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Nathan Vardy

Nathan Vardy

Geelong / West Coast
Ruck Retired
Career games
77
Debut
2011
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Player Information

Height 200 cm
Date of Birth 25-Jun-1991
AFL Debut 2011

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Player bio

A career in numbers

Nathan Vardy made his AFL debut for Geelong in 2011 and played 77 games, including 25 for Geelong between 2011 and 2016 and 52 for West Coast between 2017 and 2021.

His primary role in the recorded starting lineups from 2012 to 2021 was ruck. Across his recorded games, he averaged 16.5 hitouts and 1.3 clearances per game. He played 9 games in his debut season, averaging 11.6 hitouts per game. His highest recorded season total was 518 hitouts, from 22 games in 2017 at an average of 23.5 per game. Across seasons with at least five games and complete disposal records, the highest average is 8.80 per game in 2013. The largest total in those seasons is 186 disposals, recorded in 2017.

His honours include a premiership in 2018.

Selected seasons: disposals
SeasonAppearancesTotalPer game
2017221868.45
201310888.80
201911726.55
20219384.22
About these season figures

Compared 6 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
2021 23
West Coast WCE
Brisbane Lions @ BRL
L
87-125
Gabba INT INT 19 6 3 3 2 2 0 1 7 1 0 0 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 62% 67% 86 46 41 91 1 0 0 2 1 30.4 14.3 4 0 0 1 0 0 18% 2 100% 100% 2 3 -- -- 0 -- -- 3 100% 0 1 5.7 1 1 2 2 —
2021 22
West Coast WCE
Fremantle @ FRE
L
64-79
Optus Stadium INT INT 19 5 0 5 1 0 0 1 12 0 1 3 6 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 47% 80% 59 34 27 -10 3 0 3 2 1 46.2 8.3 0 0 0 0 0 1 16% 0 0% 0% 3 11 -- -- 0 -- -- 0 0% 0 0 4.8 1 1 1 4 —
2021 21
West Coast WCE
Melbourne vs MEL
L
63-72
Optus Stadium INT INT 19 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 10 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 64% 100% 98 31 23 76 1 0 0 2 3 41.7 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 14% 0 0% 0% 2 2 -- -- 0 -- -- 3 100% 0 0 2.4 0 1 2 0 —
2021 16
West Coast WCE
Sydney @ SYD
L
26-118
GMHBA Stadium INT INT 19 6 2 4 1 0 0 2 13 2 1 2 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 74% 100% 88 53 40 80 3 1 1 1 7 50 53.8 1 0 0 0 0 1 28% 0 0% 0% 1 9 -- -- 0 -- -- 2 100% 0 0 7.8 2 2 2 0 —
2021 7
West Coast WCE
Fremantle vs FRE
W
132-73
Optus Stadium INT INT 19 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 57% 100% 73 54 35 62 1 0 0 0 6 57.1 50 2 1 0 0 0 0 21% 1 100% 100% 3 7 -- -- 0 -- -- 4 100% 0 0 9.7 0 1 2 3 —
Latest 5 of 77 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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