Callan Ward

Callan Ward

Ward doing a light training run at Robertson Oval
Personal information
Full name Callan Ward
Date of birth (1990-04-10) 10 April 1990
Original team(s) Western Jets (TAC Cup)
Draft #19, 2007 National Draft (Western Bulldogs)
Height / weight 185 cm / 83 kg
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Greater Western Sydney
Number 8
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2008–2011
2012–
Total		 Western Bulldogs
Greater Western Sydney		 060 (33)
107 (52)
167 (85)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2011 Australia 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2011.
Career highlights

Callan Ward (born 10 April 1990) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for and is the co-captain of the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played with the Western Bulldogs. Originally playing with the Western Jets in the under-18 TAC Cup, Ward was drafted by the Western Bulldogs in the 2007 National Draft, and made his debut for the club midway through the 2008 season. Having played 60 games for the club, mainly as a running midfielder, he was recruited by the newly formed Greater Western Sydney as part of their pre-entry recruiting concessions. Having been named as co-captain of the club for the 2012 season, along with Phil Davis and Luke Power, Ward made his debut for Greater Western Sydney in their inaugural match, and kicked the club's first ever goal. Ward is the current games record holder for GWS with 100.

AFL career

Ward nominated for the 2007 AFL National Draft. Leading into the draft, five player managers vied to represent him, and a week out from the draft he decided with Paul Connors, who also represents Chris Judd. He was selected by the Bulldogs with their second selection (#19 overall) at 10.12 am after being a mere 20 days old enough to nominate for the draft.[1]

Western Bulldogs career (2008–2011)

He made his debut against St Kilda in Round 11, collecting 12 disposals and finishing with one goal. In his debut year, he played six games while juggling full-time football and his last year of high school. He had an outstanding season in 2009 playing in the mould of Tony Liberatore. He tackles with aggression, marks well and knows how to kick a goal. He is a team player and can be used in a variety of positions including a tagging role.

Greater Western Sydney career (2012–present)

On 5 September 2011, Ward announced that as of the 2012 season, he had signed for the Greater Western Sydney Giants. He was the second player to announce that he had signed with the Giants. It was later announced, he would be made co-captain alongside Phil Davis and Luke Power.

On 24 March 2012, in the Giants debut AFL match against the Sydney Swans, he kicked their first ever goal.[2]

Ward was named the Giants' Best and Fairest for 2012, being awarded the inaugural Kevin Sheedy Medal.[3]

In 2014 Ward polled 15 votes in the Brownlow Medal, the most of any GWS player in the club's history. This included four best-on-ground performances, two of which were narrow seven-point losses to St Kilda and Hawthorn.[4]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 7, 2015[5]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2008 Western Bulldogs 14 6 2 0 28 32 60 18 10 0.3 0.0 4.7 5.3 10.0 3.0 1.7
2009 Western Bulldogs 14 22 18 13 178 184 362 70 86 0.8 0.6 8.1 8.4 16.5 3.2 3.9
2010 Western Bulldogs 14 10 1 4 76 97 173 36 34 0.1 0.4 7.6 9.7 17.3 3.6 3.4
2011 Western Bulldogs 14 22 12 11 204 253 457 74 96 0.5 0.5 9.3 11.5 20.8 3.4 4.4
2012 Greater Western Sydney 8 20 8 11 278 210 488 86 100 0.4 0.6 13.9 24.4 10.5 4.3 5.0
2013 Greater Western Sydney 8 21 11 6 247 242 489 95 94 0.5 0.3 11.8 23.3 11.5 4.5 4.5
2014 Greater Western Sydney 8 20 7 10 240 258 498 75 115 0.4 0.5 12.0 12.9 24.9 3.8 5.8
2015 Greater Western Sydney 8 7 2 3 88 94 182 34 39 0.3 0.4 12.6 13.4 26.0 4.9 5.6
Career 128 61 58 1339 1370 2709 488 574 0.5 0.5 10.5 10.7 21.2 3.8 4.5

Personal

Family

Callan is the grandson of former South Melbourne player, Bill Gunn, who played 104 games for them from 1952 to 1959. He also captained them in the 1955 season.

References

  1. ↑ Jennifer Witham (24 November 2007). "Bulldogs' 'mixed bag' of talent".
  2. ↑ dailytelegraph (24 March 2012). "GWS v Swans: As it happened".
  3. ↑ foxsports (6 September 2012). "Greater Western Sydney co-captain Callan Ward claims Kevin Sheedy medal for club's best and fairest".
  4. ↑ Ward GIANTS' Brownlow Best, GWS Giants official website, 23 September 2014
  5. ↑ Callan Ward's player profile at AFL Tables

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