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| fullname = Samuel Powell-Pepper
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| nickname = Peppers, SPP
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|01|8|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|01|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Western Australia]]
| birth_place = [[Western Australia]]

Revision as of 09:41, 6 May 2020

For the rugby league footballer, see Sam Powell.

Sam Powell-Pepper
Powell-Pepper playing for Port Adelaide in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Samuel Powell-Pepper
Nickname(s) Peppers, SPP, Orse
Date of birth (1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Western Australia
Original team(s) Template:WAFL EP (WAFL)
Draft No. 18, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Sydney vs. Port Adelaide, at Sydney Cricket Ground
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 2
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017– Port Adelaide 57 (31)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2019.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Samuel Powell-Pepper (born 8 January 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He usually plays in a midfield role.

Early life

Powell-Pepper was born into a family with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mother and an English father.[1][2][3] He initially attended Mount Lawley Senior High School before switching to Wesley College on a scholarship.[4]

In 2016, Powell-Pepper made his senior debut for the East Perth Football Club during round 20 of the 2016 WAFL season going on to play all the remaining games for the year.[5]

AFL career

Powell-Pepper was drafted by the Port Adelaide Football Club with their second selection and eighteenth overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his AFL debut in Port Adelaide's twenty-eight point win against Sydney in the opening round of the 2017 season at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[6] He was named that round's AFL Rising Star nominee after kicking two goals in the match, the first with his first kick in AFL football.[7] In a game against Melbourne, he recorded 17 tackles, beating the club's previous record which was 16.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 23, 2017[8]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Port Adelaide 2 22 16 13 172 184 356 56 104 0.7 0.6 8.2 8.8 17.0 2.7 5.0
Career 22 16 13 172 184 356 56 104 0.7 0.6 8.2 8.8 17.0 2.7 5.0

References

  1. ^ Sam Powell-Pepper pays tribute to former teammate’s family after Round 1 Rising Star nomination
  2. ^ Resilience the driving force behind Sam Powell-Pepper's draft bid
  3. ^ Tomorrow's heroes: Sam Powell-Pepper, big-bodied mid ready for AFL
  4. ^ Homfray, Reece (28 November 2016). "New recruit Sam Powell-Pepper's power nothing to sneeze at". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  5. ^ "WAFL - West Australian Football League". www.wafl.com.au. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  6. ^ Laughton, Max (25 March 2017). "What we learned: Port Adelaide defeats Sydney Swans in Round 1 as Sam Powell-Pepper makes terrific debut". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  7. ^ Twomey, Callum (27 March 2017). "Powerful Port mid's instant impact earns Rising Star nod". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Sam Powell Pepper". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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