AFL career Jack Trengove

1 afl career

1.1 2010–2011: career
1.2 2012–2013: captaincy
1.3 2014–2017: foot injury , comeback

afl career
2010–2011: career

trengove recruited melbourne football club second selection , second overall in 2009 national draft. made debut in fifty-six point loss against hawthorn @ melbourne cricket ground in opening round of 2009 season, in recorded twenty-three disposals, 2 marks , 2 tackles, , named in best players melbourne. in fifth match, received round 5 nomination afl rising star after recorded twenty-four disposals, 6 marks, 4 tackles , 2 goals in fifty point win against brisbane lions @ melbourne cricket ground. played first 9 matches of year before rested round ten match against geelong @ skilled stadium, previous week s match being played in hot conditions in darwin. missed 3 weeks of football in july hip injury. returned injury through victorian football league (vfl) melbourne s affiliate team, casey scorpions. returned senior side in round nineteen twenty-nine point win against richmond @ melbourne cricket ground , played remainder of year finish eighteen matches , average nineteen disposals match. considered 1 of favourites win rising star in betting markets, , finished fourth overall in award.

trengove played first 7 matches of year in 2011 before suspended 3 weeks after tackling then-adelaide forward, patrick dangerfield, during round 7 match against adelaide, in case sparked significant debate. tackled dangerfield around waist, pinned 1 of arms , slung him ground, causing dangerfield s head hit ground , leaving him concussed. in appeal, dismissed, club argued attempt kick ball dangerfield had caused both players fall awkwardly, rather collision ground being caused slinging action. many players, commentators , coaches spoke out against suspension, including several melbourne teammates later fined voicing disapproval via twitter. returned in round eleven thirty-three point win against essendon @ melbourne cricket ground , played remainder of year finish nineteen matches season , fifth-place finish in melbourne s best , fairest award. throughout year, teammate tom scully linked move incoming team, greater western sydney, created debate of whether trengove or scully added move value melbourne, herald sun journalist, mark stevens, noting trengove had more worth due leadership qualities. in november, represented australia in international rules series against ireland.

2012–2013: captaincy

on eve of 2012 season, trengove announced co-captain of melbourne alongside jack grimes. decision appoint 2 young captains questioned within industry, however, two-time premiership player, david king, said appointments of grimes , trengove correct decision. playing in round one, trengove became—at 20 years , 181 days old—the youngest club captain in vfl/afl history. decline in melbourne s success came stall in form, whereby averaged less disposals per game in either of first 2 seasons, despite playing twenty-two games first time in career. finished eighth in melbourne s best , fairest count.

trengove s 2013 pre-season hampered navicular bone stress fracture, forced him moon boot 6 weeks , miss twelve weeks of training. along jack grimes, retained co-captain 2013 season. reduction in fitness due foot injury , melbourne having 1 of poorest seasons in history saw trengove s form drop. questions raised on how of impact captaining melbourne s dismal season having on him , whether form improve if relinquished captaincy. in november, stepped down captain, citing need focus on playing form. after revelations of essendon football club supplements saga , sport scientist stephen dank s involvement, trengove linked dank after texts between dank , melbourne s doctor surfaced in april regarding treatment of foot. cleared australian sports anti-doping authority on year later in june 2014. missed 2 matches during year, round 1 match against port adelaide @ melbourne cricket ground , round 7 match against gold coast @ melbourne cricket ground due calf injury, finish twenty matches during year.

2014–2017: foot injury , comeback

after playing first 2 rounds of 2014 season, trengove missed remainder of season due problems , break in navicular bone. during trade period, herald sun reported linked richmond in exchange pick twelve in 2014 national draft. reluctant trade , expressed desire stay @ melbourne, stated not block move if fulfilled. trade set finalised, medical report requested richmond, discovered had reinjured navicular bone, , trade ruled out. there uncertainty surrounding 2015 season , whether make return, before confirmed melbourne radio station, triple m, in april 2015 not going play @ in 2015 , instead focus on 2016.

after not playing match 2 years, trengove played first football match in march 2016 when featured in intraclub match , played first competitive match in round 1 vfl match against frankston in april. after strong form in vfl, made long-awaited return afl football in eighteen point loss against hawthorn @ melbourne cricket ground in round eleven, in recorded nineteen disposals , 4 clearances. played next 2 matches before omitted first match after mid-season bye, round fifteen match against adelaide @ melbourne cricket ground. did not play afl match year, , instead played in vfl, helping casey claim minor premiership , reach first grand final since 1999, in club lost footscray thirty-one points.

trengove played in vfl large part of 2017 season , despite being in blistering form according herald sun s, toby prime, couldn t find way senior side majority of season. promoted senior side round eighteen match against port adelaide @ melbourne cricket ground , return labelled 1 of afl s feel-good stories age journalist, jon pierik. in twenty-three point win, recorded sixteen disposals, 4 tackles , 3 marks. played next week before omitted round twenty match against greater western sydney. played 2 afl matches season, averaged twenty-three disposals across eighteen matches in vfl , won gardner-clark medal casey s best , fairest player. @ end of season, delisted melbourne after playing eighty-six matches in 8 seasons. played seventy-nine matches out of possible eighty-eight in first 4 seasons, manage 7 in final 4 years @ club due foot injury, in addition former coach, paul roos, stating call make him captain @ twenty years of age stalled development , poor decision. 7 weeks after being delisted, signed port adelaide delisted free agent.