AFL Player 20: Peter Wright

[Lore]

Contract Status: Free Agent (?) 2027
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 21, TheGrizz

 

[Megabattimus]

Watching him kick for goal from outside 50 is so good.

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[The Donners]

I think at 49 years of age I have my first man crush [emoji76]


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Finally represented the big V!

 

[Lore]

Just want to point out – got him for a future fourth rounder AND Gold Coast is paying half his salary (per Jon Ralph's report after the game).

 

[blitzer]

Just want to point out – got him for a future fourth rounder AND Gold Coast is paying half his salary (per Jon Ralph's report after the game).

We should do more deals with Gold Coast.

 

[Old Campaigner]

Just want to point out – got him for a future fourth rounder AND Gold Coast is paying half his salary (per Jon Ralph's report after the game).

Does that mean they get half the goals he kicks next week?

 

[Lore]

Does that mean they get half the goals he kicks next week?

hells no

They didn't need it anyway... they beat Carlton all by themselves

 

[11kgm]

We should do more deals with Gold Coast.

Time to grab Brodie

 

[Pleasedonot]

He still dropped a ton of marks down the line like someone pointed out. Would have been even more impressive if he'd clunked a few more but hell, given how allergic Essendon forwards have been to kicking bags/kicking straight...I'll take it!

 

[Lore]

Essendon, P. Wright, 3 votes

 

[Blind Turn]

Forward/rucks to kick 7 or more goals for Essendon in the 42 years I’ve followed this club;

S Madden
P Salmon

P ****en Wright!

Pop quiz; Who has kicked more goals in a single AFL game? Joe Daniher or Peter Wright?

 

[Lore]

Forward/rucks to kick 7 or more goals for Essendon in the 42 years I’ve followed this club;

S Madden
P Salmon

P fu**en Wright!

Pop quiz; Who has kicked more goals in a single AFL game? Joe Daniher or Peter Wright?

Actually I think they did call him the "red-headed Peter Salmon" at one point

 

[the PILL]

He's an interesting study Pete. Thrives on confidence... It's not the first time we've seen glimpses of beast mode...

Well do young man!

 

[Schnitzengruben]

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

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What a prick …goes on and kicks seven instead

 

[Big Slam]

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Can’t wait for the AFL to read this and then rub Heppell out for life for gambling on a game.

Because, well, you know……..Essendon.

 

[ghostdog]

Forward/rucks to kick 7 or more goals for Essendon in the 42 years I’ve followed this club;

S Madden
P Salmon

P fu**en Wright!

Pop quiz; Who has kicked more goals in a single AFL game? Joe Daniher or Peter Wright?

Was pondering this this morning. I don't recall Joe kicking a bag like that for us. I think Walla was the last to kick a big bag against Lions.

Dust has settled. Keath was out. I'll reserve judgment until after the next two games, but I'm happy to say I was wrong about Peter's ceiling. It's obviously higher than I thought it was. Back it up, Pete.

 

[Shane Heard]

Was pondering this this morning. I don't recall Joe kicking a bag like that for us. I think Walla was the last to kick a big bag against Lions.

Dust has settled. Keath was out. I'll reserve judgment until after the next two games, but I'm happy to say I was wrong about Peter's ceiling. It's obviously higher than I thought it was. Back it up, Pete.

the fact that he kicked so straight is cause for celebration

let’s hope it leads to supreme confidence in his own mind on future set shots and rid himself of the mental demon yips

 

[ghostdog]

the fact that he kicked so straight is cause for celebration

let’s hope it leads to supreme confidence in his own mind on future set shots and rid himself of the mental demon yips

Yes, it is. After so many Joey facepalms, it's good to have a deadeye.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

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**** me, Hepp's communication has devolved into genuine pidgin English

 

[Dave]

We should do more deals with Gold Coast.

Cale Hooker doesn't like this.

 

[Old Campaigner]

**** me, really?

 

[Lore]

fu** me, really?

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Should say "Carlisle, McDonald-Tipungwuti and Reimers".

Two-metre Peter' turned 'Out-of-sight Wright' as the former Sun, who was traded at the end of last season to the Bombers, kicked three goals in the second term, one in the third and then three in the last to steer Essendon back into finals contention.

He also became just the fourth Bomber to kick seven or more goals in a game since 2010, the first season the club had following goalkicking legend Matthew Lloyd's retirement at the end of 2009.

Wright joins an eclectic group of goalkickers to have reached the mark over the previous 12 seasons.

The most recent Bomber to boot seven was Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, whose career-high haul came against Brisbane in round four, 2019 with an electric performance at the MCG.

Prior to that, it was former Bomber and current Saint Jake Carlisle who was sent forward against the Western Bulldogs in round 18, 2014 and kicked eight goals in a best-afield showing.

And before Carlisle was Kyle Reimers, whose eight-goal game against Gold Coast in round six, 2011, lives in infamy after the Bombers posted a record first-quarter score (15.4 to 0.1) against the Suns that day at Docklands.

Reimers, Carlisle and McDonald-Tipungwuti all received three Brownlow Medal votes for their big hauls, with Wright surely set for the same this year.

Why Wright joins Reimers in rare and eclectic Dons group

Peter Wight's seven-goal haul adds him to unusual mix of Bombers

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I suppose that also puts paid to the idea that Joe ever kicked 7 or more.

 

[Lore]

Ridley was on RSN, asked about Wright:

“Obviously, he was unbelievable yesterday,” Ridley told RSN’s The Breakfast Club.

“It was pretty evident when he got to the club that he was a super talented player, and he just needed the opportunity to really be the man and that would be enough for him to tear games apart like he did yesterday.

“I think he’s had a super consistent year despite how good he was yesterday, and he’s been really playing a key role for us week in, week out.

“He’s been a super pick-up for us.”

Ridley: Wright's performance surprised no one

Jordan Ridley says Peter Wright's hard work is paying off following the forward's career-best haul.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[Megabattimus]

Should say "Carlisle, McDonald-Tipungwuti and Reimers". [emoji848]

Why Wright joins Reimers in rare and eclectic Dons group

Peter Wight's seven-goal haul adds him to unusual mix of Bombers

www.afl.com.au

I suppose that also puts paid to the idea that Joe ever kicked 7 or more.

Yeah Joey's never kicked more than six in a game and he's only done it twice (once against Brisbane in Round 8, 2015 and once against the Bulldogs in Round 19, 2017). Kicking a bag of four or five was more Joey's go.

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[Beerfish]

Ridley was on RSN, asked about Wright:

Ridley: Wright's performance surprised no one

Jordan Ridley says Peter Wright's hard work is paying off following the forward's career-best haul.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Super.