Sam Menegola

Sam Menegola
Personal information
Full name Sam Menegola
Date of birth (1992-03-07) 7 March 1992
Original team(s) East Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft No. 19, 2011 rookie draft
No. 44, 2012 rookie draft
No. 66, 2015 national draft
Debut Round 18, 2016, Geelong
vs. Adelaide, at Simonds Stadium
Height / weight 188 cm / 88 kg
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Geelong
Number 27
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2011
2012–2014
2016–
Total		 Hawthorn
Fremantle
Geelong		 0 (0)
0 (0)
8 (6)
8 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.

Sam Menegola (born 7 March 1992) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He had previously been listed by the Hawthorn and Fremantle Football Clubs, but did not play a senior game for either club.

Originally from East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), Menegola was first drafted in the 2011 rookie draft by Hawthorn with their first selection and nineteenth overall.[1] He spent one season with Hawthorn before being delisted at the end of the 2011 season.[2]

He was drafted again in the 2012 rookie draft by Fremantle, with their third selection and forty-fourth overall.[3] He spent three seasons with Fremantle without playing an AFL match and was delisted at the end of the 2014 season.[4] In 2013 he only played two games in the WAFL due to a knee injury and in 2014 was transferred to Peel Thunder due to Fremantle's alignment with Peel. After being delisted by Fremantle he moved to Subiaco for the 2015 WAFL season, rather than returning to East Fremantle. Despite being unable to play due to an ankle injury until Round 11, Menegola finished third in the Sandover Medal, only 4 votes behind the winner, Aidan Tropiano.[5] He was then one of the best players in Subiaco's 2015 WAFL Grand Final winning team.[6]

Geelong then drafted Menegola with their second selection and sixty-sixth overall in the 2015 national draft.[7] He made his AFL debut in the thirty-point win against Adelaide in round 18, 2016 at Simonds Stadium.[8]

References

  1. ↑ McNicol, Adam (23 July 2016). "Menegola career timeline". GeelongCats.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Coetsee, Alexa; Leitch, Chris; Prestipino, David (21 October 2011). "Menegola sacked from Seven News Perth". Perth Now. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rookie Draft - Pick 44: Sam Menegola". FremantleFC.com.au. Bigpond. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Conway, Mark (1 October 2014). "Fremantle cuts two rookies from its list". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Pike, Chris (22 September 2015). "Sandover Medal 2015: Aidan Tropiano wins WAFL's best and fairest award". PerthNow.
  6. ↑ Pike, Chris (27 September 2015). "WAFL Grand Final 2015: Subiaco win premiership as Sam Menegola, Shane Yarran shine". PerthNow. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  7. ↑ Connolly, Rohan (29 November 2015). "AFL draft 2015: Maybe third time lucky for Geelong recruit Sam Menegola". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Waterworth, Ben (23 July 2016). "After five and a half years waiting Geelong's Sam Menegola makes the most of his AFL debut against Adelaide". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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