Player Watch #11 Tom Papley

[Kennedy Parker]

Tom Papley

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Tom Papley

11

Tom Papley

Age

28

Ht

177cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

12.3

3star

K

8.9

4star

HB

3.4

2star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.5

2star

G

2.4

5star

D

13.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.6

5star

swapped his plumbing tools for a Sherrin when the Sydney Swans sprung a draft surprise in 2015 – and the pocket-rocket forward has since become a crucial member of coach John Longmire’s side. Papley has played 20 or more senior games in every one of his four full seasons in the AFL and was at his best in 2019, topping Sydney’s goal-kicking leaderboard and finishing fourth in the Bob Skilton Medal voting. The Gippsland Power product took on more time in the midfield in 2019 and is likely to again split his time between the forward line and centre bounce this year. Papley was selected in the AFL Players’ Association’s 22Under22 team in 2017. Draft history: 2016 Rookie Draft selection (Sydney) No. 12; 2016 AFL Draft rookie elevation (Sydney).

Tom Papley

11

Tom Papley

Age

28

Ht

177cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

12.3

3star

K

8.9

4star

HB

3.4

2star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.5

2star

G

2.4

5star

D

13.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.6

5star

DOB: 13 July 1996
DEBUT:2016
DRAFT: 2016
RECRUITED FROM: Bunyip (Vic)/Gippsland U18

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[The King!]

Last 2 weeks looked injured randomly then fine, hope he is ok.

 

[bedford]

Last 2 weeks looked injured randomly then fine, hope he is ok.

Shocking game only had 2 tackles

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Congrats to Tom and Annie!!

 

[bedford]

Congrats to Tom and Annie!!

You always beat me lol , do you have anything else

 

[bedford]

Tom will find out tomorrow , but at this stage he's fearing the worst .

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Tom will find out tomorrow , but at this stage he's fearing the worst .

Achilles?

 

[The King!]

Slow medical team

 

[bedford]

Slow medical team

Swelling has to go down

 

[bedford]

Achilles?

Would've been on a stretcher . Should've been a free

 

[Wolfgang West]

Tom will find out tomorrow , but at this stage he's fearing the worst .

So what’s the worst ? If he or the club are fearing the worst they must have some indication of what the injury is ?

 

[Jewelsbon]

messaged you.
Just hope it's better than it looks , 7 weeks to 1st final

My thought was a break

 

[bedford]

My thought was a break

Same

 

[zyzzbruh]

messaged you.
Just hope it's better than it looks , 7 weeks to 1st final

High grade ankle injuries range between 4-6 weeks. If they're suspecting something more morbid than that then i struggle to see how it's ankle related, unless it's broken.

Looked very innocuous too, and he was still able to bear weight some what. Looked fine walking in the moon boot. Completely weird morbid vibe around this one, scratching my head.

 

[Tedeski]

The way he landed looks like a tibia break/fracture down low near the ankle.

 

[zyzzbruh]

The way he landed looks like a tibia break/fracture down low near the ankle.

Not sure if I'm missing something but is there footage of him landing that I haven't seen? The footage they're showing is just him sort of shuffling backwards with no visual twist or impact what so ever

 

[bedford]

High grade ankle injuries range between 4-6 weeks. If they're suspecting something more morbid than that then i struggle to see how it's ankle related, unless it's broken.

Looked very innocuous too, and he was still able to bear weight some what. Looked fine walking in the moon boot. Completely weird morbid vibe around this one, scratching my head.

Morbid ! we f ing need him.

 

[zyzzbruh]

Morbid ! we f ing need him.

I'm talking about the injury itself. It was hard to see anything serious in the mechanism of his injury. Seeing that ankle injuries are roughly 4-6 weeks and finals is still 7 weeks ago - I would be happy with that. But the vibe is like he's out for the season or something.

 

[bedford]

I'm talking about the injury itself. It was hard to see anything serious in the mechanism of his injury. Seeing that ankle injuries are roughly 4-6 weeks and finals is still 7 weeks ago - I would be happy with that. But the vibe is like he's out for the season or something.

Paul Kelly sprinted off the field and he had an ACL

 

[Tedeski]

Not sure if I'm missing something but is there footage of him landing that I haven't seen? The footage they're showing is just him sort of shuffling backwards with no visual twist or impact what so ever

It looked like his foot bent upwards towards the front of leg which I've seen before with local footy where it's a low tibia break.

 

[zyzzbruh]

It looked like his foot bent upwards towards the front of leg which I've seen before with local footy where it's a low tibia break.

surely if they suspected a break they would give him crutches rather than allowing him to walk around in the moon boot

 

[LukeParkerno1]

surely if they suspected a break they would give him crutches rather than allowing him to walk around in the moon boot

You would think so, if it's a break he wouldn't be half joking with Rampe on the bench rather in hospital. Gut feel it's the dreaded systemosis injury which has various gradings.

 

[zyzzbruh]

Paul Kelly sprinted off the field and he had an ACL

Well what info are you privy to? Confidentiality on bigfooty over an ankle injury that we will probably hear about by tomorrow anyway is hardly warranted.

 

[bedford]

Well what info are you privy to? Confidentiality on bigfooty over an ankle injury that we will probably hear about by tomorrow anyway is hardly warranted.

You don't know , some do . All good have a nice day

 

[ashep]

You have to be kidding PM'ing certain people info instead of just posting it....

 

[bedford]

You have to be kidding PM'ing certain people info instead of just posting it....

Sorry for the confusion , i sent a text message , as with all parts of life some people you can trust and others you can't