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Rhys Palmer
Personal information
Full name	Rhys Palmer
Date of birth	(1989-02-13) 13 February 1989 (age 23)
Original team	Bullcreek Leeming JFC / East Fremantle
Height/Weight	182cm / 80kg
Position(s)	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Greater Western Sydney
Number	7
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2008–2011 2012– Total	Fremantle Greater Western Sydney	53 (23) 1 (0) 54 (23)
¹ Playing statistics to end of Round 1, 2012 season .
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star 2008 AFLPA Best First Year Player 2008 Fremantle Beacon Award 2008

Rhys Palmer (born 13 February 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who is currently contracted to Greater Western Sydney in the Australian Football League. He previously played for Fremantle, and won the AFL Rising Star award in 2008.

Contents

1 Early life
2 AFL career
3 References
4 External links

Early life

Palmer played junior football for the Bullcreek Leeming Junior Football Club.^[1]

He made his West Australian Football League (WAFL) debut for East Fremantle in 2007, playing 14 games, obtaining over 20 possessions in his final six games, include five goals in one game.^[2]

Palmer was a key member of Western Australia's victorious 2007 AFL National Under 18 Championships side, averaging 32 possessions and 3 goals per game. He finished second by one vote behind Cale Morton in the Larke Medal and was named in the Under 18 All-Australian side.^[3]

Palmer gained attention again at 2007 AFL Draft Camp finishing second in the 3 km time trial with a time of 10min 25sec and fifth in the beep test with a score of 14.8.^[4]

AFL career

Palmer was taken at pick #7 overall in the 2007 AFL Draft by Fremantle.

He put in some impressive performances in the 2008 NAB Cup and after being named as an emergency for the opening round of the 2008 season, Palmer made his debut in Round 2 at Subiaco Oval against Hawthorn. Whilst his debut match was good personally, with 22 possessions and a goal, Fremantle lost the match by 15 points.^[5] In his second match he was awarded the AFL Rising Star nomination for his outstanding performance in the Western Derby,^[6] despite receiving a gash to his head in the opening quarter.^[7]

After being nominated in Round 3, Palmer won the 2008 AFL Rising Star ahead of Cyril Rioli from Hawthorn with 8 of the 9 judges voting him as the best emerging player. He missed the 2009 season because of a knee reconstruction.

Palmer joined Greater Western Sydney in September 2011, becoming the third uncontracted player, after Phil Davis and Callan Ward, to join the club in preparation for its entry into the AFL for the 2012 season.^[8]

References

^ "Bullcreek Leeming Junior Football Club Hall of Fame". www.bljfc.com.au. http://www.bljfc.com.au/hall_of_fame.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
^ "Rhys Palmer". SportingPulse. http://www.sportingpulse.com/nf/team_info.cgi?player=Rhys%20Palmer&action=PSTATS&pID=185270748&client=1-2393-21525-49803-4320172. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
^ Heinrich, Scott (2007-07-12). "West boys end title agony". foxsports.com.au. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,22062158-5012734,00.html. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
^ "2007 AFL draft camp results". Herald Sun. 2007-10-08. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22548836-11088,00.html. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
^ Chadwick, Justin (2008-03-29). "Hawks get the job done". sportal.com.au. http://sportal.com.au/afl-news-display/hawks-get-the-job-done-45708. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
^ "Palmer handed Rising Star nomination". Herald Sun. 2008-04-08. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,23504841-19742,00.html. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
^ Walsh, Courtney (2008-04-07). "Bloodied Docker's 'dream' derby debut". foxsports.com.au. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,,23495555-23211,00.html. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
^ Palmer joins GWS – afl.com.au. Written by Nathan Schmook. Published 6 September 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

External links

Rhys Palmer's statistics from AFL Tables

Awards
Preceded by Joel Selwood	AFL Rising Star 2008	Succeeded by Daniel Rich

Greater Western Sydney Football Club – current squad

1 Davis (c)
2 Hampton
3 Coniglio
4 Folau
5 Shiel
6 Power (c)
7 Palmer
8 Ward (c)
9 Scully
10 Brogan
11 Cornes
12 Patton
13 Darley
14 Bugg
15 Golds
16 Wilson
17 Treloar
18 Cameron
19 Haynes
20 Tomlinson
21 Buntine
22 Edwards
23 Reid
24 Clifton
25 Miles
26 Giles
27 Phillips*
28 Sumner
29 Tyson
30 Adams
31 Townsend
32 Ugle
33 Hoskin-Elliott
34 Smith
35 Greene
36 Hombsch
37 Ó hAilpín
38 McDonald
39 Mohr
40 Kennedy
41 Growden
42 Whiley
43 Aylett
44 Downie
45 Schulz
46 Segrave*
47 Bruce
48 Frost*
49 Cooyou*

