Daniel Merrett

Daniel Merrett (born 12 December 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Merrett was born in Adelaide, but moved to the Gold Coast with his family at a young age. A talented schoolboy rugby league player for Benowa State High School, he was identified as a potential Australian rules footballer by AFL Queensland junior development scouts due to his imposing frame and ball-handling skills, and was groomed as a key forward with the Surfers Paradise Demons and later Southport Sharks. He was recruited by the Brisbane Lions with the number 30 draft pick in the 2002 AFL Draft but took several years to develop sufficiently to make his debut.

AFL career

Merrett made his AFL debut in Round 2, 2005 against Port Adelaide.

In August 2016, he announced he would retire from the AFL at the end of the season.

He has been an assistant coach of the Lions' AFL Women's team since the inaugural season in 2017, and coached a game against Template:AFLW in round three of the 2020 season when regular head coach Craig Starcevich was hospitalised. The game ended in a draw.

Positions

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Merrett in December 2008

Daniel Merrett used to play as a full forward, centre half forward or half forward flank in his early career but eventually regularly played as a fullback. He was the defender with the most spoils in the 2007 season.

Statistics

Template:AFL player statistics legend Template:AFL player statistics start |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005 |Brisbane Lions | 21 || 15 || 13 || 9 || 48 || 43 || 91 || 40 || 19 || 0.9 || 0.6 || 3.2 || 2.9 || 6.1 || 2.7 || 1.3 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2006 |Brisbane Lions | 21 || 9 || 3 || 3 || 28 || 31 || 59 || 25 || 18 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 3.1 || 3.4 || 6.6 || 2.8 || 2.0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2007 |Brisbane Lions | 21 || 22 || 0 || 0 || 110 || 90 || 200 || 89 || 27 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.0 || 4.1 || 9.1 || 4.0 || 1.2 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2008 |Brisbane Lions | 21 || 22 || 0 || 0 || 101 || 102 || 203 || 83 || 28 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.6 || 4.6 || 9.2 || 3.8 || 1.3 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2009 |Brisbane Lions | 21 || 19 || 1 || 0 || 100 || 115 || 215 || 82 || 26 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 5.3 || 6.1 || 11.3 || 4.3 || 1.4 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2010 |Brisbane Lions | 21 || 16 || 0 || 0 || 93 || 84 || 177 || 78 || 40 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.8 || 5.3 || 11.1 || 4.9 || 2.5 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2011 |Brisbane Lions | 21 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 88 || 57 || 145 || 54 || 22 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 8.8 || 5.7 || 14.5 || 5.4 || 2.2 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2012 |Brisbane Lions | 21 || 22 || 26 || 13 || 191 || 100 || 291 || 113 || 63 || 1.2 || 0.6 || 8.7 || 4.5 || 13.2 || 5.1 || 2.9 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2013 |Brisbane Lions | 21 || 17 || 14 || 8 || 131 || 78 || 209 || 84 || 28 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 7.7 || 4.6 || 12.3 || 4.9 || 1.6 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2014 |Brisbane Lions | 21 || 19 || 12 || 8 || 105 || 78 || 183 || 71 || 24 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 5.5 || 4.1 || 9.6 || 3.7 || 1.3 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2015 |Brisbane Lions | 21 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 69 || 42 || 111 || 52 || 9 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.9 || 4.2 || 11.1 || 5.2 || 0.9 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2016 |Brisbane Lions | 21 || 19 || 1 || 0 || 96 || 76 || 172 || 57 || 32 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 5.1 || 4.0 || 9.1 || 3.0 || 1.7 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career ! 200 ! 70 ! 41 ! 1160 ! 896 ! 2056 ! 828 ! 336 ! 0.4 ! 0.2 ! 5.8 ! 4.5 ! 10.3 ! 4.1 ! 1.7 |}

External links

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• Template:PAGENAMEBASE's playing statistics from AFL TablesTemplate:EditAtWikidata