Player Watch #42 Robbie Fox - The Fantastic Mr Fox

[Kennedy Parker]

Robbie Fox

Player Profile
Capable of playing as a defender, shifting forward or pinch-hitting in the ruck, Robbie Fox

42

Robbie Fox

Age

31

Ht

185cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

5.7

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.2

2star

T

3.6

5star

MG

151.3

2star

D

10.8

3star

K

6.5

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.8

4star

MG

151.3

3star

D

12.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

6.8

5star

M

0.4

1star

T

3.6

5star

is a versatile option for Sydney Swans coach John Longmire. The Tasmanian is also one of the best endurance runners at the club and can take a strong contested grab. Sydney rookie-listed Fox in November 2016 and he’s since fought hard to become a regular member of the Swans’ best 22. He played 11 senior matches in 2019. Draft history: 2017 Rookie Draft selection (Sydney) No. 34.

Robbie Fox

42

Robbie Fox

Age

31

Ht

185cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

5.7

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.2

2star

T

3.6

5star

MG

151.3

2star

D

10.8

3star

K

6.5

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.8

4star

MG

151.3

3star

D

12.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

6.8

5star

M

0.4

1star

T

3.6

5star

DOB: 16 April 1993
DEBUT: 2017
DRAFT: 2016
RECRUITED FROM: Burnie Dockers (Tas)/Coburg Lions (VFL)

Robbie Fox | AFL

Follow Robbie Fox's progress through AFL

www.sydneyswans.com.au

 

[Punts]

Very very solid player

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Injury and the odd form lapse has hit hit at the wrong time but since his first year he has struck me as in our best 28. Like many others I am appalled on his behalf he has been cast the rookie list bone.

Put the guy on the main list and pay him a decent wedge FFS.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Injury and the odd form lapse has hit hit at the wrong time but since his first year he has struck me as in our best 28. Like many others I am appalled on his behalf he has been cast the rookie list bone.

Put the guy on the main list and pay him a decent wedge FFS.

Main list or rookie list is no longer relevant. We need to have all the rookie list spots filled to get the maximum financial benefit. A decent wedge certainly is relevant!!!

 

[Superstar swan]

This guy deserves some security. Always plays his role when he comes in and has been exceptional since cracking the team this year

 

[Ticky009]

As per my quote in the media thread where I just posted the article - WHAT THE FREAKING HELL SWANS???????

Robbie Fox (Sydney)

“He’s been an interesting one. Has come into the Swans line-up over the past six weeks or so and they’ve been winning.

“They’ve been in really good form since he’s been in.

“He struggled to break into the side in the first half of the season. He’s out of contract and fighting for a new deal and is yet to receive an offer.”

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

As per my quote in the media thread where I just posted the article - WHAT THE FREAKING HELL SWANS???????

Robbie Fox (Sydney)

“He’s been an interesting one. Has come into the Swans line-up over the past six weeks or so and they’ve been winning.

“They’ve been in really good form since he’s been in.

“He struggled to break into the side in the first half of the season. He’s out of contract and fighting for a new deal and is yet to receive an offer.”

I am truly distressed by this.

 

[BloodySwan]

I am truly distressed by this.

I'm not worried, I think we'll sign him up soon enough but I am surprised how much of our list remains unsigned. I can only suspect Fox and other contracts will be determined by how much we offer Lloyd and Buddy

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Why is everything that’s said in the media considered as gospel when it’s negative but just hearsay if it’s positive?

Just trust the club and wait. I highly doubt Fox is going anywhere.


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[scaryness]

Throwback to the origin story

Former Burnie boy Robbie Fox a chance at Friday’s AFL Draft – Coburg Football Club

coburgfc.com.au

A LITTLE-known Tasmanian has bolted from the blue as a chance to be selected in tomorrow’s AFL Draft.


Robbie Fox

42

Robbie Fox

Age

31

Ht

185cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

5.7

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.2

2star

T

3.6

5star

MG

151.3

2star

D

10.8

3star

K

6.5

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.8

4star

MG

151.3

3star

D

12.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

6.8

5star

M

0.4

1star

T

3.6

5star

, 22, of Burnie, has been making his mark in the VFL as a midfielder for the Coburg Lions for the past two seasons after leaving Tasmania in 2013 to play suburban football in Melbourne.


Coburg footballer Robbie Fox

42

Robbie Fox

Age

31

Ht

185cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

5.7

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.2

2star

T

3.6

5star

MG

151.3

2star

D

10.8

3star

K

6.5

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.8

4star

MG

151.3

3star

D

12.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

6.8

5star

M

0.4

1star

T

3.6

5star

had an impressive year in the VFL, attracting AFL interest which saw him invited to the State Draft Combine.


