Matthew Moody (born 23 September 1985) is an

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 in the

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. He was recruited as the number 23 draft pick in the 2003 AFL draft from South Fremantle 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, ...

. 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 6, 2005 against

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. Moody struggled with leg injuries in 2007 and 2008, and was eventually delisted by the Lions at the conclusion of the 2008 season. However he was later cleared to train with

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in preparation for potential drafting by another club for 2009. However he was overlooked by all AFL clubs and signed to play with in the

(WAFL).

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1985 births Living people Brisbane Lions players South Fremantle Football Club players Perth Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub