Beau Muston

Beau Muston
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-03-01) 1 March 1987 (age 37)
Original team(s) Shepparton United/Murray Bushrangers
Draft No. 22, 2005 national draft
Debut Round 9, 2009, Hawthorn vs. Melbourne, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2006–2010 Hawthorn 13 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2010.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Beau Muston (born 1 March 1987) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Muston is an inside midfielder who during the TAC Cup in 2005, averaged 23 disposals and nine contested possessions which included six hardball-gets. Muston suffered the first of three serious knee injuries in 2005. Muston was drafted by the Hawks with pick 22 in the 2005 AFL draft,[1] despite coming off a knee reconstruction and needed further surgery after an examination showed the graft and screws had loosened.[2] This meant he could not play at all in 2006.

In 2007, Muston played with the Box Hill Hawks, the Victorian Football League team associated with Hawthorn. Muston was expected to make his debut at senior level in 2008 but during a pre-season match against Adelaide on 1 March 2008, Muston fell to the ground while going for a tackle and limped off after he suffered another setback to his knee by tearing the reconstructed ACL, and was on the sidelines for the rest of the 2008 season.[2]

After three ACL reconstructions to his knee, Muston made an excellent debut with the Hawks on 24 May 2009 against Melbourne at the MCG, racking up 31 disposals (24 kicks, 7 handballs), a goal.

Muston played five games in a row before getting dropped after a poor game against West Coast Eagles. He returned to the side in round 20 and was one of the better players in the round 22 loss to Essendon. He finished the season with 146 disposals from eight games. Hawthorn fans were impressed with Muston's debut because of his remarkable kicking accuracy. Muston is now the captain of the Box Hill Hawks

Muston was de-listed by Hawthorn at the end of the 2010 football season.[3]

Statistics

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
2006 Hawthorn 39 0 0
2007 Hawthorn 17 0 0
2008 Hawthorn 17 0 0
2009 Hawthorn 17 8 2 3 80 66 146 39 20 0.3 0.4 10.0 8.3 18.3 4.9 2.5 0
2010 Hawthorn 17 5 6 2 23 25 48 9 9 1.2 0.4 4.6 5.0 9.6 1.8 1.8 0
Career[4] 13 8 5 103 91 194 48 29 0.6 0.4 7.9 7.0 14.9 3.7 2.2 0

References

  1. ^ "Discards Rejected Again". Vicfootball.com.au. 27 November 2005. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Young Hawks star Muston out for season". News.brisbanetimes.com.au. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Muston, Skipper delisted as Hawks clear deck for draft". The Age. Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Beau Muston". AFLTables. Retrieved 12 September 2021.