Jesse Joyce (footballer)
Jesse Joyce | |||
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![]() Joyce playing for Gold Coast in June 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Jesse Joyce | ||
Date of birth | 17 August 1997 | ||
Original team(s) | Palm Beach Currumbin (QAFL) | ||
Draft | No. 67, 2016 rookie draft | ||
Debut | Round 11, 2016, Gold Coast vs. Sydney, at Metricon Stadium | ||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Gold Coast | ||
Number | 38 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2016– | Gold Coast | 64 (2) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 1 2020. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Jesse Joyce (born 17 August 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Gold Coast Football Club with their sixth selection and sixty-seventh overall in the 2016 rookie draft.[1] He made his debut in the thirty-eight point loss against Sydney in round 11, 2016 at Metricon Stadium.[2]
Early life and junior football
[edit]Joyce was born in Melbourne but moved to Tweed Heads on the Queensland-New South Wales border at the age of 2.[3] He first played junior football on the Gold Coast for the Coolangatta Tweed Heads Australian Football Club before switching to the Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club and making his senior debut at the age of 16. He also attended Palm Beach Currumbin High School in his teenage years and graduated with future Suns teammate Max Spencer.
He joined the Gold Coast Suns Academy at the age of 14[4] and was drafted to his hometown team with the 67th pick in the 2016 AFL rookie draft.
AFL career
[edit]Joyce made his AFL debut for the Gold Coast Suns against the Sydney Swans in round 11 of the 2016 AFL season.
References
[edit]- ^ Whiting, Michael (29 November 2015). "Joyce joins select few of Gold Coast locals at the Suns". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ Hamilton, Andrew (3 June 2016). "Gold Coast Suns rookie Jesse Joyce ready for his AFL initiation against Sydney Swans". The Courier Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ Gold Coast junior Jesse Joyce can’t wait to make his AFL debut for the Suns against the Sydney Swans
- ^ Joyce to debut against Sydney
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Jesse Joyce's profile on the official website of the Gold Coast Football Club
- Jesse Joyce's playing statistics from AFL Tables