Isaac Weetra

Isaac Weetra
Isaac Weetra
Personal information
Full name	Isaac Weetra
Date of birth	27 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Whyalla
Original team(s)	Port Adelaide Magpies
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
2007–2008	Melbourne
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008.
Career highlights
	Under 18 Indigenous Australia tour to South Africa; Naish Travers Medallist 2005;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Isaac Weetra (born 27 February 1989) is a semi-professional Australian rules footballer.

He is notable for his brief Australian Football League (AFL) stint, playing with the Melbourne Demons.

Early life

In 2006 he represented Australia's indigenous youth on tour to South Africa with the "Flying Boomerangs" to play against the South African Buffaloes.^[1]

Weetra was recruited from Port Adelaide Magpies in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) with selection number 62 in the 2006 AFL Draft. In 2005, he was awarded the Naish Travers Medal for best on ground during the Whyalla Football League Grand Final, playing for his club West Whyalla. Weetra’s older brother Paul won the 2007 T.A Evans medal for the reserves league best & fairest playing for his club South Whyalla.

AFL

Weetra debuted in the AFL in round 1, 2008 against Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He was dropped after his second game against the Western Bulldogs and played the rest of the season for Melbourne's VFL-affiliate, Sandringham in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Weetra was delisted by Melbourne at the conclusion of the 2008 season.^[2]

Post AFL

Weetra returned to the Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL for the start of the 2009 season.

References

^ AFL Record. Round 9, 2008. pg 10
^ "Demons clearing the decks". Sportal. 4 September 2008. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2010.