Nick Vlastuin

Nick Vlastuin

Vlastuin at a game for the Tigers against Brisbane in April 2015
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Alexander Leendert Vlastuin
Nickname(s) Tigger
Date of birth (1994-04-19) 19 April 1994
Original team(s) Eltham (NFL)
Northern Knights (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 9, 2012 National Draft
Richmond
Height / weight 187 cm / 86 kg
Position(s) Half Back/Midfielder
Club information
Current club Richmond
Number 1
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2013– Richmond 80 (18) [1]
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights

Nick Vlastuin (born 19 April 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Vlastuin played his junior football at Eltham Panthers in the Northern Football League before moving to the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup. He would go on to play for and captain the Victorian Metro side at the 2012 AFL Under 18 Championships.[2]

Vlastuin is a second generation Australian of Dutch descent.[3]

AFL career

He was drafted by Tigers with their first selection, pick 9, in the 2012 AFL Draft.[4]

Vlastuin made his AFL debut in Round 5 of the 2013 AFL season in an away game against Fremantle at Subiaco Oval. In Round 7 of the same season he was nominated for the 2013 AFL Rising Star after a 23 possession game against Port Adelaide.[5] He would go on to play 18 games in his first season, placing 6th in the Rising Star award.[6] In addition he was awarded the Cosgrove-Jenkins award for the club's best first-year player.[7]

In his third year at the club, Vlastuin placed 6th in the club's best-and-fairest award, his highest place to date.[8] He was also nominated for the AFLPA's 22 Under 22 team but would fail to make the final team.[9]

At the beginning of the 2016 season he adopted the #1 guernsey, worn the previous season by retiring former club captain and personal backline mentor, Chris Newman.[10] In the same season he was again nominated to the 22 Under 22 squad but would go unselected for the second straight season.[11]

Vlastuin is contracted to Richmond through the end of the 2019 season.[12]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season[13]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2013 Richmond 31 18 9 3 157 137 294 86 55 0.5 0.2 8.7 7.6 16.3 4.8 3.1
2014 Richmond 31 20 4 3 168 136 304 82 61 0.2 0.2 8.4 6.8 15.2 4.1 3.1
2015 Richmond 31 23 1 0 191 161 352 102 62 0.0 0.0 8.3 7.0 15.3 4.4 2.7
2016 Richmond 1 19 4 2 187 112 299 107 45 0.2 0.1 9.8 5.6 15.7 5.6 2.4
Career 80 18 7 703 546 1249 377 223 0.2 0.1 8.8 6.8 15.6 4.7 2.8

References

  1. ↑ "Richmond Football Club player list". Richmond Football Club. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Ralph, Jon (5 March 2013). "Richmond recruit Nick Vlastuin is raw but ready for senior football". Herald Sun.
  3. ↑ Quayle, Emma (20 November 2012). "Thrill of the game helps control Nick's hard edge". The Age. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Tigers Take Vlastuin". Richmond Football Club. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  5. ↑ Guthrie, Ben. "Vlastuin wins Rising Star nomination". AFL BigPond network. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Lovett, Michael, ed. (February 2015). AFL Record Season Guide 2015. Melbourne, Victoria: AFL Media. p. 606.
  7. ↑ "Vlastuin aclaimed". Richmond Football Club. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Greenberg, Tony. "Greenberg's Grabs from the 2015 Jack Dyer Medal". Richmond Football Club. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  9. ↑ Baldwin, Adam. "AFLPA 22under22 squad: Jesse Hogan, Chad Wingard, Taylor Adams, Jake Stringer". Fox Footy. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Vlastuin's smooth transition". Richmondfc. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  11. ↑ Di Giorgio, Giulio. "Young Crows dominate 22under22 squad". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  12. ↑ Nicholson, Larissa. "Richmond Tigers players Nick Vlastuin, Corey Ellis re-sign". The Age. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "Nick Vlastuin". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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