Jesse_Joyce_(footballer)

Jesse Joyce (footballer)

Jesse Joyce (footballer)

Australian rules footballer

Jesse Joyce (born 17 August 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Gold Coast Football Club with their sixth selection and sixty-seventh overall in the 2016 rookie draft.[1] He made his debut in the thirty-eight point loss against Sydney in round 11, 2016 at Metricon Stadium.[2]

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Early life and junior football

Joyce was born in Melbourne but moved to Tweed Heads on the Queensland-New South Wales border at the age of 2.[3] He first played junior football on the Gold Coast for the Coolangatta Tweed Heads Australian Football Club before switching to the Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club and making his senior debut at the age of 16. He also attended Palm Beach Currumbin High School in his teenage years and graduated with future Suns teammate Max Spencer.

He joined the Gold Coast Suns Academy at the age of 14[4] and was drafted to his hometown team with the 67th pick in the 2016 AFL rookie draft.

AFL career

Joyce made his AFL debut for the Gold Coast Suns against the Sydney Swans in round 11 of the 2016 AFL season.

References

  1. [1]
    Whiting, Michael (29 November 2015). "Joyce joins select few of Gold Coast locals at the Suns". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. [2]
    Hamilton, Andrew (3 June 2016). "Gold Coast Suns rookie Jesse Joyce ready for his AFL initiation against Sydney Swans". The Courier Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. [3]
    Gold Coast junior Jesse Joyce can’t wait to make his AFL debut for the Suns against the Sydney Swans
  4. [4]
    Joyce to debut against Sydney
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