Player Watch #14 Callum Mills (c)

[Kennedy Parker]

Callum Mills

Callum Mills

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Callum Mills

Age

28

Ht

188cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

287.0

4star

D

18.4

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

3.4

4star

MG

293.4

4star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.8

5star

MG

284.4

5star

is one of the best young players in the AFL. The QBE Sydney Swans Academy graduate won the 2016 AFL Rising Star award and was selected in the AFL Players’ Association’s 22Under22 team in three of his four eligible years. Mills is a small defender with uncompromising courage who’s also capable of shifting through the midfield. The New South Welshman was elevated to Sydney’s leadership group during the 2018 pre-season at the age of just 21, and he’s now a member of a five-man leadership panel alongside co-captains Josh Kennedy, Luke Parker

26

Luke Parker

Age

33

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

and Dane Rampe

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Dane Rampe

Age

35

Ht

187cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

2.5

4star

MG

358.8

5star

D

14.1

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.1

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

284.5

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.4

4star

, as well as Lance Franklin.

Callum Mills

14

Callum Mills

Age

28

Ht

188cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

287.0

4star

D

18.4

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

3.4

4star

MG

293.4

4star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.8

5star

MG

284.4

5star

DOB: 02 April 1997
DEBUT: 2016
DRAFT: #3, 2015 National Draft
RECRUITED FROM: North Shore (NSW)

Callum Mills | AFL

Follow Callum Mills's progress through AFL

www.sydneyswans.com.au

 

[Superstar swan]

Fitness permitting he’s a big chance for the brownlow this year

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Fitness permitting he’s a big chance for the brownlow this year

Very unlikely. Would be half a dozen in front.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Fitness permitting he’s a big chance for the brownlow this year

Not putting the mock on Callum but I think generally the winners fly ABOVE the radar. They are the ones the umps notice. I'm surprised Parker polls as well as he does.

 

[Tedeski]

Put a fork in him for 2022!
He's done!

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Not putting the mock on Callum but I think generally the winners fly ABOVE the radar. They are the ones the umps notice. I'm surprised Parker polls as well as he does.

I'm not, inside mid who kicks goals. The winner literally did that last year. It's why you look at Petracca, Oliver, Bont as really the 3 clear favourites, albeit I have forgotten a few for sure.

Sam Walsh would have been my tip if he wasn't out for a month. Polled massive last year in a woeful side.

 

[BarneyBent]

15 touches, 11 kicks, 8 tackles, 3 clearances... from only 41% time on the ground.

Not a bad return from injury.

 

[McRobie]

Absolute beast! Outside of injury no one in the comp stops him from ripping the comp apart this year.

 

[Jeffers]

This guy is a Colossus and will be a great captain.

 

[Chaisa]

Honestly could win the Brownlow this year.

 

[BarneyBent]

Massive game.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

You remember the time where some wanted him kept in the backline...

 

[Kapers]

You remember the time where some didn't trust his development...

 

[Punts]

Yer I was one of them that thought he was a better defender than mid

Wrong I was no doubt

 

[Membling]

Mid playing mid is better than mid playing back.

I never.

 

[BloodySwan]

G.O.A.T

 

[Bonz]

Yer I was one of them that thought he was a better defender than mid

Wrong I was no doubt

Think many of us were.

I wanted him in the midfield, but never expected him to have this type of effect.

 

[GoTheSwannies]

What a ripping game. He seriously can't be stopped, and he's getting even better as the year goes on. What an absolute gun.

 

[BloodySwan]

Will win the Skilton this year barring injury

 

[Ticky009]

Honestly could win the Brownlow this year.

But won't.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Such a worthy wearer of the Number 14.

 

[Kiama Chris]

But won't.

Maybe not but certainly top 5, even 3, if he keeps going the way he is. Had at least 3 BOG judging by Big Footy!

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Yet another 10 coaches’ votes for Callum this week.

Make no mistake - this bloke is a champion of the Sydney Swans Football Club.

 

[scaryness]

Just noticed we never acknowledged Mills' captaincy in the thread title.

Shiny new (c) for him now.

 

[SwansProudly]

Marc McGowan

“Callum’s a no-frills, get-the-job-done type of person,” West Coast great-turned-Swans assistant coach Dean Cox

Dean Cox

Age

44

Ht

203cm

Wt

107kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

G

0.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

5.8

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.0

1star

told News Corp this week.
“As a coach, you couldn’t ask for a better player from all aspects, whether it’s attention to detail for his own game; his work ethic to improve; or the ability to hold himself and teammates to account.
“There’s a reason he’s a young captain of our footy club.”

...

“When you’re younger; you want to play as well as you possibly can and try to get a game and stuff like that,” Mills said.
“But the older you get; you want to be able to win football games. However the team needs me to play on a certain day is what I’m happy to do, because, at the end of the day, I want to win football games.
“I don’t want to be a good player in a bad side. You want to play in a successful team.”

 

[caesar88]

I know it's meant as praise but the "no frills" tag really irks me. Because Mills is smart and clean rather than chasing highlights, he's "no frills"?

The guy is an absolute gun and our most damaging mid, and he runs both ways. Those are his "frills".