Player Watch #15 Sam Wicks

[Kennedy Parker]

Sam Wicks

Sam Wicks is a small forward with tidy skills below his knees and an outstanding awareness around goal. The QBE Sydney Swans Academy product was rookie-listed in November 2018 and was a consistent stand-out for the Sydney Swans’ NEAFL side in 2019. He became Sydney's fifth debutant of season 2020 when he was named to face Collingwood in Round 10, before finishing the season with seven appearances to his name. Wicks heads into 2021 fighting names like 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

, Ben Ronke

25

Ben Ronke

Age

26

Ht

183cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.7

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

3.3

2star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.7

4star

G

0.0

1star

D

13.2

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

5.2

5star

G

2.4

5star

, Lewis Taylor

28

Lewis Taylor

Age

29

Ht

174cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.6

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

8.1

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

4star

CL

0.9

3star

D

9.6

2star

K

6.8

3star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.2

3star

CL

0.2

2star

D

12.6

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

6.4

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

CL

1.2

4star

and Sam Gray

15

Sam Gray

Age

32

Ht

176cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

8.4

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.4

5star

G

0.8

4star

D

10.8

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

5.8

3star

M

2.2

2star

T

2.4

3star

G

0.2

3star

D

12.8

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.0

4star

for a spot in Sydney’s best 22.

Sam Wicks
DOB: 14 September 1999
DEBUT: 2020
DRAFT: #Undefined, 2018 Other
RECRUITED FROM: Manly-Warringah (NSW)/Sydney (NEAFL)

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[Heeney2Franklin]

VFL do not give a ****

 

[ShireSwan]

Can take a holiday from now given i doubt VFL make the big dance and i doubt the seniors call him up for a prelim/GF off 5 weeks of no footy and add to that with Paps and Mcinernery + Melican still to return

Only one more VFL game anyways, no? So anyone coming in for injury cover is coming in off a few weeks of no footy.

 

[Swansujelly]

I was waiting for Wicks to throw a punch a the player who went at him after the takle, not the tackle itself. Kinda soft, and Johnson got up and played on?

 

[RedBloodBlackSwan]

That’s an insane suspension. Do they even have proof that outcome of concussion was caused by the tackle and not the head clash with Mitchell? If they don’t, then all they have to work on is a tackle where the tackler and player tackled both fell over a third player. I’m now curious who is on the tribunal panel and their links to top line VFL clubs.

 

[Mister B]

He’s whacked his head into the ground. Think of it this way imagine it being Tom McCartin being whacked into the ground. It was dumb and worth the weeks

So are you just going to ignore the fact the most significant impact actually comes from the head clash prior? This also explains why the Collingwood player with one arm free does not try to break his fall, he was already dazed from the head clash.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

So are you just going to ignore the fact the most significant impact actually comes from the head clash prior? This also explains why the Collingwood player with one arm free does not try to break his fall, he was already dazed from the head clash.

Doesn’t give Wicks the right to bring him to ground with whatever force and make his head hit the ground. You have to protect the head it’s that simple was it needed no it wasn’t. Clear as day a suspension the way its adjudicated nowadays

 

[Mister B]

Doesn’t give Wicks the right to bring him to ground with whatever force and make his head hit the ground. You have to protect the head it’s that simple was it needed no it wasn’t. Clear as day a suspension the way its adjudicated nowadays

And again in your argument you are ignoring the factors of the head clash, tripping over the player he clashed heads with and the free arm as contributing factors to the way in which and the force in which the Collingwood player falls to the ground.


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[zyzzbruh]

Doesn’t give Wicks the right to bring him to ground with whatever force and make his head hit the ground. You have to protect the head it’s that simple was it needed no it wasn’t. Clear as day a suspension the way its adjudicated nowadays

Lol wot? Wicks has every right to tackle, and his tackle was legal. They both fell arse over head because there was player lying down on the ground (who had a head clash with Johnson btw).

There is a clear as day case for both the mechanism of the 'bringing to ground' and the concussion itself. Not only should this not be a ban, it should be a minus ban for future incidents purely for wasting Wicks and the clubs time.

 

[ashep]

He’s whacked his head into the ground. Think of it this way imagine it being Tom McCartin being whacked into the ground. It was dumb and worth the weeks

But..... he hasn't done that?

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Update: we are challenging the suspension

EDIT: “The club will look to reduce the sanction at the VFL Tribunal on Tuesday night.” from afl.com.au

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Trying to analyse and debate whether it was a legal tackle or not is pointless.

Its the AFL/VFL tribunal - decisions aren't based on logical argument.

 

[GoTheSwannies]

I'm glad we're challenging the suspension but I don't have a great deal of hope based on the Heeney / Parker decisions. 3 times a charm? fingers crossed

 

[Syd]

Update: we are challenging the suspension

EDIT: “The club will look to reduce the sanction at the VFL Tribunal on Tuesday night.” from afl.com.au

 

[Day_night_honourer]

Whether it was partially or fully Wicks fault, I don’t reckon it was a great look him just walking away from the scene hand on hips with a team mate down and opposition player struggling to get up.

 

[JackHiscoxWasFast]

GoulburnSwan - time to step up and get wicksy freed to play.

I’m happy to pay your petrol costs, parking and tolls.

I like fast players.

 

[Adnico26Parker]

 

[Day_night_honourer]

GoulburnSwan - time to step up and get wicksy freed to play.

I’m happy to pay your petrol costs, parking and tolls.

I like fast players.

Take zyzzbruh along too

 

[Stencorp69]

This suspension is a joke - I get that the AFL want to combine Women's and Men's AFL into a single league to meet their DEI KPIs, but three players falling over each other surely can't result in a suspension. Next year it will be 4 weeks for breaking a fingernail.

 

[JackHiscoxWasFast]

Anyone know if we have the cornflakes packet lawyer again ?

 

[KingV23]

Anyone know if we have the cornflakes packet lawyer again ?

Gosh hope not. Wicksy will end up walking out with 6 weeks.

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Suspension upheld

 

[Adnico26Parker]

VFL Tribunal: Sydney forward learns fate for dangerous tackle

The Swans challenged a fringe forward's four-game ban on Tuesday night.

www.zerohanger.com

 

[Kbroome]

Suspension upheld

Thought he had circumstances to get it down to 3 but didn't see much hope past that. Think he just needs some time away to put this entire year in the rear view mirror and come back to his best in 2025

 

[Ralphyboy]

What an absolute joke.


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[JackHiscoxWasFast]

Shambolic call by the tribunal. I mean what’s he meant to do in this circumstance.

For the highest lawyer per capita ratio in the world in Sydney, we persist with the same guy.