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Matt Crouch (footballer)

Matt Crouch (footballer)

Australian rules footballer

Matt Crouch (born 21 April 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Adelaide Football Club with pick 23 in the 2013 national draft. He is the younger brother and former teammate of Brad Crouch.[1]

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AFL career

Crouch made his AFL debut for the Crows in round 3 of the 2014 season, collecting 18 disposals in a heavy loss to Sydney.[2] Crouch earned a nomination for the AFL Rising Star after having 28 disposals to three quarter time against Greater Western Sydney, at which point he was substituted out of the game.[3] In total Crouch played eight matches in his first year in the AFL, and averaged 33 possessions and 8 clearances in ten matches for Adelaide's reserves side, polling 12 votes in the Magarey Medal.[4]

Crouch had an interrupted 2015 pre-season due to an ankle injury suffered just prior to Christmas.[5] He recovered to have a breakout year, playing 17 games including Adelaide's two finals and averaging 21 possessions. At the end of the season he was rewarded with the club's Mark Bickley Emerging Talent Award.[6] He also signed a three-year contract with Adelaide after the 2015 season, keeping him at the club until 2018.[7]

In 2017, Crouch lifted his game to a new level, averaging 33 disposals per game and finishing second in the AFL for disposals after the regular season, and during the finals broke Dane Swan's AFL record for most disposals in a complete season with 825. He was selected in the 2017 All-Australian team and nominated by his club for the AFL Players Association MVP Award.[8]

In late August 2017 he was named The Age's Player of the Year and won the Malcolm Blight Medal as Adelaide Football Club's best and fairest winner for 2017.[9] In January 2018 Matthew re-signed with the Crows until the end of 2021.[10]

Crouch sat out the 2021 AFL season due to a groin injury. After speculation that Matt Crouch would depart the Crows with his free agency rights, Crouch re-signed at Adelaide for two years, keeping him at the club until the end of 2023. Crouch returned to the AFL in round one of the 2022 AFL season against the Fremantle Dockers and did so with great success, collecting a cool 30 disposals.[11]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of 2023[12]
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References

  1. [1]
    Capel, Andrew (22 November 2013). "Brothers Matt and Brad Crouch join forces for the Adelaide Crows". The Advertiser.
  2. [2]
    Capel, Andrew (7 April 2014). "Winless Adelaide vows to make statement for Patrick Dangerfield against St Kilda". AdelaideNow.
  3. [3]
    "Matt Crouch earns NAB AFL Rising Star nomination for performance against GWS". The Advertiser. 22 April 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Matt Crouch - AFC.com.au". AFC.com.au. Adelaide Football Club. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Matt Crouch suffers pre-season setback as Adelaide midfielder undergoes ankle surgery". The Advertiser. 6 January 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Matt Crouch wins Mark Bickley Award". AFC.com.au. Adelaide Football Club. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  7. [7]
    "Junior Crouch commits to Crows". AFC.com.au. Adelaide Football Club. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  8. [8]
    McNicholas, Aiden (8 September 2017). "AFLPA MVP nominees announced". afc.com.au. Adelaide Football Club. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  9. [9]
    "Brownlow Tracker: Round 23 — Dustin Martin odds shorten to season-low, boosts chances again". Fox Sports. News Corp Australia. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  10. [10]
    "Crouch signs - AFC.com.au". AFC.com.au. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  11. [11]
    "Player Stats". afl.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  12. [12]
    "AFL Tables - Matt Crouch statistics". AFL Tables.
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