Coach: Sheedy

* denotes Rookie Listed players

v t e Inaugural Greater Western Sydney Football Club AFL team

Full-back	Adam Kennedy • Phil Davis (c) • Tomas Bugg

Half-back	Jack Hombsch • Tim Mohr • Will Hoskin-Elliott

Centre	Rhys Palmer • Callan Ward (c) • Chad Cornes

Half-forward	Stephen Coniglio • Israel Folau • Nathan Wilson

Full-forward	Curtly Hampton • Jeremy Cameron • Devon Smith

Ruck	Jonathan Giles • Dylan Shiel • James McDonald

Interchange	Jacob Townsend • Toby Greene • Adam Tomlinson • Sub: Dom Tyson

Coach	Kevin Sheedy

Greater Western Sydney defeated by Sydney 5.7 (37) to 14.16 (100), Round 1, 2012, at Stadium Australia

v t e Ron Evans Medal • AFL Rising Star Award winners

1993: Buckley 1994: Scott 1995: Holland 1996: Cousins 1997: Wilson 1998: Pickett 1999: Goodes 2000: Hasleby 2001: Koschitzke 2002: Riewoldt 2003: Mitchell 2004: Rivers 2005: Deledio 2006: Pearce 2007: Selwood 2008: Palmer 2009: Rich 2010: Hannebery 2011: Heppell

v t e 2008 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Houli Rd 2: Hill Rd 3: Palmer Rd 4: Jack Rd 5: McKinley Rd 6: Rioli Rd 7: Wonaeamirri Rd 8: Tippett Rd 9: Ibbotson Rd 10: Brown Rd 11: Kreuzer Rd 12: Cotchin Rd 13: J. Morton Rd 14: Garland Rd 15: Riewoldt Rd 16: Reimers Rd 17: Ebert Rd 18: Urquhart Rd 19: Grigg Rd 20: C. Morton Rd 21: Dalziell Rd 22: Carlile

v t e 2007 AFL Draft

First round	1. Matthew Kreuzer • 2. Trent Cotchin • 3. Chris Masten • 4. Cale Morton • 5. Jarrad Grant • 6. David Myers • 7. Rhys Palmer • 8. Lachlan Henderson • 9. Ben McEvoy • 10. Patrick Dangerfield • 11. Patrick Veszpremi • 12. Cyril Rioli • 13. Brad Ebert • 14. Jack Grimes • 15. Robbie Tarrant • 16. Matthew Lobbe • 17. Harry Taylor • 18. Alex Rance (PP)

Second round	19. Callan Ward • 20. Tony Notte • 21. Addam Maric • 22. Scott Selwood • 23. Tayte Pears • 24. Clayton Hinkley • 25. Tom Collier • 26. Brett Meredith • 27. Andy Otten • 28. Marlon Motlop • 29. Brendan Whitecross • 30. Jarrhan Jacky • 31. John McCarthy • 32. Levi Greenwood • 33. Matthew Westhoff • 34. Dawson Simpson

Third round	35. Sam Reid • 36. Steven Browne • 37. Scott Thompson • 38. Myke Cook • 39. Darcy Daniher (F/S) • 40. Chris Mayne • 41. James Polkinghorne • 42. Jack Steven • 43. Easton Wood • 44. Scott Simpson • 45. Stuart Dew • 46. Dennis Armfield • 47. Toby Thoolen • 48. Jarrad Boumann • 49. Mitch Farmer • 50. Dan McKenna

Fourth round	51. Dean Putt • 52. Bradd Dalziell • 53. Kyle Cheney • 54. Cale Hooker • 55. Mark Johnson • 56. Matt Austin • 57. Fraser Gehrig • 58. Tony Armstrong • 59. Craig Bird • 60. Adam Donohue (F/S) • 61. Jaxson Barham (F/S) • 62. Josh Smith • 63. Guy O'Keefe

Fifth round	66. Tom McNamara • 69. Kepler Bradley • 70. Eljay Connors • 71. Aaron Kite • 72. Blake Grima

Sixth round	75. Taylor Walker (NSWSP)

Persondata
Name	Palmer, Rhys
Alternative names
Short description	Australian footballer
Date of birth	13 February 1989
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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