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Sam Wright

Sam Wright

North Melbourne
Defender · Half Back Flank Right Retired
Career games
136
Debut
2009
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Player Information

Height 188 cm
Date of Birth 15-Jul-1990
AFL Debut 2009

Player bio

A career in numbers

Sam Wright made his AFL debut for North Melbourne in 2009 and played 136 games for the club. His last recorded season was 2019.

His primary role in the recorded starting lineups from 2012 to 2019 was right half back flank. Across his recorded games, he averaged 4.5 marks and 15.6 disposals per game. His highest recorded season total was 130 marks, from 24 games in 2015 at an average of 5.4 per game. Across seasons with at least five games and complete disposal records, the highest average is 18.83 per game in 2015. The largest total in those seasons is 452 disposals, recorded in 2015.

Selected seasons: disposals
SeasonAppearancesTotalPer game
20152445218.83
2016812215.25
20181628117.56
About these season figures

Compared 8 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
2019 8
North Melbourne NME
Geelong vs GEE
L
80-104
Marvel Stadium DEF HBFL 19 17 7 10 4 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 3 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 77% 88% 95 63 62 257 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 -- 0 0% 0% 0 9 -- -- -- -- -- 7 100% 0 0 3.4 8 7 1 0 —
2019 7
North Melbourne NME
Carlton @ CAR
W
120-62
Marvel Stadium INT INT 19 23 9 14 6 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 6 17 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 86% 83% 108 79 75 219 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 -- 1 100% 0% 4 5 -- -- -- -- -- 6 66.7% 0 0 4.6 7 11 4 1 —
2019 6
North Melbourne NME
Port Adelaide @ PTA
L
72-88
Adelaide Oval INT INT 19 13 6 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 10 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 80% 69% 97 25 35 222 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 100 0 0 1 -- 0 0% 0% 3 8 -- -- -- -- -- 3 50% 0 0 -0.9 5 4 3 0 —
2019 5
North Melbourne NME
Essendon vs ESS
L
58-116
Marvel Stadium INT INT 19 19 8 11 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 5 15 6 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 72% 74% 85 42 49 199 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 3 100 0 0 3 -- 0 0% 0% 1 11 -- -- -- -- -- 4 50% 0 0 2.1 8 9 3 0 —
2018 23
North Melbourne NME
St Kilda @ STK
W
117-94
Marvel Stadium INT INT 19 29 16 13 8 0 0 2 0 3 4 0 10 17 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 83% 76% 98 96 107 429 9 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 100 0 0 14 -- 0 0% 0% 7 6 -- -- -- -- -- 10 62.5% 0 0 14.4 10 8 8 1 —
Latest 5 of 136 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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