Brent Prismall
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| Full name | Brent Prismall | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1986 | ||
| Original team(s) |
Werribee (VFL) Western Jets (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | #32, 2004 National Draft, Geelong | ||
| Height / weight | 186 cm, 88 kg | ||
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Geelong
Representative Honours
TAC Cup
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Brent Prismall (born 14 July 1986) is a former Australian rules football player for the Geelong Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).[1]
Career
Early career
Prismall grew up in Werribee, Victoria. He was drafted from the Western Jets Under 18s. He was Geelong's first pick in the 2004 draft, pick 32 overall, coincidentally this is the number he wore on his guernsey. The number 32 was made famous by Geelong player Garry Hocking. Prismall spent all of the 2005 season playing in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for Geelong's VFL team.
Geelong: 2006–2008
At the start of 2006, he moved out of his Werribee home and moved to Geelong to live with teammates Corey Enright and Henry Playfair, with whom he would later go on to start a personal training organisation. He then set his sights on playing a senior game for Geelong and, after playing in the team that had earlier won the pre-season cup, he was selected to play in Round 5. Only minutes into his debut, on 29 April against the Sydney Swans, he broke his arm and only played eight games for the year.
After a solid pre-season, he played the first five games of 2007 before being omitted and then broke his wrist while playing for the Geelong VFL side on 8 July 2007. As a result, Prismall was unable to play for several weeks but recovered in time to play finals for the VFL side.
In 2008, Prismall played in 11 home and away games and was selected to play in the qualifying final against St Kilda on 7 September 2008, which was to be his 25th game and finals debut. However, midway through the first quarter, he was stretchered off and did not return after landing awkwardly and badly injuring his right knee. It was later confirmed that he would have to undergo a full knee reconstruction after scans revealed a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.
After the 2008 season, Prismall declined the new two-year contract offered to him by Geelong and asked the club to be traded to get a better chance of playing more regularly in the AFL. On the final day of trade week, he was traded to the Essendon Football Club for national draft pick number 39. Essendon drafted Prismall in order to improve their young, developing list. Prismall was given the Number 9 guernsey which was vacated when Adam Ramanauskus' retired.
Essendon: 2008-2012
Prismall returned from injury towards the second half of the 2009 season for the Essendon Bombers and had an injury free return. He played 13 games for the club in 2009 and was a regular contributor, kicking five goals.
In the 2010 season, Prismall was in and out of the Essendon team. His performances were not consistent and his ball skills were lacking. Towards the end of the season, however, his form improved considerably, despite the team's poor performances on the field. After a reconstruction on his right knee in 2008, he injured his left knee in the opening minutes of Round 19, 2011 against Collingwood and was out for the rest of the season.
2012
Prismall was delisted from the Essendon Football club along with Brendan Lee, Anthony Long, Henry Slattery, Sam Lonergan, Kyle Reimers, Michael Ross, Ricky Dyson and Ariel Steinberg.
2013
Prismall is currently a runner for the Western Bulldogs. He also plays for the Bulldogs' VFL affiliate, the Williamstown Seagulls.[2]
Post-AFL career
On 12 January 2016 Prismall was named as one of 34 past and present Essendon players found guilty over their use of illegal supplements during the 2012 AFL season. As a result, Prismall was suspended from playing at all levels for twelve months, effective from November 2015.[3]
Statistics
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2006 | Geelong | 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 72 | 34 | 106 | 30 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 9.0 | 4.2 | 13.2 | 3.8 | 1.4 |
| 2007 | Geelong | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 41 | 89 | 23 | 12 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 9.6 | 8.2 | 17.8 | 4.6 | 2.4 |
| 2008 | Geelong | 32 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 110 | 147 | 257 | 55 | 24 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 9.2 | 12.2 | 21.4 | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| 2009 | Essendon | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 161 | 137 | 298 | 74 | 47 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 12.4 | 10.5 | 22.9 | 5.7 | 3.6 |
| 2010 | Essendon | 9 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 197 | 137 | 334 | 84 | 76 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 13.1 | 9.1 | 22.3 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 2011 | Essendon | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 64 | 130 | 26 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 16.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
| 2012 | Essendon | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 61 | 25 | 15 | 654 | 560 | 1214 | 292 | 194 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 19.9 | 4.8 | 3.2 | ||
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References
- ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/afl-discards-where-are-they-now/story-e6frf9jf-1226550296165
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Travis King (12 January 2016). "Guilty: court bans the Essendon 34 for 2016". Australian Football League. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Brent Prismall statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ "Brent Prismall of the Essendon Bombers Career AFL Stats". footywire.com. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
External links
- Brent Prismall's profile on the official website of the Geelong Football Club
- Brent Prismall's playing statistics from AFL Tables