Past #19: Sam Wright - "Mr September" - retiring from AFL in Round 20 - thanks Slammin' Sam

[andana]

So, is he injured?.

 

[Dingster]

Destroyed Garlett today. Barely gave him a sniff and often ran off the lazy plick.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Managed to mark everything which came his way too. He's a rock at HB nowadays.

 

[Benno_900]

The only reliable defender we've got.

 

[Gasometer]

The only reliable defender we've got.

FWIW lovin the hit list ^ of Ben Ninja Jacobs.

 

[Shermanator]

The new John Blakey.

Sammy is the new Mr Reliable.. (our very own BF Mr Reliable aside ).

 

[Gone north]

If this bloke played for collingwood he would be touted all australian
Never beaten absolute gun.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

If this bloke played for collingwood he would be touted all australian
Never beaten absolute gun.

Everyone raves about Nick Smith and Alan Toovey. Sammy Wright just does just as good a job as these blokes but never gets any recognition!

 

[King Hansen]

Very consistent season to date. Follow this guys lead the rest of you spuds. Good work Sammy, keep it up.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

One of the best intercept marks going around.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Brilliant overhead.

Cunners-like.

 

[SunnyBoner]

He's a real smooth mover and great on both sides of the body and in the air. I know i have said this before but this place went into meltdown when we picked him before Shaun McKernan in the draft. Pretty happy with that choice now!

 

[kangaspurs]

Stacks up nicely against a bloke that's supposed to be a nailed on All Australian this season.


Player Statistics Comparison
Easton Wood Name Samuel Wright
Western Bulldogs Team North Melbourne Kangaroos
Defender Position Defender
83 Career Games 103
Camperdown Origin Murray Bushrangers
September 4, 1989 Date of Birth July 15, 1990
25yr 11mth Age 25yr 1mth
186cm Height 188cm
84kg Weight 85kg
2007 National Draft Last Drafted In 2008 National Draft
Round 3, Pick #43 Last Draft Position Round 2, Pick #27
Western Bulldogs Last Drafted By North Melbourne Kangaroos
2015 Stats for Season 2015
18 Games 19
10.5 Kicks Per Game 11.1
7.4 Handballs Per Game 8.0
17.9 Disposals Per Game 19.2
7.2 Marks Per Game 5.4
0.3 Goals Per Game 0.1
0 Behinds Per Game 0
1.4 Tackles Per Game 1.7
0 Hitouts Per Game 0
2.3 Inside 50s Per Game 2.4
0.6 Goal Assists Per Game 0.3
0.7 Frees For Per Game 0.9
0.6 Frees Against Per Game 0.7
6.3 Contested Possessions Per Game 5.0
11.2 Uncontested Possessions Per Game 14.0
14.9 Effective Disposals Per Game 15.6
83.2% Effective Disposals % Per Game 81.2%
1.4 Clangers Per Game 2.1
1.6 Contested Marks Per Game 0.5
0.2 Marks Inside 50 Per Game 0
0.4 Clearances Per Game 0.3
2.6 Rebound 50s Per Game 3.4
4.1 One Percenters Per Game 1.9
0.3 Bounces Per Game 1.1
85.8 Time On Ground % Per Game 87.7
$381,000 AFL Fantasy Price $357,000
74.3 AFL Fantasy Score Per Game 71.8
$405,300 Supercoach Price $348,300
87.3 Supercoach Score Per Game 76.3

 

[Mcarcherey]

why do people keep saying he's slow? he's no dangerfield but he's not slow by any means.

such an underrated player.

 

[Daniltchenko You Beauty]

I'm guessing he hasn't been able to put on much weight because of his shoulder issues. Considering his overhead marking capability, he's doing very well.

 

[Shermanator]

Loved the bloke since he did a number on Floggard in the game when the tip rat had his jumper ripped off him and we all though it was the Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters having a run in the FP for the Saints..

You're a beauty Sammy W!

 

[hilly]

Has he signed beyond 2015?! Hopefully he has and I just can't recall/find it.

 

[TooUglyForFugly]

Has he signed beyond 2015?! Hopefully he has and I just can't recall/find it.

Needs to re-sign.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Has he signed beyond 2015?! Hopefully he has and I just can't recall/find it.

i seem to recall earlier in the year reading that he had a trigger in his contract for next year.
He has played every game so you would assume it has been activated. Nonetheless should get a 2-3 year deal even if trigger activated.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Stacks up nicely against a bloke that's supposed to be a nailed on All Australian this season.


