# Matthew Connell

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Australian rules footballer, born 1972

Australian rules footballer

Matthew Connell Personal information Full name Matthew Connell Born (1972-08-03) 3 August 1972 (age 53) Original team Subiaco (WAFL) Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) Weight 76 kg (168 lb) Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1993 West Coast 03 0(0) 1995–2000 Adelaide 96 (28) Total 99 (28) 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000. Career highlights 2× AFL premiership player (1997, 1998) Malcolm Blight Medal (1995) Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

**Matthew Connell** (born 3 August 1972) is a former [Australian rules footballer](/source/Australian_rules_football) who played in the [Australian Football League](/source/Australian_Football_League) for the [Adelaide Crows](/source/Adelaide_Crows) and [West Coast Eagles](/source/West_Coast_Eagles). Educated at [Newman College](/source/Newman_College%2C_Perth), he has now returned there as a teacher.

Drafted by West Coast from [Western Australian Football League](/source/Western_Australian_Football_League) (WAFL) club [Subiaco](/source/Subiaco_Football_Club) with pick 29 of the [1991 AFL draft](/source/1991_AFL_draft), Connell played three games for West Coast in [1993](/source/1993_AFL_season) without making an impact.

Transferring to Adelaide in [1995](/source/1995_AFL_season), Connell had a brilliant season, winning the Crows [Best and Fairest](/source/Malcolm_Blight_Medal) and a position in the [Western Australian State of Origin side](/source/Western_Australia_Australian_rules_football_team). In [1996](/source/1996_AFL_season) Connell suffered a thigh injury early in the season and when he returned he could not recapture his 1995 form.

Connell played in Adelaide's [1997](/source/1997_AFL_Grand_Final) and [1998](/source/1998_AFL_Grand_Final) Premierships before retiring at the end of the [2000 AFL season](/source/2000_AFL_season).

He coached the Great Britain Bulldogs Australian rules football team in the 2005 International Cup, held in Melbourne, guiding the team to a 6th place finish.

## Playing statistics

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Legend G Goals K Kicks D Disposals T Tackles B Behinds H Handballs M Marks

Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) G B K H D M T G B K H D M T 1993 West Coast 42 3 0 1 17 1 18 5 0 0.0 0.3 5.7 0.3 6.0 1.7 0.0 1994 West Coast 42 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1995 Adelaide 14 21 6 9 329 152 481 109 18 0.3 0.4 15.7 7.2 22.9 5.2 0.9 1996 Adelaide 14 14 4 3 171 99 270 46 14 0.3 0.2 12.2 7.1 19.3 3.3 1.0 1997 Adelaide 14 17 6 0 215 62 277 71 25 0.4 0.0 12.6 3.6 16.3 4.2 1.5 1998 Adelaide 14 21 7 3 232 87 319 77 27 0.3 0.1 11.0 4.1 15.2 3.7 1.3 1999 Adelaide 14 10 2 3 141 38 179 39 9 0.2 0.3 14.1 3.8 17.9 3.9 0.9 2000 Adelaide 14 13 3 2 196 60 256 84 11 0.2 0.2 15.1 4.6 19.7 6.5 0.8 Career 99 28 21 1301 499 1800 431 104 0.3 0.2 13.1 5.0 18.2 4.4 1.1

## Honors

- 1995 Adelaide best and fairest

- 1997 premiership player

- 1998 premiership player

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Matthew Connell's player profile at AFL Tables](http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/M/Matthew_Connell.html)

## External links

- [Matthew Connell's playing statistics](http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/M/Matthew_Connell.html) from AFL Tables

- [Matthew Connell](https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Matthew+Connell/13244) at AustralianFootball.com

