118 players with multicultural background on AFL lists
- Monday, June 25 2012 @ 05:21 pm ACST
- Contributed by: Troy Thompson
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The AFL have published a list of multicultural players currently on AFL lists (international scholarship list not included). A total of 118 players from a multicultural background (i.e. having at least one parent born overseas) are among the 841 players on AFL lists in 2012. Of those 118, twenty one were born overseas. See the full list below.
| Player name | Player born overseas | Parents born overseas | Parents born overseas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mother | Father | ||
| Adelaide Crows | |||
| Ben Rutten | New Zealand | Holland | |
| Brodie Smith | England | Scotland | |
| Brad Symes | Bermuda | ||
| Nathan van Berlo | New Zealand | New Zealand | |
| Michael Doughty | England | ||
| Brisbane Lions | |||
| Mitch Golby | England | ||
| Pearce Hanley | England | Wales | Ireland |
| Ryan Harwood | England | ||
| Ryan Lester | England | South Africa | |
| Matthew Leuenberger | Switzerland | ||
| Niall McKeever | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland |
| Simon Black | New Zealand | ||
| Ben Hudson | Canada | ||
| Sam Docherty | Scotland | ||
| Dayne Zorko | Yugoslavia | ||
| Carlton | |||
| Paul Bower | New Zealand | ||
| Shaun Hampson | England | ||
| Jordan Russell | New Zealand | ||
| Zach Tuohy | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland |
| Collingwood | |||
| Paul Cribbin | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland |
| Alan Didak | Croatia | Croatia | |
| Seamus McNamara | USA | USA | USA |
| Harry O'Brien | Brazil | Brazil | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Steele Sidebottom | England | ||
| Caolan Mooney | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland |
| Marley Williams | New Zealand | ||
| Martin Clarke | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland |
| Essendon | |||
| David Zaharakis | Greece | ||
| Mark Baguley | England | ||
| Fremantle | |||
| Jack Anthony | England | ||
| Greg Broughton | New Zealand | ||
| Zach Clarke | USA | ||
| Garrick Ibbotson | England | ||
| Chris Mayne | England | ||
| Tendai Mzungu | Zimbabwe | ||
| Alex Silvagni | India | ||
| Hayden Crozier | Sri Lanka | ||
| Anthony Morabito | Italy | ||
| Jay van Berlo | New Zealand | New Zealand | |
| Geelong Cats | |||
| Matthew Scarlett | England | ||
| Jordan Schroder | Scotland | ||
| Billie Smedts | England | Holland | |
| Cam Eardley | England | England | |
| Gold Coast Suns | |||
| Tom Nicholls | Fiji | ||
| Danny Stanley | England | ||
| Joel Wilkinson | England | ||
| Aaron Hall | Fiji | ||
| Daniel Gorringe | Yugoslavia | England | |
| David Swallow | Netherlands | England | |
| Karmichael Hunt | New Zealand | New Zealand | New Zealand |
| GWS Giants | |||
| Phil Davis | England | ||
| Israel Folau | Tonga | Tonga | |
| Setanta O'hAilpin | Fiji | Ireland | |
| Rhys Palmer | Scotland | ||
| Stephen Coniglio | England | ||
| Hawthorn | |||
| Josh Gibson | West Indies | ||
| David Hale | Holland | ||
| Alex Woodard | Phillipines | ||
| Sam Mitchell | New Zealand | ||
| Paul Puopolo | Italy | ||
| Shane Savage | New Zealand | New Zealand | New Zealand |
| Liam Shiels | Ireland | ||
| Melbourne | |||
| Max Gawn | New Zealand | New Zealand | |
| Jack Watts | England | England | |
| James Magner | Ireland | Ireland | |
| North Melbourne | |||
| Liam Anthony | England | ||
| Majak Daw | Sudan | Sudan | Sudan |
| Aaron Edwards | Western Samoa | Western Samoa | New Zealand |
| Michael Firrito | Italy | Italy | |
| Andrew Swallow | England | ||
| Ben Speight | England | ||
| Port Adelaide | |||
| Alipate Carlile | Fiji | Fuji | |
| Cameron O'Shea | Ireland | ||
| Jasper Pittard | New Zealand | ||
| David Rodan | Fiji | Fiji | Tonga |
| Steven Salopek | Croatia | Croatia | |
| Paul Stewart | Scotland | ||
| Jacob Surjan | Croatia | Croatia | |
| Aaron Young | England | Scotland | |
| Brent Renouf | New Zealand | New Zealand | |
| Richmond | |||
| Jake Batchelor | Wales | ||
| Reece Conca | Italy | ||
| Bachar Houli | Lebanon | Lebanon | |
| Ivan Maric | Croatia | Croatia | |
| Addam Maric | Croatia | ||
| Robin Nahas | Lebanon | Lebanon | |
| Piva Wright | Samoa | Samoa | |
| Ben Darrou | Morocco | ||
| St Kilda | |||
| Jason Blake | Poland | England | |
| Farren Ray | England | ||
| Nick Riewoldt | Germany | ||
| Ahmed Saad | Egypt | Egypt | |
| James Gwilt | PNG | Wales | |
| Cameron Shenton | England | ||
| Daniel Markworth | Germany | ||
| Sydney Swans | |||
| Trent Dennis-Lane | Burma | ||
| Heath Grundy | New Zealand | ||
| Eugene Kruger | South Africa | South Africa | South Africa |
| Nick Malceski | Macedonia | ||
| Jarrad McVeigh | England | ||
| Mike Pyke | Canada | Canada | Canada |
| Tommy Walsh | Ireland | Ireland | Ireland |
| West Coast Eagles | |||
| Bradd Dalziell | England | ||
| Jack Darling | South Africa | ||
| Andrew Embley | Burma | ||
| Anton Hamp | England | Germany | |
| Daniel Kerr | India | ||
| Nic Naitanui | Fiji | Fiji | |
| Mark Nicoski | Croatia | Macedonia | |
| Western Bulldogs | |||
| Matthew Panos | Greece | ||
| Patrick Veszpremi | Hungary | ||
| Jason Johannissen | South Africa | Zambia | South Africa |
| James Mulligan | Ireland | ||
| Alex Greenwood | Phillipines | ||
| Lin Jong | Taiwan | East Timor | |
| Daniel Pearce | New Zealand | Holland | New Zealand |
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