Player Watch #1 GigaChad Warner: 2024 All Australian

[Kennedy Parker]

Chad Warner
When the Sydney Swans swept up Chad Warner

1

Chad Warner

Age

23

Ht

185cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.0

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

3star

CL

0.0

1star

D

7.0

1star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

2star

CL

0.0

1star

D

7.0

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

4star

CL

0.0

1star

with pick 39 at the 2019 AFL Draft, they secured a youngster with an insatiable appetite for the contest. Warner attacks the ball and opponents with aggression and is relishing calling midfield bulls Josh Kennedy and Luke Parker

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Luke Parker

Age

32

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

his teammates at the Swans. Warner impressed for Western Australia in the 2019 AFL Under-18 Championships, averaging 18.2 touches (50 per cent contested), 3.2 clearances and 6.8 tackles per game. He also tallied an average of 27.1 disposals, 6.4 clearances and 7.4 tackles per match at Colts level for East Fremantle in 2019. He earned his AFL debut against Richmond in Round 6 of the 2020 season, recording eight disposals and two tackles.

Chad Warner

1

Chad Warner

Age

23

Ht

185cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.0

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

3star

CL

0.0

1star

D

7.0

1star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

2star

CL

0.0

1star

D

7.0

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

4star

CL

0.0

1star

DOB: 19 May 2001
DEBUT: 2020
DRAFT: #39, 2019 National Draft
RECRUITED FROM: Willetton (WA)/Aquinas College (WA)/East Fremantle (WAFL)

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[bedford]

12 months is a long time in footy , and things change quick , but Chady is homesick and will go home , but will play out next year. I will say it again 12 months is a long time . He loves the club . This is why the academy is so important

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Harley said a whole lot of words in the interview this morning, which amounted to we’re going to try and get him to stay but we have no idea if he will.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

12 months is a long time in footy , and things change quick , but Chady is homesick and will go home , but will play out next year. I will say it again 12 months is a long time . He loves the club . This is why the academy is so important

Its his partner doing the pulling back home i dont see it changing in 12 months.

We will back here whinging how ripped off we got

 

[GoTheSwannies]

Seriously, just rip the bandaid off now.

There has been talk of Chad going home over the last 2 or so years. His Mrs is from WA, so I only see the draw home getting stronger from here.

Chad mentions her when he talks about the decision to go home, which I completely understand and is reasonable. It just strengthens the go-home factor.

Just get the deal done, get what we can and move on.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Seriously, just rip the bandaid off now.

There has been talk of Chad going home over the last 2 or so years. His Mrs is from WA, so I only see the draw home getting stronger from here.

Chad mentions her when he talks about the decision to go home, which I completely understand and is reasonable. It just strengthens the go-home factor.

Just get the deal done, get what we can and move on.

I dont wanna hear the club disillusioned with Freo or WCE offer in 12 months time if he requests a trade.

Fair enough with Dawson we were blindsided but Chad has made his intentions well in advance.

 

[Nuggetz]

Warner has been in a pretty successful team where he's allowed to play to his strengths. He'll need to weigh up the risk of going to a less successful team & how he'll handle it. Interesting discussions in the Warner household, with the Swans & potential WA teams. I hope it doesn't negatively impact his performance.

 

[RUNVS]

We should put a generous 5 year contract on the table for Warner, a contract for 2026 to 2030 and ask if he is willing to sign it, and if not, suggest to him that perhaps he should go back to Western Australia this year rather than the next.

 

[tombomb]

It doesn't make much sense to me that if Warner is as determined to leave as some on here say, that he is just going to wait a year.

 

[bedford]

Its his partner doing the pulling back home i dont see it changing in 12 months.

We will back here whinging how ripped off we got

It's him

 

[bedford]

It doesn't make much sense to me that if Warner is as determined to leave as some on here say, that he is just going to wait a year.

It does when your present team is in the Premiership window , and really we still are with some luck

 

[tombomb]

It does when your present team is in the Premiership window , and really we still are with some luck

He could go to Freo and be in the premiership window.

He could be home in Perth on a fresh new 1.3mil a season deal in a week's time if he really was that desperate to go home.

Instead he is going to stick with us for another year on maybe a third of that, when he knows he is leaving in 12 months. I'm sceptical.

 

[bedford]

He could go to Freo and be in the premiership window.

He could be home in Perth on a fresh new 1.3mil a season deal in a week's time if he really was that desperate to go home.

Instead he is going to stick with us for another year on maybe a third of that, when he knows he is leaving in 12 months. I'm sceptical.

If you read my post last night i said he loves the club

 

[tombomb]

If you read my post last night i said he loves the club

Still doesn't make any sense that he would be leaving potentially a million dollars on the table next year if he is set on leaving in 12 months time anyway.

 

[Nuggetz]

He's also a young man, who has had plenty of big moments & has a big decision to make. I can understand why he still needs time to figure things out. I hope he signs a 2yr extension or something similar, would obvs love long term commitment but being a bit more realistic.

 

[bedford]

He's also a young man, who has had plenty of big moments & has a big decision to make. I can understand why he still needs time to figure things out. I hope he signs a 2yr extension or something similar, would obvs love long term commitment but being a bit more realistic.

That's what im hoping and he won't feel tied down for years

 

[Nuggetz]

That's what im hoping and he won't feel tied down for years

If we don't win next year then he might feel bad leaving, as it's seen as abandoning his mates but if we do win then the itch of potentially winning more with his mates could get him to sign a 2 year deal. I'm trying to stay hopeful lol.

 

[Millky95]

It does when your present team is in the Premiership window , and really we still are with some luck

If only he was present when his present team had their last chance for a flag

 

[Jewelsbon]

I don't care much either way. These blokes are such prima donnas, two of my three daughters did the long distance relationship thing, one of them for nearly ten years in total - they made it work and were on less money than these blokes. I know some can and some can't, yadda yadda yadda, I'm more just venting still ATM.

 

[bedford]

If only he was present when his present team had their last chance for a flag

Had more metres than anyone else on the ground

 

[bedford]

I don't care much either way. These blokes are such prima donnas, two of my three daughters did the long distance relationship thing, one of them for nearly ten years in total - they made it work and were on less money than these blokes. I know some can and some can't, yadda yadda yadda, I'm more just venting still ATM.

It's not her

 

[Nteshy]

It does when your present team is in the Premiership window , and really we still are with some luck

Given how we just went this year, I believe history would suggest next year won't be it.

I would be really happy to be wrong.

Would very much prefer we keep him but if he wants to go home and we can get more for him now...

 

[Millky95]

Had more metres than anyone else on the ground

Whoop-dee-****ing-doo. Didn't do anything with those metres

 

[bedford]

Whoop-dee-****ing-doo. Didn't do anything with those metres

OPSM he wasn't our worst by far , just keep knocking them down after drooling over them during the year

 

[ashep]

If he wants to go home but is willing to stick out the contract he signed here first, then he should be admired for it.

The onus is on the club to initiate any discussions about moving him a year early. If he still wants to stay for a last crack at a flag, good for him.

 

[Millky95]

OPSM he wasn't our worst by far , just keep knocking them down after drooling over them during the year

No he wasn't the worst but that's stepping over a bar 6ft in the dirt.