Cameron Wood (born 4 March 1987) is a former professional
Australian rules footballer who played for the
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL).
The club was formed in late 1996 via a merger of the Melbourne-based 1883 foundation VFL c ...
,
Collingwood Football Club and
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition.
Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Me ...
in the
Australian Football League (AFL).
Brisbane Lions
He was recruited as the number 18 draft pick in the
2004 AFL Draft from
West Adelaide. He made his debut for the
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL).
The club was formed in late 1996 via a merger of the Melbourne-based 1883 foundation VFL c ...
in Round 5, 2005 against
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Football L ...
. In
Round 2, 2007, he earned an
AFL Rising Star
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nomination for his efforts in a 52-point victory over
St Kilda playing as a
ruckman.
Collingwood
On 11 October 2007, Wood was officially traded to Collingwood for the Magpies' highest draft selection, number 14. Collingwood acquired Wood to bolster their ruck division and provide back up for
Josh Fraser
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* "Josh", an early pseudonym of S ...
.
Wood played few games in the Magpies 2010 premiership season and 2011 season due in large to the teams ruck options being bolstered by the recruitment of Darren Jolly and the decision to play utility Leigh Brown as second ruckman. With Fraser's departure to the Gold Coast Suns and Leigh Brown's retirement. Wood was kept out of the Magpie's side for most of the 2012 season with Chris Dawes and Darren Jolly playing as ruckmen for most of the season, he only managed to play in 6 matches.
Wood was delisted on 29 October 2012 after 48 games for Collingwood. During the
2013 season, he played for
Williamstown in the
VFL.
Carlton
On 27 November 2013 Wood was recruited by Carlton Football Club in the rookie draft. He made his debut for Carlton on 18 July 2014 in an upset win over North Melbourne, in what was his first AFL game since round 22 of the 2012 home and away season. He took seven marks and won 26 hit-outs as well as 10 disposals in an impressive return to AFL football. In a post-match interview with CFC TV after the win Wood said, 'this time last year playing AFL again was one of the last things on my mind'. He played the last six games of the season, and was a regular in Carlton's ruck rotation in 2015, playing eighteen games.
The recruitments of ruckmen
Andrew Phillips and
Daniel Gorringe
Daniel Gorringe (born 2 June 1992) is an Australian media personality and former professional Australian rules footballer who played for and .
After being drafted from the Norwood Football Club, he made his Australian Football League debut for ...
prior to the 2016 season pushed Wood down Carlton's depth chart, and he did not play a senior game in 2016. At the conclusion of the 2016 season, he announced his retirement from the AFL.
Post-football
Prior to winning quiz show
The Chase Australia
''The Chase Australia'' is an Australian television quiz show
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in 2017, Wood announced that he was studying to become a teacher.
Statistics
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2005
,
, 31 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 3 , , 4 , , 7 , , 3 , , 2 , , 8 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 3.0 , , 4.0 , , 7.0 , , 3.0 , , 2.0 , , 8.0
, -
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2006
,
, 31 , , 7 , , 0 , , 0 , , 21 , , 28 , , 49 , , 25 , , 10 , , 73 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 3.0 , , 4.0 , , 7.0 , , 3.6 , , 1.4 , , 10.4
, - style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2007
,
, 31 , , 8 , , 0 , , 0 , , 23 , , 23 , , 46 , , 21 , , 14 , , 97 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 2.9 , , 2.9 , , 5.8 , , 2.6 , , 1.8 , , 12.1
, -
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2008
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,
, 19 , , 13 , , 6 , , 6 , , 58 , , 64 , , 122 , , 53 , , 20 , , 142 , , 0.5 , , 0.5 , , 4.5 , , 4.9 , , 9.4 , , 4.1 , , 1.5 , , 10.9
, - style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2009
,
, 19 , , 13 , , 4 , , 3 , , 84 , , 87 , , 171 , , 56 , , 29 , , 204 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 6.5 , , 6.7 , , 13.2 , , 4.3 , , 2.2 , , 15.7
, -
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2010
,
, 19 , , 4 , , 3 , , 1 , , 15 , , 20 , , 35 , , 8 , , 4 , , 42 , , 0.8 , , 0.3 , , 3.8 , , 5.0 , , 8.8 , , 2.0 , , 1.0 , , 10.5
, - style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2011
,
, 19 , , 12 , , 5 , , 1 , , 83 , , 67 , , 150 , , 38 , , 33 , , 265 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 6.9 , , 5.6 , , 12.5 , , 3.2 , , 2.8 , , 22.1
, -
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2012
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,
, 19 , , 6 , , 3 , , 0 , , 39 , , 38 , , 77 , , 22 , , 15 , , 132 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 6.5 , , 6.3 , , 12.8 , , 3.7 , , 2.5 , , 22.0
, - style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2014
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,
, 36 , , 6 , , 2 , , 2 , , 44 , , 23 , , 67 , , 26 , , 12 , , 143 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 7.3 , , 3.8 , , 11.2 , , 4.3 , , 2.0 , , 23.8
, -
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2015
,
, 36 , , 18 , , 5 , , 3 , , 108 , , 72 , , 180 , , 33 , , 34 , , 319 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 6.0 , , 4.0 , , 10.0 , , 1.8 , , 1.9 , , 17.7
, - style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,
2016
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,
, 36 , , 0 , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , —
, - class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3, Career
! 88
! 28
! 16
! 478
! 426
! 904
! 285
! 173
! 1425
! 0.3
! 0.2
! 5.4
! 4.8
! 10.3
! 3.2
! 2.0
! 16.2
References
External links
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Rising Star Article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Cameron
1987 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from South Australia
Brisbane Lions players
Collingwood Football Club players
Carlton Football Club players
West Adelaide Football Club players
Williamstown Football Club players
Preston Football Club (VFA) players