Player Watch #14 Callum Mills (c)

[Kennedy Parker]

Callum Mills

Callum Mills

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Callum Mills

Age

28

Ht

188cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

287.0

4star

D

18.4

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

3.4

4star

MG

293.4

4star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.8

5star

MG

284.4

5star

is one of the best young players in the AFL. The QBE Sydney Swans Academy graduate won the 2016 AFL Rising Star award and was selected in the AFL Players’ Association’s 22Under22 team in three of his four eligible years. Mills is a small defender with uncompromising courage who’s also capable of shifting through the midfield. The New South Welshman was elevated to Sydney’s leadership group during the 2018 pre-season at the age of just 21, and he’s now a member of a five-man leadership panel alongside co-captains Josh Kennedy, Luke Parker

26

Luke Parker

Age

32

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

and Dane Rampe

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Dane Rampe

Age

34

Ht

187cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

2.5

4star

MG

358.8

5star

D

14.1

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.1

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

284.5

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.4

4star

, as well as Lance Franklin.

Callum Mills

14

Callum Mills

Age

28

Ht

188cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

287.0

4star

D

18.4

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

3.4

4star

MG

293.4

4star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.8

5star

MG

284.4

5star

DOB: 02 April 1997
DEBUT: 2016
DRAFT: #3, 2015 National Draft
RECRUITED FROM: North Shore (NSW)

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[Adnico26Parker]

To be fair, I'd bet they'd probably all be out right now anyway with the exception of Heeney.

 

[The King!]

Yep for me it's purely about him being on the park. I think the captain can only captain from the stands for so long before the team starts to need you out there.

I think for a change during the year it would need to at least appear to be his call.

 

[The King!]

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Heeney

 

[MF]

Bet we don’t see him this season

Can’t even get to full training atm

His body could seriously be cooked , if its not a hammy it’s a calf etc etc

Yeah chronic soft tissue injuries at this stage of his career are not a good sign. Give him this season then make a call at seasons end on the captaincy though I think. It's not like there's clear standouts to take it right now, whereas in another 6 months there might be.

 

[SeanM]

If there is no obvious replacement as sole captain. I think it is easier to keep mills as captain. And just let one of the vice captains lead the team each week.

Guys like Heeney and Papley may not even want to take over the role permanently. And I am not sure I would want to change things mid season.

 

[Deccas]

The bright side is when he does get back (round 8-10 I reckon) he'll feel like a new player.

We've still never seen the Heeney mills midfield combo I've been waiting for since I heard mills was hot shit in his draft year.

Hopefully we are able to give Heeney some weeks here and there and have a fresh lost for the finals.

 

[Adnico26Parker]

From today's presser:

"The thing with Callum is he's turned the corner dramatically the last four or five days, he had a really good session on Tuesday on the training deck and pulled up really well.

"He has had a tough two years, so for him, he understands what he's got to do, now it's just about hopefully his body allowing him to do that."

 

[The King!]

From today's presser:

"The thing with Callum is he's turned the corner dramatically the last four or five days, he had a really good session on Tuesday on the training deck and pulled up really well.

"He has had a tough two years, so for him, he understands what he's got to do, now it's just about hopefully his body allowing him to do that."

Unfortunately he twisted his ankle going around the corner so dramatically and is now 4-6 weeks further away.

 

[Callipygian]

Unfortunately he twisted his ankle going around the corner so dramatically and is now 4-6 weeks further away.

Wicked. But funny. But wicked.