| Sam Taylor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | (1999-05-05)5 May 1999 (age 26) | ||
| Original team | Swan Districts(WAFL) | ||
| Draft | 28, 2017 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 11, 2018,Greater Western Sydney vs.Adelaide, atAdelaide Oval | ||
| Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||
| Position | Key defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Greater Western Sydney | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2018– | Greater Western Sydney | 130 (2) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 24, 2025. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Sam Taylor (born 5 May 1999) is a professionalAustralian rules footballer playing for theGreater Western Sydney Giants in theAustralian Football League (AFL). He is a tall defender.[1] Taylor made his debut in round 11 of the2018 season against theAdelaide Crows atAdelaide Oval.[2]
Originally fromBullsbrook, Western Australia, Taylor's parents are Susan and Graham. He is the third of the family's seven children and was educated atGuildford Grammar School.[3] He played at colts level forSwan Districts in theWest Australian Football League (WAFL) in 2016 and the first half of 2017 before transitioning to league level.[4] He is a graduate of the AFL Academy and played in theAFL Under 18 Championships for Western Australia, receiving All-Australian honours. He was drafted by the GWS Giants with pick 28 in the2017 national draft.[5]
Taylor made his debut in Round 11,2018, againstAdelaide. He played nearly a full season in2019, including making an appearance in GWS's first-ever (albeit unsuccessful)AFL Grand Final.
In theCOVID-affected2020 season, after just four games for the year, Taylor was admitted to hospital with what was later diagnosed asseptic arthritis in his pelvis and ankle. He was initially only expected to miss a month of football, but he ended up not playing for the rest of the season.[6][7][8]
Taylor played from the start of2021, but he had a six-game break after Round 10 due to an ankle injury.[9][10]
Taylor played 22 out of 23 games in2022, but a hamstring injury in2023 saw him miss seven games.[11]
In Round 5,2024, Taylor was knocked out cold, causing the game to be paused for about ten minutes until he was subbed out on a medical.The Age’s Andrew Wu wrote: "Sam Taylor is as brave a player as they come. Broadcasters not showing a replay for good reason. Genuinely frightening stuff."[12] GWS's head of football,Jason McCartney, provided an update on Taylor following the quarter-time break: "He’s been taken to Canberra hospital for further assessment[,] but he was conscious and speaking as he got in the ambulance. Obviously it didn’t look great, but he’s a courageous kid and he’s in the very best hands and he’ll be fine."[13]
Updated to the end of 2024.[14]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2018 | Greater Western Sydney | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 39 | 71 | 16 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Greater Western Sydney | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 121 | 236 | 84 | 36 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 10.7 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2020[a] | Greater Western Sydney | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2021 | Greater Western Sydney | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 109 | 273 | 116 | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 14.4 | 6.1 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2022 | Greater Western Sydney | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 145 | 335 | 132 | 59 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 15.2 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 1 |
| 2023 | Greater Western Sydney | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 120 | 238 | 93 | 38 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 13.2 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 3 |
| 2024 | Greater Western Sydney | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 113 | 218 | 85 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 12.1 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 2025 | Greater Western Sydney | 15 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 155 | 125 | 280 | 129 | 39 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 14.0 | 6.5 | 2.0 | |
| Career | 131 | 2 | 1 | 889 | 795 | 1684 | 666 | 280 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 12.9 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 6 | ||
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