Matthew O'Dwyer

Matthew O'Dwyer
Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-07-21) 21 July 1988
Original team(s)	Calder Cannons (Vic U/18)
Debut	2008, Sydney vs. Richmond, at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Height / weight	181 cm / 82 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2008–2010	Sydney Swans	7 (2)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2010.

Matthew O'Dwyer (born 21 July 1988) is an Australian rules footballer, who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.

Sydney Swans

Formerly of the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup, O'Dwyer was picked as a rookie in the 2007 Rookie Draft at number 30,^[1] but was delisted at the end of the year without making senior debut.^[2] He was, however, redrafted by Sydney with the tenth selection in the 2008 Rookie Draft.^[3]

O'Dwyer, of Filipino descent,^[4] was promoted to the senior list towards the end of 2008,^[5] and managed 2 games before the season's end.

In 2009, O'Dwyer struggled to break into the senior side until towards the middle of the year when his consistency in the reserves led him to be selected to play the last 4 games of the season.^[4] He continued his form into 2010, being named as one of the Swans' best players in their 1-point loss to St Kilda in the 2010 NAB Cup.^[6]

In 2010, O'Dwyer played only one game in the senior side and was delisted at the end of the season.

Post-AFL

In 2011 and 2012 he played in the VFL for the Werribee Tigers before moving to Eastlake for the 2013 NEAFL season.^[7]^[8]

In 2014 he made the NEAFL Team of The Year whilst playing for Sydney Uni.^[9]

References

↑ Hinds, Richard (13 December 2006) Swans give fallen star a chance but NSW kids not in the mix
↑ Doyle forced to call it quits
↑ Draft analysis – club by club
1 2 Nicolussi, Christian (8 August 2009) O'Dwyer given a month to impress; The Daily Telegraph
↑ Morrissey, Tim (18 July 2008) Swans turn to fleet-footed rookie
↑ Cowley, Michael (3 March 2010) O'Dwyer says it's now or never at Swans
↑ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/werribee-tiger-matthew-odwyer-hungry-for-afl-opportunity/story-fn53khop-1226124308536
↑ http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/eastlake-bags-odwyer-20121116-29hwe.html
↑ http://www.neafl.com.au/index.php?id=110

External links

Matthew O'Dwyer's statistics from AFL Tables

2007 AFL rookie draft

1. Sam Jacobs
2. Dean Dick
3. Leigh Adams
4. Anthony Corrie
5. Alex Lee
6. Brett Collins
7. Joel Reynolds
8. Tasman Clingan
9. Clinton Jones
10. Sharrod Wellingham
11. Gavin Hughes
12. Daniel Hayes
13. Chris Smith
14. Andrew McIntyre
15. Nick Smith
16. Jamie McNamara
17. Michael Jamison
18. Danny Chartres
19. Ben Hughes
20. Scott Clouston
21. Gavin Grose
22. Matt Suckling
23. Liam Bedford
24. Jake King
25. Luke van Rheenen
26. Brent Macaffer
27. Jarrod Harbrow
28. Andrew Foster
29. James Turner
30. Matthew O'Dwyer
31. Llane Spaanderman
32. Ross Young
33. Adam Ramanauskas
34. Matt Campbell
35. Daniel Dzufer
36. Nathan Batsanis
37. Sam Gibson
38. Jason Davenport
39. Robert Eddy
40. Martin Clarke
41. Marty Pask
42. Darren Rumble
43. Rhys Archard
44. Luke Brennan
45. Chad Jones
47. Tim Hutchison
48. Haydyn Kiel
49. Peter Hardy
50. Tom Lonergan
51. James Wall
52. Michael West
53. Benet Copping
54. Greg Gallman
55. Matthew Davis
56. Ben Sharp
57. Joel Tippett
58. Jarryn Geary
59. Earl Shaw
60. Ashley Thornton
61. Will Hamill
62. Jayden Attard
64. Beau Wilkes

2008 AFL rookie draft

First round	1. Clayton Collard 2. Aaron Joseph 3. Trent Zomer 4. James Mulligan 5. Rhys Magin 6. Brent Connelly 7. Phil Smith 8. Glenn Chivers 9. James Moss 10. Matthew O'Dwyer 11. Hugh Sandilands 12. Lewis Stevenson 13. Luke Casey-Leigh 14. Nathan Grima 15. Nick Salter 16. Brodie Moles

Second round	17. Jarrod Silvester 18. Lachlan Hill 19. Austin Wonaeamirri 20. Henry White 21. Jarrod Atkinson 22. Luke Pratt 23. Pat Garner 24. Luke Miles 25. Jared Petrenko 26. Brendan Murphy 27. Tim Walsh 28. Ashley Arrowsmith 29. Kevin Dyas 30. Cruize Garlett 31. Daniel Boyle 32. Jeremy Laidler

Third round	33. Tristan Cartledge 34. David Ellard 35. Jake Spencer 36. John Shaw 37. Calib Mourish 38. Pearce Hanley 39. Andrew McQualter 40. Ed Curnow 41. Jake Orreal 42. Alex Grima 43. Will Sullivan 44. Alan Obst 45. Ryan Willits 46. Chris Kangars

Fourth round	47. Cameron Howat 48. Michael Shields 49. Shane Valenti 50. Ryley Dunn 51. Khan Haretuku 52. Brodie Martin 53. Matthew Beckmans 54. Cameron Stokes 55. Callum Wilson 56. Michael Wundke 57. Shane Mumford

Fifth round	58. Aaron Bruce 59. Beau Wilkes

Sixth round	60. James Wilsen 61. Dean Terlich 62. Ryan Davis

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