Player Watch #7 Harry Cunningham

[Kennedy Parker]

Harry Cunningham

Player Profile
Harry Cunningham is one of the quickest players at the Sydney Swans, is clean by hand and foot and can play in defence, on a wing and in the forward line. The 2012 draftee was in blistering form over the opening seven rounds of the 2019 campaign, before injury limited him to just two games over the remainder of the season, so expect him to be hungry for a comeback 2020 year. Draft history: 2012 Rookie Draft selection (Sydney) No. 93; 2012 AFL Draft rookie elevation (Sydney) selection No. 107

Harry Cunningham

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Harry Cunningham

Age

30

Ht

181cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.0

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.2

5star

MG

287.3

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

9.3

4star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.9

4star

MG

287.3

4star

D

6.4

2star

K

3.8

2star

HB

2.6

3star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.6

4star

DOB: 06 December 1993
DEBUT: 2012
DRAFT: 2012
RECRUITED FROM: Turvey Park (NSW)/NSW-ACT U18/Wagga (NSW)

Harry Cunningham | AFL

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[wocbond]

What is the setup with him. I note he is on the Rookie list. Does that mean that he cannot be used at AFL level unless he replaces a senior list player who has been placed on the long term injury list ?

 

[Aardvark]

Re: Cunningham

Alex Brown has been placed on the LTIL. Richie can be elevated if they want.

 

[Swanee]

Re: Cunningham

What is the setup with him. I note he is on the Rookie list. Does that mean that he cannot be used at AFL level unless he replaces a senior list player who has been placed on the long term injury list ?

Already happened!!!

http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7106/newsid/131190/default.aspx

"The opportunity for Cunningham to be promoted to the senior list came when Alex Brown was placed on the long-term injury list just under two weeks ago."

 

[mark121]

Re: Cunningham

Hehas been selected and will play in round 1.

http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7106/newsid/131291/default.aspx

 

[MarkEllis]

Re: Cunningham

So happy to see a kid that played well in the pre-season get a chance. Reward for effort. Can't knock it.

 

[RichosGuns]

Re: Cunningham

I just saw his profile on the Sydney website. Pick 92 in last year's rookie draft? Wow. Who is this guy? Anyone have a bit of a background on him as to start round 1 after you were picked up in one of the last picks of the rookie draft is a pretty impressive feet.

 

[mark121]

Re: Cunningham

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=918325

 

[grimlock]

Re: Cunningham

He played a few games for GWS last year and since he was in their zone everyone assumed that he was going to be picked up by them. We aren't told the exact reasons why but when GWS indicated to him that they were going to bypass him (my guess is salary cap reasons due to the heavy front-ended contracts of some of their experienced players) the Swans invited him to pre-season training and he impressed them so much they pre-selected him as a NSW zone pick (hence the really low draft pick) ahead of some of their own academy players.

He definitely deserves a spot given his form in all the pre-season games, he's kicked a fair few goals by running to the right spots at the right time. He also has genuine pace which adds to his appeal given the relatively slowness of most of the rest of the team.
He's probably only in the team because Rhyce Shaw hasn't recovered from his back injury and he'll most likely get squeezed out when Shaw, O'Keefe and Armstrong return.

 

[Bobbykirkkelly]

Re: Cunningham

Cunningham hails from the Wagga region and was I believe coached at some stage by Paul Kelly and I can't get over how much he looks like Kelly particulary from behind. He even seems to run in a similar manner to kelly. If he is even half as good as Kelly we will have done really well. His team in Wagga is Turvey Park which from memory is where Ricky Quade came from.

 

[Jeffers]

Re: Cunningham

He has the Paul Kelly Hunch.

 

[CAS79]

Re: Cunningham

I see the guys on the Freo board have given the young fella an interesting nickname.,.. if even by accident.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Re: Cunningham

I see the guys on the Freo board have given the young fella an interesting nickname.,.. if even by accident.

Do share please?

 

[CAS79]

Re: Cunningham

Do share please?

in referring to his omission from our squad they called him Cunnilingus.

or did you know the name and were asking me to share the act... Im not sure.

 

[jdobs95]

Re: Cunningham

Just hand him the #14 already! he runs, kicks, marks, handballs, everything like Paul Kelly, this kid will be a real talent!

 

[BarneyBent]

Re: Cunningham

Just hand him the #14 already! he runs, kicks, marks, handballs, everything like Paul Kelly, this kid will be a real talent!

The number 14 is already comfortably occupied by Craig Bird.

 

[tizzay7]

Re: Cunningham

The number 14 is already comfortably occupied by Craig Bird.

well imo, he isn't doing that number justice

 

[reidfactor]

Re: Cunningham

well imo, he isn't doing that number justice

he's certainly not disgracing it. coming along very nicely imo

 

[SM]

Re: Cunningham

well imo, he isn't doing that number justice

Hahahahaha.

Oh wait you're serious.

 

[S120]

Re: Cunningham

he's certainly not disgracing it. coming along very nicely imo

Perfectly summed up. Bird is doing everything asked of him well as a tagger and is coming along nicely as an inside ball winner and runner now that he has built a tank.

Don't know what more you could ask of him really. Will be in the leadership group soon IMO.

 

[reidfactor]

Re: Cunningham

Perfectly summed up. Bird is doing everything asked of him well as a tagger and is coming along nicely as an inside ball winner and runner now that he has built a tank.

Don't know what more you could ask of him really. Will be in the leadership group soon IMO.

bird is a very important cog to the teams future success, looks like the puppy fat has gone..

i rate him highly

 

[S120]

Yeh it seemed to take him a while to lose that extra bit of weight or at least to convert a bit of fat to muscle.

Can play a few different roles too. A tagger who can sit on a top midfielder from the opposition, a ball winner who plays offensively and a defensive forward who is capable of kicking multiple goals and limiting a top notch rebounding defender (like his game on Rob Murphy last year).

We've accidentally hijacked the thread to pump up Bird though. Cunningham has shown enough in his first 3 or 4 games at the club to convince me to give him a senior spot next year. Obviously the club will want to see much more from him, but he looks a beauty and an absolute natural.

 

[bungee]

Prince Harry looks a natural. Great pace too.

Now just quickly on Bird. He has had a full injury free preseason and he is shooting up the ranks. He'll be a mainstay of our club for years if he stays healthy. Huge player.

 

[baja]

Tizzay7 started a thread bagging Eugine that included pumping Cunningham up, now in the Cunningham thread putting Bird down.. My Spidey senses feel a link.

 

[Swanee]

Tizzay7 started a thread bagging Eugine that included pumping Cunningham up, now in the Cunningham thread putting Bird down.. My Spidey senses feel a link.

I noticed that too! Not sure about Tizzay7's motives here?

Bird will hopefully become a 200 or 250 gamer for us and yes, expect him to be in the leadership group before long.

 

[something]

Craig Bird is someone who has impressed me from day one, I think he would be a lot better of a player if it wasn't for that year he more or less sat out due to foot problems.