Player Statistics Comparison
Easton Wood Name Samuel Wright
Western Bulldogs Team North Melbourne Kangaroos
Defender Position Defender
83 Career Games 103
Camperdown Origin Murray Bushrangers
September 4, 1989 Date of Birth July 15, 1990
25yr 11mth Age 25yr 1mth
186cm Height 188cm
84kg Weight 85kg
2007 National Draft Last Drafted In 2008 National Draft
Round 3, Pick #43 Last Draft Position Round 2, Pick #27
Western Bulldogs Last Drafted By North Melbourne Kangaroos
2015 Stats for Season 2015
18 Games 19
10.5 Kicks Per Game 11.1
7.4 Handballs Per Game 8.0
17.9 Disposals Per Game 19.2
7.2 Marks Per Game 5.4
0.3 Goals Per Game 0.1
0 Behinds Per Game 0
1.4 Tackles Per Game 1.7
0 Hitouts Per Game 0
2.3 Inside 50s Per Game 2.4
0.6 Goal Assists Per Game 0.3
0.7 Frees For Per Game 0.9
0.6 Frees Against Per Game 0.7
6.3 Contested Possessions Per Game 5.0
11.2 Uncontested Possessions Per Game 14.0
14.9 Effective Disposals Per Game 15.6
83.2% Effective Disposals % Per Game 81.2%
1.4 Clangers Per Game 2.1
1.6 Contested Marks Per Game 0.5
0.2 Marks Inside 50 Per Game 0
0.4 Clearances Per Game 0.3
2.6 Rebound 50s Per Game 3.4
4.1 One Percenters Per Game 1.9
0.3 Bounces Per Game 1.1
85.8 Time On Ground % Per Game 87.7
$381,000 AFL Fantasy Price $357,000
74.3 AFL Fantasy Score Per Game 71.8
$405,300 Supercoach Price $348,300
87.3 Supercoach Score Per Game 76.3

Wood only just beats him, but Wright should be considered for the top 40 squad, but that will be filled with midfielders.

 

[Dirty_11]

Stacks up nicely against a bloke that's supposed to be a nailed on All Australian this season.


Player Statistics Comparison
Easton Wood Name Samuel Wright
Western Bulldogs Team North Melbourne Kangaroos
Defender Position Defender
83 Career Games 103
Camperdown Origin Murray Bushrangers
September 4, 1989 Date of Birth July 15, 1990
25yr 11mth Age 25yr 1mth
186cm Height 188cm
84kg Weight 85kg
2007 National Draft Last Drafted In 2008 National Draft
Round 3, Pick #43 Last Draft Position Round 2, Pick #27
Western Bulldogs Last Drafted By North Melbourne Kangaroos
2015 Stats for Season 2015
18 Games 19
10.5 Kicks Per Game 11.1
7.4 Handballs Per Game 8.0
17.9 Disposals Per Game 19.2
7.2 Marks Per Game 5.4
0.3 Goals Per Game 0.1
0 Behinds Per Game 0
1.4 Tackles Per Game 1.7
0 Hitouts Per Game 0
2.3 Inside 50s Per Game 2.4
0.6 Goal Assists Per Game 0.3
0.7 Frees For Per Game 0.9
0.6 Frees Against Per Game 0.7
6.3 Contested Possessions Per Game 5.0
11.2 Uncontested Possessions Per Game 14.0
14.9 Effective Disposals Per Game 15.6
83.2% Effective Disposals % Per Game 81.2%
1.4 Clangers Per Game 2.1
1.6 Contested Marks Per Game 0.5
0.2 Marks Inside 50 Per Game 0
0.4 Clearances Per Game 0.3
2.6 Rebound 50s Per Game 3.4
4.1 One Percenters Per Game 1.9
0.3 Bounces Per Game 1.1
85.8 Time On Ground % Per Game 87.7
$381,000 AFL Fantasy Price $357,000
74.3 AFL Fantasy Score Per Game 71.8
$405,300 Supercoach Price $348,300
87.3 Supercoach Score Per Game 76.3

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[Heaps of fun]

Wood only just beats him, but Wright should be considered for the top 40 squad, but that will be filled with midfielders.

Is he really among the four or five best performed HBs this year? Think Wood, Murphy, McVeigh, Shaw and Kolodjashnij would be ahead of him at least.

 

[Flawed Genius]

Wood gets a lot more media attention because he's playing in the flavour of the month team and takes (apparently) more intercept marks.

Wright is as good, if not better, at the intercept marking caper, and a far better lock-down defender.

 

[KangaRooster]

His ability to use both sides of his body to dispose of the footy effectively gets us out of so many bad situations, it's not even funny.

He's definitely one of the players we should be building our future around.

 

[groo]

These two are probably my two favourite hbf at the moment. I used to think wood had wright for one on one marking but wright has improved hugely in this area recently. Would Wright have him for metres gained this year? What I like about wright is that he moves the ball forward. He just about negates Hansen's safe sidewards and backwards chip kicks.