Samuel Powell-Pepper (born 8 January 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
| Sam Powell-Pepper | |||
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 Powell-Pepper playing for Port Adelaide in June 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Samuel Powell-Pepper | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Western Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | East Perth (WAFL)/Wesley College (PSA) | ||
| Draft | No. 18, 2016 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2017, Sydney vs. Port Adelaide, at Sydney Cricket Ground | ||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Port Adelaide | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017– | Port Adelaide | 142 (106) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Early life
editPowell-Pepper was born in Perth, the son of Maureen and Steven. His mother is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and his father is caucasian.[1][2][3] He has two full siblings and two half-brothers. His parents separated when he was young and he lived with his father until he was eight, then spent periods with his paternal grandmother, his mother, and friends' families.[4]
Powell-Pepper initially attended Mount Lawley Senior High School as an inaugural member of the school’s Aboriginal Excellence Program, before switching to Wesley College on an indigenous scholarship.[5] He went to school with Quinton Narkle who is his second cousin. He also attended school with other future AFL players Shai Bolton and Cameron Zurhaar.[6] He played junior football for the Mt Hawthorn Cardinals.[7]
In 2016, Powell-Pepper made his senior debut for the East Perth Football Club during round 20 of the 2016 WAFL season going on to play all the remaining games for the year.[8]
AFL career
editPowell-Pepper was drafted by the Port Adelaide Football Club with their second selection and eighteenth overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his AFL debut in Port Adelaide's twenty-eight point win against Sydney in the opening round of the 2017 season at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[9] He was named that round's AFL Rising Star nominee after kicking two goals in the match, the first with his first kick in AFL football.[10] In a game against Melbourne, he recorded 17 tackles, beating the club's previous record which was 16.
Statistics
edit- Statistics are correct to the end of round 24, 2023[11]
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Goals | K
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Kicks | D
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Disposals | T
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Tackles |
B
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Behinds | H
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Handballs | M
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Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2017 | Port Adelaide | 2 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 182 | 193 | 375 | 57 | 114 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 17.0 | 2.6 | 5.2 |
| Port Adelaide | 2 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 137 | 168 | 305 | 36 | 97 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 8.6 | 10.5 | 19.1 | 2.2 | 6.1 | |
| 2019 | Port Adelaide | 2 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 187 | 171 | 358 | 50 | 92 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 18.8 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
| 2020[a] | Port Adelaide | 2 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 123 | 157 | 280 | 36 | 77 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 14.7 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| Port Adelaide | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 115 | 104 | 219 | 39 | 61 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 13.7 | 2.4 | 3.8 | |
| Port Adelaide | 2 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 216 | 149 | 365 | 104 | 74 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 16.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | |
| Port Adelaide | 2 | 23 | 29 | 26 | 184 | 131 | 315 | 60 | 75 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 13.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | |
| Career | 137 | 101 | 113 | 1144 | 1071 | 2215 | 382 | 590 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 16.2 | 2.8 | 4.3 | ||
Notes
- ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
edit- ^ Sam Powell-Pepper pays tribute to former teammate’s family after Round 1 Rising Star nomination
- ^ Resilience the driving force behind Sam Powell-Pepper's draft bid
- ^ Tomorrow's heroes: Sam Powell-Pepper, big-bodied mid ready for AFL
- ^ Rising Port Adelaide star Sam Powell-Pepper picks up from broken past
- ^ Homfray, Reece (28 November 2016). "New recruit Sam Powell-Pepper's power nothing to sneeze at". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ O'Reilly, Jacob (1 November 2016). "Wesley College sends four to AFL Draft Combine". Western Independent. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Resilience the driving force behind Sam Powell-Pepper's draft bid
- ^ "WAFL - West Australian Football League". www.wafl.com.au. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Laughton, Max (25 March 2017). "What we learned: Port Adelaide defeats Sydney Swans in Round 1 as Sam Powell-Pepper makes terrific debut". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Twomey, Callum (27 March 2017). "Powerful Port mid's instant impact earns Rising Star nod". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Sam Powell Pepper". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
External links
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- Sam Powell-Pepper's profile on the official website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
- Sam Powell-Pepper's playing statistics from AFL Tables