi Medal for the best player of the international rules for the Irish U-17 International Rules team against Australia in 2005.[2] It was there that he was first scouted by recruiters from Australia and he was targeted for recruitment by the Brisbane Lions as being a potential AFL player.
[edit] Australian Rules Football
In 2007, Pearce was signed by the Brisbane Lions, and put on the rookie list with a view of converting him to Australian rules football.[3] At the Lions, he was mentored by fellow Irishman Colm Begley who had previously played with the club for a season. Hanley made rapid progress and his adaptation to Australian football was almost as rapid as Begley's. He impressed in an early intra-club hit-out and was a solid performer for the Suncoast Lions.
Called up by coach Leigh Matthews, he made his debut in the final Lions home match in 2008 against the Carlton Football Club in front of a crowd of 35,000 at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, ironically replacing Begley in the side.[4] At the end of the 2009 season, Hanley was elevated to the lions senior list.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/orourke-junior-gets-the-callup-for-meath-senior-start-993471.html
- ^ http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2007/0801/hanleyp.html
- ^ Lions ready to call up raw Irish rookie Pearce Hanley by Ben Dorries from couriermail.com.au 20 August 2008
- ^ Ballaghaderreen’s Hanley makes his AFL debut from the Mayo News
[edit] External links
Pearce Hanley's statistics from AFL Tables
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