Deven Robertson (born 30 June 2001) is a professional
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er playing for the
Brisbane Lions in the
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...
(AFL).
Early life
Robertson grew up in
Northam, Western Australia. He played junior football for Manning and also played at high school while boarding at
Aquinas College, Perth
, motto_translation = Truth ConquersMassam, p. 18
, location = Salter Point, Perth, Western Australia
, country = Australia
, patron = Saint Thomas Aquinas
, coordinates =
, pushpin_map = Australia Perth
, pushpin_image ...
.
His senior football was played with the
Perth Football Club
The Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is an Australian rules football club based in Lathlain, Western Australia, currently playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
Representing the south-east area of the Perth metropol ...
in the
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...
. In 2019 captained Western Australia at the
2019 AFL Under 18 Championships
The 2019 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships was the 24th edition of the AFL Under-18 Championships.
The tournament was played between five teams— Allies, South Australia, Vic Country, Vic Metro and Western Australia—playing each other acros ...
and won the
Larke Medal as the best player in the tournament. His performance saw him selected by the Brisbane lions with their first pick in the
2019 AFL draft
The 2019 AFL draft consists of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2019 AFL season.
Key dates
Mid-season rookie draft
The first mid-s ...
.
AFL Career
Robertson made his debut in Round 1 of the
2020 AFL season
The 2020 AFL season was the 124th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season feature ...
against
Hawthorn
Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to:
Plants
* '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae
* ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ...
at the MCG. He played 15 games in 2021 and earned a two-year contract extension. He made eight appearances in 2022 including all three of Brisbane’s finals. He played 18 games in 2023, including a grand final appearance in Brisbane's loss against
Collingwood.
He was subject to widespread fanfare following an incident where his shirt was ripped in a match against
Collingwood at
Marvel Stadium
Docklands Stadium, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Marvel Stadium, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Construction started in October 1997 and was ...
in Round 23 of the
2023 season
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...
. Robertson continued to play with the ripped shirt until he took it off completely following a tackle from
Beau McCreery. His ripped shirt was ultimately auctioned off for the
Royal Children’s Hospital
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) is a major children's hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
As a major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria, the Royal Children's Hospital provides a full range of clinical services, tertiary care, as well ...
charity ahead of the 2023 finals.
Statistics
''Updated to the end of the 2022 season''.
, -
,
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
, , , , 2
, 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 3 , , 4 , , 7 , , 0 , , 3 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 3.0 , , 4.0 , , 7.0 , , 0.0 , , 3.0
, -
,
2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
, , , , 2
, 16 , , 4 , , 2 , , 110 , , 100 , , 210 , , 53 , , 67 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 6.9 , , 6.3 , , 13.1 , , 3.3 , , 4.2
, -
,
2022
File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...
, , , , 2
, 8 , , 3 , , 0 , , 47 , , 48 , , 95 , , 21 , , 32 , , 0.4 , , 0.0 , , 5.9 , , 6.0 , , 11.9 , , 2.6 , , 4.0
, - class=sortbottom
! colspan=3 , Career
! 25 !! 7 !! 2 !! 160 !! 152 !! 312 !! 74 !! 102 !! 0.3 !! 0.1 !! 6.4 !! 6.1 !! 12.5 !! 3.0 !! 4.1
Notes
Honours and achievements
Individual
*
AFL Rising Star nominee:
2021 (round 15)
*
Larke Medal: 2019
References
External links
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Robertson, Deven
2001 births
Living people
Brisbane Lions players
People educated at Aquinas College, Perth
People from Northam, Western Australia
Australian rules footballers from Western Australia