Mitch Wallis

Mitch Wallis
Wallis in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Mitchell Wallis
Date of birth (1992-10-24) 24 October 1992 (age 32)
Original team(s) Calder Cannons (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 22 (F/S), 2010 national draft
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder / Full-forward
Club information
Current club Western Bulldogs
Number 3
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2011–2022 Western Bulldogs 162 (107)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 12, 2022.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mitchell Wallis (born 24 October 1992) is an Australian rules footballer who last played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the son of former Bulldogs legend Stephen Wallis.[1]

Originally from Melbourne, Victoria, and graduating from St Kevin's College in 2010, Wallis was drafted to the Bulldogs from the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup with the 22nd selection in the 2010 AFL Draft as a father–son selection, after Port Adelaide nominated their intention to draft him with first-round pick (pick 16) if available.[1]

Wallis has served as the Western Bulldogs' vice-captain under Marcus Bontempelli from the 2021 AFL season onward.[2]

Early football

He captained Vic Metro in the 2010 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships, where he averaged 28 disposals at 83 per cent efficiency in three matches before being injured. He also captained his school's (St Kevin's College) First XVIII team, and represented them at the APS vs AGS representative game.[3] In prior years, he played junior football for St Bernard’s Football Club in the Western Region Football League.

In the 2010 TAC Cup Grand Final, he had 47 disposals and was awarded best on ground, in the Cannons 58 point defeat of Gippsland Power.[4]

AFL career

He made his AFL debut for the Bulldogs in Round 5 of the 2011 AFL season against Fremantle at Patersons Stadium, as the substitute player, replacing Tom Williams at three-quarter time.[5] In round 4 of the 2012 AFL season Wallis was rewarded with a nomination for the 2012 AFL Rising Star.[6]

On 23 July 2016 Wallis suffered a sickening leg injury in which he kicked the lower part of his left leg with his right foot while being tackled by Shane Savage midway through the final quarter of the Western Bulldogs' 15-point loss to St Kilda, causing both the tibia and fibula to break. The injury ended his season, and he subsequently missed out on the club's premiership win in October.[7]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 6, 2022
Legend
  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
2011 Western Bulldogs 3 6 0 2 34 38 72 17 25 0.0 0.3 5.7 6.3 12.0 2.8 4.2 0
2012 Western Bulldogs 3 19 7 3 167 257 424 68 79 0.4 0.2 8.8 13.5 22.3 3.6 4.2 0
2013 Western Bulldogs 3 18 6 1 140 192 332 28 89 0.3 0.1 7.8 10.7 18.4 1.6 4.9 0
2014 Western Bulldogs 3 13 2 2 77 137 214 19 57 0.2 0.2 5.9 10.5 16.5 1.5 4.4 0
2015 Western Bulldogs 3 20 15 13 205 263 468 66 95 0.8 0.7 10.3 13.2 23.4 3.3 4.8 8
2016 Western Bulldogs 3 17 11 6 155 233 388 45 57 0.7 0.4 9.1 13.7 22.8 2.7 3.4 5
2017 Western Bulldogs 3 12 7 5 86 162 248 37 43 0.6 0.4 7.2 13.5 20.7 3.1 3.6 0
2018 Western Bulldogs 3 18 20 3 143 242 385 59 71 1.1 0.2 7.9 13.4 21.4 3.3 3.9 0
2019 Western Bulldogs 3 10 8 5 99 119 218 36 27 0.8 0.5 9.9 11.9 21.8 3.6 2.7 2
2020[a] Western Bulldogs 3 18 25 14 83 83 166 42 32 1.4 0.8 4.6 4.6 9.2 2.3 1.8 2
2021 Western Bulldogs 3 6 4 2 28 33 61 20 10 0.7 0.3 4.7 5.5 10.2 3.3 1.7 0
2022 Western Bulldogs 3 5 2 3 12 8 20 6 5 0.7 1.0 4.0 2.7 6.7 2.0 1.7 0
Career 162 107 59 1229 1767 2996 443 590 0.7 0.4 7.7 11.0 18.7 2.8 3.7 17

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

References

  1. ^ a b "'Dogs secure Wallis, Liberatore". Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Wallis appointed as Bont's deputy for 2021". 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  3. ^ Draft combine: medium midfielders
  4. ^ Wallis Impresses with 47-touch TAC Cup GF
  5. ^ Lower leaves it late for Freo Archived 27 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Holmesby, Luke. "Son of a 'Scray". AFL BigPond Network. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  7. ^ Higgins, Ben; Rendall, Michael; Salemme, Kate (24 July 2016). "Mitch Wallis suffers broken leg, Jack Redpath, Dale Morris also injured for Western Bulldogs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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