Bernie Vince

Bernie Vince
Vince playing for Melbourne in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Bernard Vince
Date of birth (1985-10-02) 2 October 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Stansbury, South Australia
Original team(s) Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL)
Draft No. 32, 2005 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2006, Adelaide vs. Collingwood, at Telstra Dome
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2006–2013 Adelaide 129 0(80)
2014–2018 Melbourne 100 0(33)
Total 229 (113)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2011 Australia 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2018.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2011.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bernard Vince (born 2 October 1985) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has since become involved in the football media, working for Triple M and Fox Footy.

At the time of his retirement, Vince was only one of seven players in VFL/AFL history to have played 100 or more games at two clubs and win the best and fairest award at both clubs.[1]

Playing career

Originally from Stansbury on the Yorke Peninsula, Vince grew up on the family farm with four younger sisters and attended school at Minlaton District School until his senior years, which were spent in Adelaide at Prince Alfred College where he represented the school in the Open A Grade football and cricket teams.

Vince originally played Australian Rules football for the CMS Crows. After an unsuccessful stint in the SANFL, he returned to Stansbury, but eventually Woodville-West Torrens gave him a chance to play in the SANFL firsts—successfully played four games–including 3 finals. Vince was selected by the Adelaide Football Club in the 2005 national draft with pick 32.

Vince played all pre-season NAB Cup games in 2006, and debuted later that year—playing ten games in his first two seasons. He played six consecutive games early in 2007 before missing the rest of the season due to form and injury.

Vince warming up before a pre-season match in February 2017

2008 saw Vince become a consistent member of Adelaide's young midfield, capable of going forward as well. One such performance earned him the Showdown Medal in Showdown XXIV against rivals Port Adelaide, despite being one of several Crows to take heavy knocks in the six-point victory. In round 11 against Richmond, he exceeded 30 disposals for the first time—also kicking 3 goals—as Adelaide won by 50 points. He has continued this form in 2009, being one of the club's, and league's, leading possession-getters. Vince topped a great season by winning the Adelaide Crows Best and Fairest award in 2009.[2]

In 2007 and 2010 Vince was suspended by Adelaide for missing curfews.[3][4] Prior to the start of the 2012 AFL season, Vince was reprimanded, but not suspended, after reportedly stripping down to his underwear in a pub after celebrating his cricket team winning the championship. Vince had played for the Stansbury, South Australia for most of the season, but Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson prevented him from playing in the final to avoid any chance of injury so close to the AFL season.[5]

Vince was traded to the Melbourne Demons during the 2013 Trade Period.[6]

In 2015, he won the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal as Melbourne's best and fairest, polling one vote ahead of Jack Viney.[7]

Personal life

Vince married Abbie Noonan in 2017. They have one son, Harvey and two daughters, Olivia and Charlotte.[8]

Statistics

[9]
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
2006 Adelaide 28 4 1 1 15 13 28 10 4 0.3 0.3 3.8 3.3 7.0 2.5 1.0
2007 Adelaide 28 6 1 4 28 31 59 15 15 0.2 0.7 4.7 5.2 9.8 2.5 2.5
2008 Adelaide 17 21 15 10 217 161 378 100 50 0.7 0.5 10.3 7.7 18.0 4.8 2.4
2009 Adelaide 17 24 14 10 336 323 659 142 66 0.6 0.4 14.0 13.5 27.5 5.9 2.8
2010 Adelaide 17 16 7 1 226 154 380 78 41 0.4 0.1 14.1 9.6 23.8 4.9 2.6
2011 Adelaide 17 17 11 8 227 163 390 69 33 0.6 0.5 13.4 9.6 22.9 4.1 1.9
2012 Adelaide 17 20 18 10 293 121 414 83 34 0.9 0.5 14.7 6.1 20.7 4.2 1.7
2013 Adelaide 17 21 13 11 284 148 432 87 68 0.6 0.5 13.5 7.0 20.6 4.1 3.2
2014 Melbourne 23 22 13 14 361 170 531 100 76 0.6 0.6 16.4 7.7 24.1 4.5 3.5
2015 Melbourne 23 21 11 6 307 212 519 57 101 0.5 0.3 14.6 10.1 24.7 2.7 4.8
2016 Melbourne 23 21 6 10 357 177 534 81 65 0.3 0.5 17.0 8.4 25.4 3.9 3.1
2017 Melbourne 23 19 2 4 263 140 403 73 55 0.1 0.2 13.8 7.4 21.2 3.8 2.9
2018 Melbourne 23 17 1 1 172 101 273 43 42 0.1 0.1 10.1 5.9 16.1 2.5 2.5
Career 229 113 90 3086 1914 5000 938 650 0.5 0.4 13.5 8.4 21.9 4.1 2.8

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Bernie's back! Retired Demon returns to the Melbourne Football Club in a new role". foxsports.com.au. 4 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Vince joins Adelaide club greats". The Advertiser.
  3. ^ Brettig, Daniel (8 August 2007). "Adelaide trio suspended". Archived from the original on 14 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Crows suspend three players for breaches". The Age. Melbourne. 17 May 2010.
  5. ^ Rucci, Michelangelo (13 March 2012). "No Vince suspension but Crows unimpressed with boxer shorts incident". The Advertiser.
  6. ^ Ryan, Peter (18 October 2013). "Melbourne swoops on Vince". AFL Bigpond.
  7. ^ Guthrie, Ben (11 September 2015). "Vince ends Jones' streak for maiden Demons crown". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  8. ^ Iannella, Antimo (20 February 2019). "Bernie Vince welcomes first child, a baby boy called Harvey". adelaidenow.com.au.
  9. ^ "Bernie Vince". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
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