Jace Bode

Jace Bode

Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-09-14) 14 September 1987
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia Wife: Natalie Von Bertouch
Original team(s)	Sturt
Draft	9th overall, 2006 Rookie Draft
Height / weight	186 cm / 84 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder, small forward
Club information
Current club	Norwood
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2006–2008	Melbourne	9 (3)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008.

Jace Bode (born 14 September 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Australian Football League (AFL) club Melbourne in 2007 and 2008 and now plays for Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Bode grew up in Adelaide and attended Pulteney Grammar School, before changing to Pembroke for his final three years of high school, where he finished in 2005. He excelled at many sports at junior level as well as football, particularly cricket, athletics and basketball. As a fast bowler, he played at various representative levels until his focus turned to football. His background in athletics (particularly the 100 m, 200 m and 400 m sprints) saw him perform very well at the AFL Draft Camp. He is a natural left-footer and played senior football for Sturt in 2005 before being selected in the Under-18 All-Australian side, on the wing. He was taken at No. 9 in the 2006 AFL Rookie Draft,^[1] and made his debut in Round 19 of the 2007 season.^[2]

Bode broke into the Sandringham Zebras (Melbourne's VFL-affiliation side) first-team towards the end of 2006, playing five games. He suffered from a serious back injury in the early parts of 2007 but regained full fitness and was elevated from the rookie list before his debut in a resounding victory against the Western Bulldogs. Bode played in the last four matches of the 2007 season, kicking two goals in the final match of the season against Carlton. He was retained on the Melbourne list for 2008, and played in the Round 2 thrashing at the hands of the Bulldogs, and was dropped the following week. He did manage to break back into the starting side for the round 11, Queen's Birthday clash against Collingwood, where he played in front of a crowd of 60,000. He was delisted by Melbourne at the end of the 2008 season. Bode came back to Adelaide where he was put on the Sturt list for the 2009 season.

Bode now plays for Norwood in the SANFL. He is now a triple premiership player at the Redlegs after playing in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 grand finals with Norwood defeating West Adelaide, North Adelaide and Port Adelaide respectively.

References

External links

Jace Bode's profile on the official website of the Melbourne Football Club
Jace Bode's statistics from AFL Tables
DemonWiki profile

2006 AFL rookie draft

First round	1. Ryan Jackson 2. Alan Toovey 3. Luke McEntee 4. Lachlan McKinnon 5. Angus Graham 6. Jason Roe 7. Paul Duffield 8. Tom Davidson 9. Jace Bode 10. Ed Lower 11. Thomas Rischbieth 12. Todd Grima 13. Brad Sugars 14. Cathal Corr 15. Steven Armstrong 16. Jonathan Simpkin

Second round	17. Craig Flint 18. Daniel Nicholls 19. Lukas Markovic 20. Heath Hocking 21. Jeremy Humm 22. Leonard Clark 23. Toby Stribling 25. Daniel Hughes 26. Djaran Whyman 27. Greg Bentley 28. Will Slade 29. Tom Redden 30. Dylan Pfitzner 31. Matt Priddis 32. James Wall

Third round	33. Shannon Cox 34. Stephen Gilham 35. Matthew Firman 36. Cameron Howat 37. Luke Forsyth 39. Shane Neaves 40. Tim Looby 41. Sam Hunt 42. Adrian Bonaddio 44. Michael Embley 45. Paul Currie

Fourth round	46. Ben Kane 47. Tim O'Keefe 49. Cheynee Stiller 51. Andre Gianfagna 52. Tom Logan 53. Sam Elliott 54. Simon Phillips

Fifth round	55. Ben McGlynn 57. Colm Begley 58. Kieren Jack

Sixth round	59. Brendan Quigley 60. Ed Barlow

Seventh round	61. Adam Prior

Eighth round	62. Sam Rowe

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