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Matt Suckling

Matt Suckling

Hawthorn / Western Bulldogs
Defender · Half Back Flank Right Retired
Career games
178
Debut
2009
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Player Information

Height 187 cm
Date of Birth 25-Jul-1988
AFL Debut 2009

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Player bio

A career in numbers

Matt Suckling made his AFL debut for Hawthorn in 2009 and played 178 games, including 102 for Hawthorn between 2009 and 2015 and 76 for Western Bulldogs between 2016 and 2020.

His primary role in the recorded starting lineups from 2012 to 2020 was right half back flank. Across his recorded games, he averaged 5.2 marks and 20.1 disposals per game. His highest recorded season total was 143 marks, from 25 games in 2015 at an average of 5.7 per game. Across seasons with at least five games and complete disposal records, the highest average is 24.45 per game in 2018. The largest total in those seasons is 499 disposals, recorded in 2012.

His honours include 2 premierships in 2014 and 2015.

Selected seasons: disposals
SeasonAppearancesTotalPer game
20122549919.96
20181126924.45
20191939720.89
202077010.00
About these season figures

Compared 10 recorded seasons with at least five appearances and disposals recorded for every included appearance. Regular-season and finals appearances are included. Rates are total divided by appearances; ties use unrounded rates. Ongoing seasons can change. This compares the player’s own seasons, not their rank against other players.

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Career and season figures include finals where played.

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Recent Games

-- Not recorded. Coverage varies by statistic.

Year Round Team Opponent Result Score Venue POS APOS
# D K HB M G B T HO I50 R50 CL CP UP CG FF FA CM M50 IM 1% BO GA TOG EFF MIN SC DT MG GBG CC SCL TO HTA HOW% HTA% SP CD1 CDL% CO1 COW% INT CBA% SOG SHACC% GACC% SI PA CBA KI KIPO KI% RC EK KE% MOL T50 APR D50P DMP AMP A50P Tagged
2020 17
Western Bulldogs WBD
Hawthorn @ HAW
W
76-40
Adelaide Oval INT INT 1 9 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 69% 78% 71 32 33 69 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -- 1 0% 0% 2 4 -- -- -- -- -- 4 66.7% 2 0 3.9 1 5 2 1 —
2020 9
Western Bulldogs WBD
Richmond vs RIC
L
49-90
People First Stadium DEF HBFR 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15% 50% 15 11 5 29 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0% 0% 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- 1 100% 0 0 1.5 0 0 1 1 —
2020 8
Western Bulldogs WBD
Gold Coast @ GCS
W
51-46
People First Stadium INT INT 1 8 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 76% 75% 76 24 15 91 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 -- 1 0% 0% 1 7 -- -- -- -- -- 2 50% 0 0 0.4 1 1 4 2 —
2020 7
Western Bulldogs WBD
Essendon @ ESS
W
93-51
People First Stadium INT INT 1 13 11 2 8 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 10 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 75% 69% 78 101 71 425 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -- 3 66.7% 66.7% 7 5 -- -- -- -- -- 9 81.8% 2 0 10.1 0 0 10 3 —
2020 3
Western Bulldogs WBD
Greater Western Sydney vs GWS
W
57-33
Marvel Stadium INT INT 1 12 9 3 3 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 4 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69% 67% 65 56 50 241 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100 0 -- 0 0% 0% 1 5 -- -- -- -- -- 5 55.6% 0 1 5 1 3 6 1 —
Latest 5 of 178 career games

Games

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Grand Final

Grand Final Sat 26 Sep FINAL
Fremantle FRE
89–96
Brisbane Lions BRI
M.C.G.
AFLW
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sat 7 Nov AFLW FINAL
Geelong GEE
52–56
Melbourne MEL
IKON Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sat 7 Nov AFLW FINAL
North Melbourne NTH
49–13
Carlton CAR
IKON Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sun 8 Nov AFLW FULL TIME Final data pending
Sydney SYD
—–—
Western Bulldogs WBD
Henson Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sun 8 Nov AFLW FULL TIME Final data pending
Gold Coast GCS
—–—
Hawthorn HAW
People First Stadium
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