Grant Birchall

Grant Birchall
Personal information
Full name Grant Birchall
Date of birth (1988-01-28) 28 January 1988
Place of birth Hobart
Original team(s) Tassie Mariners (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 14, 2005 National Draft, Hawthorn
Height / weight 193cm / 93kg
Position(s) Half-Back Flank
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Number 14
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2006– Hawthorn 240 (33)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights

Grant Birchall (born 28 January 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Birchall had an exceptional first season in 2006 with the Hawthorn, playing 16 games out of a possible 22. The Tasmanian was chosen at pick 14 in the 2005 AFL Draft and made his debut in the number 35 guernsey in Hawthorn's opening match of the season against Fremantle at Aurora Stadium in his home state, Tasmania.

All year, Birchall excelled across half-back for the Hawks, mainly highlighted by an impressive 23 touches in the big loss to St Kilda in round 13 and 27 touches and 10 marks in a sloggish win against the Kangaroos in round 21. To finish off the season, Birchall finished off with his best game yet- a massive 36 touches and 11 marks in the 10-goal win against Geelong.

At season's end, Birchall came sixth in the NAB AFL Rising Star, won Hawthorn's Best First Year Award and was given the number 14 jumper for the 2007 season, left vacant by Harry Miller, who was delisted by Hawthorn at the end of 2006. Grant Birchall attended St Brendan Shaw College in Devonport, Tasmania.

2007 saw Birchall play every game for Hawthorn, and consolidate his role as a running half-back with poise and neat disposal. Many pundits are expecting the low-key young Hawk to make further progress in 2008, possibly including stints further up the ground.

Birchall played in his first AFL Premiership in 2008, when the Hawks defeated reigning premiers Geelong. Birchall lost half of his two front teeth in a collision during the match.[1]

In 2012, Birchall had his best season to date. Birchall averaged 23.1 disposals in his 21 games in the Home and Away season with an incredible disposal efficiency of 85%. Birchall was rewarded with his first All-Australian Guernsey.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season[2]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2006 Hawthorn 35 16 3 1 172 136 308 87 22 0.2 0.1 10.8 8.5 19.3 5.4 1.4
2007 Hawthorn 14 24 2 5 292 215 507 153 42 0.1 0.2 12.2 9.0 21.1 6.4 1.8
2008 Hawthorn 14 25 2 1 281 266 547 164 44 0.1 0.0 11.2 10.6 21.9 6.6 1.8
2009 Hawthorn 14 19 0 1 199 207 406 95 36 0.0 0.1 10.5 10.9 21.4 5.0 1.9
2010 Hawthorn 14 21 5 4 231 181 412 114 58 0.2 0.2 11.0 8.6 19.6 5.4 2.8
2011 Hawthorn 14 24 3 7 344 226 570 173 38 0.1 0.3 14.3 9.4 23.8 7.2 1.6
2012 Hawthorn 14 23 1 4 315 216 531 135 38 0.0 0.2 13.7 9.4 23.1 5.9 1.7
2013 Hawthorn 14 17 6 2 240 165 405 81 23 0.4 0.1 14.1 9.7 23.8 4.8 1.4
2014 Hawthorn 14 25 5 6 344 247 591 124 33 0.2 0.2 13.8 9.9 23.6 5.0 1.3
2015 Hawthorn 14 22 4 3 319 183 502 122 36 0.2 0.1 14.5 8.3 22.8 5.6 1.6
2016 Hawthorn 14 24 2 2 318 232 550 147 29 0.1 0.1 13.3 9.7 22.9 6.1 1.2
Career 240 33 36 3055 2274 5329 1395 399 0.1 0.2 12.7 9.5 22.2 5.8 1.7

Honours and achievements

Notes

  1. ↑ Carter, Paul (28 September 2008). "Hawk Birchall 'gave teeth for Tassie'". The Age.
  2. ↑ "Grant Birchall". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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