Past #10: Ben Cunnington - will retire from the AFL after * game - 238 games/95+ goals/2x Syd Barker Medalist/Shinboner - thanks for everything Cunners

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Have a good 200th Benny, 35+ contested posessions not out of the question.
 
 
Ben Cunnington – 200 games​

The 32nd player to play 200 games for the North Melbourne Football Club​

Played: 199 Won: 103 Drawn: 0 Lost: 96​

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Game 1 – Round 5, 2010 v Hawthorn (York Park). North Melbourne 12.10-82 d. Hawthorn 10.10-70
Game 50 – Round 20, 2012 v Essendon (Docklands). North Melbourne 15.10-100 d. Essendon 11.10-76
Game 100 – Round 1, 2015 v Adelaide (Adelaide Oval). Adelaide 21.14-140 d. North Melbourne 9.9-63
Game 150 – Round 6, 2017 v Gold Coast (Docklands). North Melbourne 16.11-107 d. Gold Coast 11.10-76

Disposals
Game High: 39 (Round 19, 2018 v West Coast)
Season High: 563 (2018)

Kicks
Game High: 20 (Round 8, 2018 v Richmond)
Season High: 284 (2014)

Handballs
Game High: 27 (Round 2, 2019 v Brisbane Lions, Round 3, 2019 v Hawthorn)
Season High: 327 (2017)

Marks
Game High: 8 (Round 1, 2015 v Adelaide, Round 7, 2015 v Essendon, Round 15, 2018 v Essendon, )
Season High: 87 (2014)

Goals: 83 Behinds: 37​

Brownlow Medal Games
Round 18, 2013 vs Melbourne – 3 votes
Round 3, 2014 vs Port Adelaide – 3 votes
Round 4, 2014 vs Sydney – 3 votes
Round 11, 2014 vs West Coast – 3 votes
Round 17, 2014 vs St.Kilda – 1 vote
Round 20, 2014 vs GWS Giants – 3 votes
Round 2, 2015 vs Brisbane Lions – 2 votes
Round 9, 2015 vs Collingwood – 1 vote
Round 19, 2016 vs St.Kilda – 2 votes
Round 2, 2017 vs Geelong – 1 vote
Round 4, 2017 vs Western Bulldogs – 2 votes
Round 5, 2017 vs Fremantle – 3 votes
Round 7, 2017 vs Adelaide – 2 votes
Round 9, 2017 vs Melbourne – 2 votes
Round 14, 2017 vs Western Bulldogs – 1 vote
Round 4, 2018 vs Carlton – 1 vote
Round 5, 2018 vs Hawthorn – 3 votes
Round 8, 2018 vs Richmond – 1 vote
Round 11, 2018 vs Brisbane Lions – 3 votes
Round 19, 2018 vs West Coast – 3 votes

Finals:
2012 Elimination Final v West Coast
2014 Elimination Final v Essendon
2014 Semi Final v Geelong
2014 Preliminary Final v Sydney
2015 Elimination Final v Richmond
2015 Semi Final v Sydney
2015 Preliminary Final v West Coast
2016 Elimination Final v Adelaide

Most Consecutive Games: 55 (Round 15, 2013 v Richmond to Round 22, 2015 v Western Bulldogs)
Has played 199 of 214 games since debut

Honours
North Melbourne Best & Fairest (2014)
 
Listen to Powershop Players Podcast w/Ben Cunnington (Episode Three, 2019) by #NMFC on #SoundCloud
 
If his stripes were black and not blue, and if he was willing to dress as Britney Spears and do "Hit Me Baby One More Time" on a stupid Footy Show Grand Final revue, this bloke would be one of the most recognised players of the era. Absolute gun footballer.

Thankfully his stripes are blue and probably considers players revues as the s**t they are. Easily the most underrated player in the game today. That's why I like him so much.
 
Slightly better milestone game strike rate than the skipper :thumbsu:
 

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His podcast is a ripper.

He is just so appealing to listen to because everything he says is so genuine. A big hearted country fella who had a dream to play footy and go fishing. The way he talks about his family and kids you can tell they mean the world to him.

Yet on the field he is a competitive, contested animal.

He does the on field stuff the right way and he does the off field stuff the right way.

It’s been a pleasure watching you play 200 games for this great club. You’ve brought nothing but pride to the jumper.

I hope he gets to play 200 more with a few premierships thrown in.
 
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Remember when his Dad was in real strife after the farm accident and poor Ben was in turmoil because he wanted to be by his Dad's potential deathbed but didn't want to let the side down?

That said so much about Ben's character. Also, its not spoken about much but Jy seemed on the verge of going off the rails, now he fishes with Cunners and Jed and is rapidly becoming a mature gun inside mid like those men.

Respect is a word that gets thrown around a lot but jeez, there'd be few players in the comp who have as much respect from their peers as Ben Cunnington.
 
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Decent video but I was hoping for a lot more of his fend offs and throwing people away that try to tackle him!!
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Kind of with you on this. A selection of goal kicking videos doesn't really do justice to a player whose greatest moments have usually involved fend offs, great contested marks and handballs that make some VFL player's kicks look short.
 
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