AFL By The Numbers: 18 Matthew Lloyd
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Matthew Lloyd.
Forward for the Essendon Bombers.
He has been a terror to groundsmen and full backs ever since he started in the AFL. He has kicked a lot of goals and thrown many blades of grass in the air.
The Bombers have always been stretching, exploiting and sometimes breaking the rules to get an advantage. When the Dockers were brought into the AFL there was a rule that if a team lost a player to them then that team could choose a young prospect. The Bombers enticed the Dockers by trading them some players and having the Dockers take the uncontracted Todd Ridley. The Bombers then used their compensation pick to take the young Lloyd. None of these moves would have happened if Matthew Lloyd's father had played a few more seasons with Carlton, as the father/son rule would then have delivered Lloyd into a forward line with Kernahan.
Joining the AFL at such a young age, it took Lloyd three seasons to become a contributing player to the Bombers' forward line. From 1995 until season 2000, Lloyd increased his goals tally every year. He kicked 109 goals in 2000, and then 105 goals in 2001.
Lloyd's highest total for goals in a single game is 13, and his best ever result for marks also occurred in the same game when he recorded 14.
Matthew Lloyd information:
192cm, 91kg
Official Essendon Profile
Wikipedia entry
Number 17
Matthew Lloyd.
Forward for the Essendon Bombers.
He has been a terror to groundsmen and full backs ever since he started in the AFL. He has kicked a lot of goals and thrown many blades of grass in the air.
The Bombers have always been stretching, exploiting and sometimes breaking the rules to get an advantage. When the Dockers were brought into the AFL there was a rule that if a team lost a player to them then that team could choose a young prospect. The Bombers enticed the Dockers by trading them some players and having the Dockers take the uncontracted Todd Ridley. The Bombers then used their compensation pick to take the young Lloyd. None of these moves would have happened if Matthew Lloyd's father had played a few more seasons with Carlton, as the father/son rule would then have delivered Lloyd into a forward line with Kernahan.
Joining the AFL at such a young age, it took Lloyd three seasons to become a contributing player to the Bombers' forward line. From 1995 until season 2000, Lloyd increased his goals tally every year. He kicked 109 goals in 2000, and then 105 goals in 2001.
Lloyd's highest total for goals in a single game is 13, and his best ever result for marks also occurred in the same game when he recorded 14.
Matthew Lloyd information:
192cm, 91kg
Official Essendon Profile
Wikipedia entry
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