Ethan Phillips (footballer)

Ethan Phillips
Phillips in 2025
Personal information
Full name Ethan Phillips
Date of birth (1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 (age 25)
Original team(s) Oakleigh Chargers
Debut 20 May 2024, Hawthorn vs. Port Adelaide, at Adelaide Oval
Height 197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)[1]
Position(s) Key defender
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
2024 Hawthorn 1 (0)
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ethan Phillips (born 17 July 1999) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Career

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Phillips joined the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup in 2016 and stayed with the club in 2017.[1]

In 2018, he joined Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL), playing in 15 games and avering 11.5 intercept possessions.[1] The same year, he also played for St Kevin's Old Boys in the Victorian Amateur Football Association in the club's premiership-winning team.[2]

In 2022, Phillips was awarded the Fothergill–Round–Mitchell Medal as the most promising young talent in the VFL.[3] He averaged 17.3 disposals in his 18 games for Port Melbourne in 2023.[4]

Ahead of the 2024 VFL season, Phillips joined Box Hill in December 2023.[5]

AFL

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On 17 February 2024, Hawthorn announced they had signed Phillips to the club's rookie list in the pre-season supplemental selection period (SSP).[4] Phillips was signed after Hawthorn defender James Blanck suffered an ACL injury, which meant he would miss the entire 2024 AFL season.[6]

Phillips continued to play in the VFL for Box Hill at the start of the 2024 season.[7] He made his AFL debut in round 10 against Port Adelaide.[8] Phillips played just the one match before being delisted at the end of the season.[9]

Post-AFL

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Following his delisting, Phillips joined Carlton's reserves team in the VFL.[10]

Statistics

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Updated to the end of 2024.[1][7][11]

Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2024 Hawthorn 37 1 0 0 6 4 10 3 1 0.0 0.0 6.0 4.0 10.4 3.0 1.0
1 0 0 6 4 10 3 1 0.0 0.0 6.0 4.0 10.4 3.0 1.0

Honours and achievements

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Hawthorn

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "#23 Ethan Phillips". Rookie Me.
  2. ^ "Easy does it". St Kevin's Old Boys Football Club. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024.
  3. ^ "2022 VFL and VFLW Awards: Gribble and Nanscawen go back-to-back". afl.com.au. 13 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Remarkable 17-year AFL draft streak still alive as Hawks hand lifeline to VFL star". Fox Sports.
  5. ^ "Hawks sign VFL gun to replace sidelined defender". AFL.com.au. 17 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Hawks sign VFL gun Phillips". Hawthorn Football Club. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Ethan Phillips". VFL Stats. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  8. ^ Gabelich, Josh. "Hawks name debutant, defender to make long-awaited return". AFL.com.au.
  9. ^ "Former top-10 pick, pre-season recruit among three Hawks axed". afl.com.au. 18 October 2024.
  10. ^ Filippo, Cristian (2 December 2024). "VFL news: Blues confirm signing of Ethan Phillips". Carlton Football Club. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Ethan Phillips". GameDay. 14 September 2019. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.