| Sam Clohesy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Sam Clohesy | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-12-12)12 December 2002 (age 22) | ||
| Original team(s) | Werribee (VFL) /Calder Cannons (Talent League) /Gold Coast Suns Academy (Talent League) /Coolangatta (QFA) | ||
| Draft | No. 4,2024 rookie draft | ||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Gold Coast | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2024– | Gold Coast | 22 (6) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 3, 2025. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Sam Clohesy is a professionalAustralian rules footballer who was selected by theGold Coast Suns with the fourth pick in the2024 rookie draft.[1]
Clohesy spent the early years of his life inGeelong where he began his football journey atSt Joseph's.[2] His family on his mother's side is fromSouth Africa.[3] In 2016, his father accepted the role of head master atMount Saint Patrick College and the family subsequently relocated 20km south of theQueensland-New South Wales border to theNorthern Rivers region.[4] Clohesy then began playing football for theCoolangatta Blues in the juniorGold Coast league[5] and shortly after joined theGold Coast Suns Academy for the following three years. His stint on the Gold Coast entailed multiple representative honours, which included representing the Suns at the U16 Academy Championships[6] as well as Queensland at the U16 National Championships alongside futureAFL teammateAlex Davies.[7]
A year later he returned to Victoria with his family and began playing for theCalder Cannons in theTalent League in an attempt to further his chances of being drafted into the AFL.[8] Clohesy went undrafted in 2020–21 and subsequently signed to play forWerribee in theVFL.[9] He played a starring role in Werribee's run to the2023 VFL Grand Final[10] and was awarded theFothergill–Round–Mitchell Medal for his outstanding season which culminated in Clohesy being rookie drafted by theGold Coast Suns in November 2023.[11]
His brotherTed Clohesy plays forGeelong in the AFL.[12]
Clohesy made his AFL debut for the Suns in round 4 of the2024 season against theGreater Western Sydney Giants.[13] He played 20 games in his first season and averaged an impressive 16.2 disposals.[14] The emerging wingman signed an extension to his rookie contract until the end of 2026.[15]
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 | Gold Coast | 33 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 204 | 119 | 323 | 83 | 47 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 10.2 | 6.0 | 16.2 | 4.2 | 2.4 |
| Career | 20 | 6 | 1 | 204 | 119 | 323 | 83 | 47 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 10.2 | 6.0 | 16.2 | 4.2 | 2.4 | ||
