| Pearce Hanley | |||
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 Hanley playing for Gold Coast in June 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Pearce Hanley | ||
| Born | (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 (age 37) England | ||
| Original team | Ballaghaderreen (club)/Mayo (county team) | ||
| Draft | No. 38,2008 rookie draft | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
| Position | Midfielder / Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2008–2016 | Brisbane Lions | 129 (58) | |
| 2017–2020 | Gold Coast | 40 (1) | |
| Total | 169 (60) | ||
| International team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2011, 2014 | Ireland | 2 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2020. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 2014. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Pearce Hanley (born 1988 inEngland) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played for theGold Coast Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL). He previously played with theBrisbane Lions from 2008 to 2016. A formerGaelic footballer, he played for theMayo county team and is fromBallaghaderreen, where he playedhis club football.
Hanley was born inEngland to anIrish father and aWelsh mother.[1][2] He and his family moved toBallaghaderreen inCounty Roscommon at a young age. He is one of six siblings in his immediate family.
Pearce made his senior debut in 2007 againstCavan.[3] Hanley had previously won the Ron Barassi Medal for the best player of theInternational Rules Series for the Irish U-17 international rules team against Australia in 2005.[4] It was there that he was first scouted by recruiters from Australia and he was targeted for recruitment by the Brisbane Lions as being a potential AFL player.
In 2007, Pearce was signed by the Brisbane Lions, and put on therookie list with a view of converting him to Australian rules football.[5] At the Lions, he was mentored by fellow IrishmanColm Begley who had previously played with the club for a season. Hanley made rapid progress and his adaptation to Australian football was almost as rapid as Begley's. He impressed in an early intra-club hit-out and was a solid performer for theSuncoast Lions.
Called up by coachLeigh Matthews, he made his debut in the final Lions home match in 2008 against theCarlton Football Club in front of a crowd of 35,000 at theBrisbane Cricket Ground, replacing Begley in the side.[6] At the end of the 2009 season, Hanley was elevated to the Lions' senior list.
Hanley went on to become an integral part of the Lions' side as a highly damaging rebound defender. In round 18,2014 inQClash8 Hanley amassed a whopping 44 touches and won the Marcus Ashcroft Medal.
At the conclusion of the 2016 season, Hanley was traded to the Gold Coast Football Club.[7]
In September 2020, Hanley announced his retirement from AFL, effective immediately.
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 | ||||
| 2008 | Brisbane Lions | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 5 | 13.5 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| 2009 | Brisbane Lions | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | Brisbane Lions | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 61 | 139 | 32 | 26 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 15.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 2011 | Brisbane Lions | 11 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 299 | 150 | 449 | 130 | 54 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 13.6 | 6.8 | 20.4 | 5.9 | 2.5 |
| 2012 | Brisbane Lions | 11 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 314 | 147 | 461 | 119 | 53 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.3 | 6.7 | 21.0 | 5.4 | 2.4 |
| 2013 | Brisbane Lions | 11 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 296 | 134 | 430 | 98 | 50 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 14.8 | 6.7 | 21.5 | 4.9 | 2.5 |
| 2014 | Brisbane Lions | 11 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 310 | 194 | 504 | 96 | 81 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 15.5 | 9.7 | 25.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 2015 | Brisbane Lions | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 151 | 88 | 239 | 58 | 33 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 13.7 | 8.0 | 21.7 | 5.3 | 3.0 |
| 2016 | Brisbane Lions | 11 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 269 | 197 | 466 | 91 | 83 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 12.2 | 9.0 | 21.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Career | 129 | 58 | 56 | 1737 | 988 | 2725 | 634 | 386 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 13.5 | 7.7 | 21.1 | 4.9 | 3.0 | ||
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