Will Setterfield

Will Setterfield (born 5 February 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with their second selection and fifth overall in the 2016 national draft.[6] The media considered him to be one of the most complete midfielders in his draft year.[7] He made his debut in the nineteen point loss to Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round nineteen of the 2017 season.[8] Setterfield is cousins with Western Bulldogs AFLW player Isabel Huntington.[9]

Will Setterfield
Personal information
Full name Will Setterfield
Date of birth (1998-02-05) 5 February 1998
Original team(s) Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)/Caulfield Grammar School (APS)
Draft No. 5, 2016 national draft
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 99 kg (218 lb)
Position(s) Inside-Outside Midfielder / Medium Forward [1][2][3][4][5]
Club information
Current club Carlton
Number 43
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2018 Greater Western Sydney 2 (0)
2019– Carlton 34 (10)
Total 36 (10)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2020.
Career highlights
  • NSW State of Origin Team: 2020
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Setterfield grew up in Albury before taking up a boarding scholarship at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne[10]

At the conclusion of the 2018 AFL season, Setterfield requested a trade from GWS. Essendon and Carlton were considered to be front runners in obtaining his signature. Despite being an Essendon supporter as a child, Setterfield nominated the Carlton Football Club as his preferred home.[11] He was traded on 12 October.[12] Widely considered a bargain coup for Carlton, former player and assistant coach Matthew Lappin tweeted "Blues fans, get excited. I coached against Setterfield in his first NEAFL game and he is a serious player, on the way to the 'Baggers".[13]

Setterfield made his Carlton debuting the Round 1 match against Richmond at the MCG. He impressed, gathering an impressive 24 disposals in what was his first AFL game after his ACL injury in 2018.

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of round 1, 2020.[14]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Greater Western Sydney 11202126185100.01.06.03.09.02.55.0
2018 Greater Western Sydney 110——————————————
2019 Carlton 431861218311429758560.30.710.26.316.53.23.1
2020 Carlton 43100426120.00.04.02.06.01.02.0
Career 21 6 14 199 122 321 64 68 0.3 0.7 9.5 5.8 15.3 3.0 3.2

See also

References
  1. "Setterfield earning midfield stripes". carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. "Will Setterfield Archives". Aussie Rules Draft Central. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. "Get to know: Will Setterfield". carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  4. "Knightmare's updated AFL phantom draft: Who goes where, and when?". ESPN.com. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. "Season review: Will Setterfield". carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  6. "Pick #5: Will Setterfield". GWSGiants.com.au. Bigpond. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  7. "Tomorrow's heroes: Will Setterfield, the tall mid who can do it all". afl.com.au. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  8. Cordy, Neil (21 July 2017). "Will Setterfield will make his AFL debut for GWS against Richmond". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  9. Sewell, Eliza (12 October 2017). "Isabel Huntington could be snapped up Western Bulldogs or Collingwood in AFLW draft". News.com.au. News Corp Australia. Herald Sun. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  10. https://www.afl.com.au/news/42095/big-move-a-big-plus-for-nsw-draft-hope-will-setterfield
  11. Wu, Andrew (18 May 2019). "The lessons young Blue Setterfield learned as a Giant". The Age. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  12. "Blues, Giants settle on trade for young mid". afl.com.au. Bigpond. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  13. "Get to know: Will Setterfield". carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  14. "AFL Tables - Will Setterfield statistics". AFL Tables.
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