Darcy Cameron

Darcy Cameron (born 18 July 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Darcy Cameron
Cameron during a NEAFL game in April 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-07-18) 18 July 1995
Original team(s) North Albany
Draft 48, 2016 national draft
Debut 21 July 2018, Sydney
vs. Gold Coast, at the SCG
Height 204 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 14
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2019 Sydney 01 (0)
2020– Collingwood 10 (4)
Total 11 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Originally from Albany, Western Australia, Cameron grew up as a West Coast Eagles fan. He is the nephew of radio personality and politician Eoin Cameron.[1] He was a cricketer and swimmer in his youth and played football for North Albany.[2] He attended Hale School as a boarder. Cameron played for Claremont in the West Australian Football League, averaging one goal, 11 disposals and 16 hitouts over 40 league matches. He wore number 18.[3]

AFL career

Cameron was expected to be drafted by West Coast in the 2016 AFL draft, but was taken by Sydney with pick 48.[4] He made a positive start, impressing coach John Longmire in his first pre-season.[5] Cameron lacerated his finger during training in March. It was later infected in a North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) match against Sydney University, rendering him unavailable for one week.[6] Shoulder surgery halfway through the year restricted him to nine NEAFL games.[2] In April, Cameron signed a contract extension, tying him to Sydney until 2019.[4]

In 2018, Sam Naismith's season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injury, Kurt Tippett's retirement and a quadriceps injury to Sam Reid opened up senior opportunities for Cameron.[7][8] He played both JLT Community Series matches[8] and showed good form in the NEAFL, averaging 34 hitouts, 19 possessions and one goal over 13 matches.[2] However, he did not make his AFL debut until round 18 against the Gold Coast Suns at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[9] Cameron was traded to Collingwood at the end of the 2019 AFL season.[10]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season[11]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles  H/O  Hit-outs
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
2017 Sydney170————————————————
2018 Sydney17100123229001.02.03.02.02.09.0
2019 Sydney170————————————————
2020 Collingwood1410424630763614570.40.24.63.07.63.61.45.7
Career 11 4 2 47 32 79 38 16 66 0.4 0.2 4.3 2.9 7.2 3.5 1.5 6.0

References
  1. Middlemass, Corban (25 November 2016). "Tweet". Twitter. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. Gates, Zachary (20 July 2018). "Cameron: A special moment". sydneyswans.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  3. "Darcy CAMERON". West Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  4. Curley, Adam (24 March 2017). "First-year Swans ruckman Darcy Cameron inks new deal". afl.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. Ryan, Peter (5 February 2017). "Big Swan pushing for pre-season opportunity". afl.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. Schmook, Nathan (22 March 2017). "Cameron ruled out". sydneyswans.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. Cordy, Neil (9 March 2018). "Cameron stakes claim for Round 1 berth". news.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. Newbold, Cameron (12 April 2018). "Cameron on the cusp of debut". The West Australian. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  9. "Sydney Swans Vs Gold Coast Suns – Match Centre". afl.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  10. Waterworth, Ben (15 October 2019). "Collingwood has entered the AFL trade period — and they've snared a Swans ruckman". Fox Sports.
  11. "Darcy Cameron statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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