Fox was mentioned in AFL circles leading up to last year’s draft but missed out.


Playing under former Burnie coach Peter German, Fox has impressed even more this season with his strong vertical leap, speed and endurance.


Fox, who went through the Tassie Mariners program and played in three consecutive TSL grand finals for the Burnie Dockers, including the 2012 premiership, finished fifth in the Coburg’s best-and-fairest award this season despite playing only 13 games.


The 187cm, 87kg power player has been named as one of the top 20 players from the VFL in line to be drafted.


State high performance manager Mathew Armstrong remembers Fox as a developing midfielder.


“He was a slight wing, half-back who used the ball reasonably well back then and wasn’t really a high-possession player,” Armstrong said.


“He was in and out of the Mariners a fair bit.”


“He’s one of these late developers who gets more confidence as they get older and now he’s playing well at Coburg. He’s done well.”


Another former Burnie premiership player, key defender Brody Mihocek

41

Brody Mihocek

Age

31

Ht

192cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.9

3star

K

8.2

3star

HB

3.7

3star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.0

4star

G

1.6

5star

D

8.4

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

2.1

2star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.9

3star

G

1.7

5star

D

10.2

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

4.6

5star

T

1.8

4star

G

1.6

5star

, has also caught the eye of AFL scouts by winning Port Melbourne’s best-and-fairest award in his debut season at the club, coached by Gary Ayres.


Fellow-Tasmanian Matt Hanson, who played in South Launceston’s 2013 TSL premiership team, has also drawn the attention of AFL recruiters as a dominant midfielder for Werribee, where he has been senior best-and-fairest winner for the past two seasons.


All of the state-based teenage Tasmanians who would have been in the mix for this year’s draft have been hampered by injuries and are likely to be overlooked.


The AFL Draft is in Sydney tomorrow night.

 

[Superstar swan]

Flawless game today

 

[BarneyBent]

Been absolutely massive. Everything clicking for him.

 

[caesar88]

I feel like sometimes a player's back story can overshadow what they're actually doing on the field.

Fox isn't a "quiet achiever", not an "unsung hero", not an "unlikely regular".

He's just a gun. Time he starts getting his dues.

 

[Ticky009]

Robbie Fox

42

Robbie Fox

Age

31

Ht

185cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

5.7

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.2

2star

T

3.6

5star

MG

151.3

2star

D

10.8

3star

K

6.5

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.8

4star

MG

151.3

3star

D

12.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

6.8

5star

M

0.4

1star

T

3.6

5star

the only Swan to make SEN's team of the week

 

[caesar88]

In light of his game on the weekend, I hope the club is preparing to secure Fox's delisting. We don't want to leave it too late or the club might get cold feet and re-sign him.

 

[grimlock]

I really hope he gets promoted to the senior list with a commensurate pay rise. I really hate clubs (not just us) who abuse the rookie list system in a way that was not its original intention.

 

[Kirkswan]

Outstanding game on the weekend!

Our back six seems to be benefiting from stability in a big way!

 

[Thuggee_Cult]

I’m gonna put my hand up and say I was wrong about him.

Up to 2020 I said to everyone who listened that he should still be playing for Coburg, but he broke out last year and is now starting to look like he belongs at the level.

Can’t believe he is already 29.

 

[Daniel B]

I'm not worried, I think we'll sign him up soon enough but I am surprised how much of our list remains unsigned. I can only suspect Fox and other contracts will be determined by how much we offer Lloyd and Buddy

Better off without either. Certainly should trade Lloyd - he's well past his best.

 

[CheapCharlie]

Amazing smother by Fox late in the game.
The guy doesn't give up and seems to be the gel we needed to complete the backline picture

 

[TheWhiteRhino]

Take a bow you ****in superstar

 

[GotTheGoodes]

Foxxx on the run

 

[alex4445]

Deserves a new multi year contract and a big raise. He has been a huge part of turning our defence around.

 

[Dangas]

Bloke is solid as a rock. Cool head.

 

[mcs095]

Have always enjoyed how Fox has gone about it - far from the most talented footballer, but clever, uses the ball well, a good one on one defender, and full of that Bloods spirit we all love to see.

Was absolutely fantastic tonight - just love players like him that end up all but on the scrapheap, dreams pretty much over - but grasp on to every opportunity, every chance that comes along.

Two more please Robbie from the top drawer like tonight and you never know what you might find waiting for you!

 

[Nool Carpenna]

The Gun!

Well done Robbie