Taylor Duryea (born 24 April 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the

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in the Australian Football League (AFL). Duryea initially played with

Wahgunyah Wahgunyah is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia. The town is on the southern bank of the Murray River, opposite Corowa, New South Wales, in the Shire of Indigo. Wahgunyah is north east of the state capital, Melbourne and west of Albury ...

in the

Coreen & District Football League The Coreen & District Football League was an Australian rules football competition in the Coreen district of the Riverina in New South Wales, initially formed in 1909. The netball competition commenced in 1972 in line with the football fixture ...

, winning back to back Coreen & DFL Thirds best and fairest awards in 2004 and 2005.

Early life

Duryrea was raised in

Corowa, New South Wales Corowa is a town in the state of New South Wales in Australia. It is on the bank of the Murray River, the border between New South Wales and Victoria, opposite the Victorian town of Wahgunyah. It is the largest town in the Federation Council a ...

. He moved to Melbourne to finish his schooling at

Caulfield Grammar Caulfield Grammar School is an Independent school, independent, co-educational, Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican, International Baccalaureate, day school, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as ...

and played junior representative football for the NSW/ACT Rams.

AFL career

Hawthorn career (2010–2018)

Duryea was drafted with No. 69 in the 2009 AFL draft, being a fifth round selection. Tried as a small forward when he first arrived at Hawthorn, he has switched to the backline and has carried out a similar playmaking role to

Matt Suckling Matthew Suckling (born 25 July 1988) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Suckling is known as a player with precision kicking and link ...

and

Brent Guerra Brent Guerra (born 29 May 1982) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Port Adelaide Football Club, St Kilda Football Club, and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. Career Port Adelaide Begin ...

. A knee injury to Suckling helped open up an opportunity for Duryea to debut against Collingwood in Round 3 of the 2013 AFL season. Duryea played 18 games in 2013 and won the "Best first year player" award. Duryea played 23 of a possible 25 matches in 2014. With the retirement of Brent Guerra at the end of last season, a spot opened up for the young Hawk. He was noted for his skills in rebound defence. He showed good form throughout the 2014 finals series and earned himself a premiership medal. On 9 October 2017, Duryea signed a one–year deal to remain at the club until the end of 2018. On 16 October 2018, Duryea was traded to the

. Duryea re-signed with the Bulldogs for one year on 19 November 2020.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team * 2× AFL premiership player ():

, 2015 * Minor premiership ():

* VFL premiership player (): 2013 * Minor premiership (): 2015 Individual * best clubman: 2018 * coaches award: 2021 * best first year player (debut season): 2013 * Box Hill All-Stars team (1999–2019)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duryea, Taylor Living people 1991 births Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players Box Hill Football Club players Murray Bushrangers players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Western Bulldogs players Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players