- [Matthew Connell's WAFL playing statistics](https://waflfootyfacts.net/player/stats.php?PlayerID=1230) at WAFLFootyFacts.net

v t e Adelaide Football Club 1997/98 AFL premiers 1997: Adelaide 19.11 (125) defeated St Kilda 13.16 (94), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1998: Adelaide 15.15 (105) defeated North Melbourne 8.22 (70), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 3. Jarman 5. Koster 7. Smart 9. Edwards 10. Robran 11. James 13. Ellen 14. Connell 15. Pittman 23. McLeod 26. Bickley (c) 28. Johnson 34. Hart 36. Goodwin 44. Caven 52. Rehn Coach: Blight

v t e Malcolm Blight Medal · Adelaide Football Club best and fairest winners 1991: Mickan 1992: McDermott 1993: McGuinness 1994: Rehn 1995: Connell 1996: Liptak 1997: McLeod 1998: Ricciuto 1999: Hart 2000: Goodwin 2001: McLeod 2002: Hart 2003: Ricciuto 2004: Ricciuto 2005: Goodwin 2006: Goodwin 2007: McLeod 2008: Bock 2009: Vince 2010: Douglas 2011: Thompson 2012: Thompson 2013: Sloane 2014: Talia 2015: Dangerfield 2016: Sloane 2017: M. Crouch 2018: Laird 2019: B. Crouch 2020: O'Brien 2021: Laird 2022: Laird 2023: Dawson 2024: Dawson/Keays 2025: Dawson

v t e Western Australian team – 1995 State of Origin Allan (c) Banfield Burrows Connell Delaney Evans Hart Jakovich Da. Kickett De. Kickett Langdon Laidley Lewis Mann McManus O'Reilly Seecamp Symmons Turnbull Waterman Winmar Zanotti Coach: Buckenara

v t e Western Australian team – 1996 State of Origin Ball Bandy Banfield Clape Connell Cummings Donnelly Hall Hart Jakovich Jones Da. Kickett De. Kickett Laidley McIntosh McKenna (c) Merenda Mitchell O'Reilly Prior Schofield White Coach: Glendinning

v t e 1991 AFL national draft 1. John Hutton 2. Marcus Seecamp 3. Darren Kowal 4. Andrew McGovern 5. Jason Norrish 6. Paul Burton 7. Jeremy Guard 8. Michael Symons 9. Stephen O'Reilly 10. Andrew Lamprill 11. Leigh Willison 12. Rob Malone 13. Shane Crawford 14. Fabian Francis 15. Kieran O'Dwyer 16. Daniel Metropolis 17. Anthony Cole 18. Matthew Hogg 19. Phil Gilbert 20. Brett Cook 21. Willie Dick 22. Simon Crawshay 23. Mathew McKay 24. Kane Morphett 25. Steven Davies 26. Ben Herrald 27. Terry Board 28. Cale O'Keefe 29. Matthew Connell 30. Kane Purcell 31. Hayden Kilmartin 32. Micah Berry 33. Paul Morrish 34. Tim Leng 35. Darryl Donald 36. Jason Dullard 37. Ryan O'Connor 38. Jamie Rundle 39. Richard Taylor 40. Nick White 41. Todd Curley 42. Peter Freeman 43. David Strooper 44. Brett Sholl 45. Gary Barrow 46. Bruno Italiano 47. Glenn Manton 48. Kevin Mitchell 49. Todd Hawes 50. Bruce Hando 51. Shaun Brooker 52. Mathew Henderson 53. Alistair Gray 54. Leigh Snooks 55. Glenn Hoffman 56. Andrew Dunkley 57. Anthony McDonald 58. Justin Pickering 59. Greg Turner 60. James Billington 61. Michael Addison 62. Peter Maclean 63. Brendan Bower 64. Chris Barrett 65. Heath Shephard 66. Nick Roney 67. Shane Ellen 68. Mathew Bell 69. Brad Sholl 70. Jon Lister 71. Luke Chambers 72. Michael Shields 73. Cameron Burke 74. Brendan Krummel 75. Travis Edmonds 76. Matt Rendell 77. Jay Burton 78. Mathew Dickson 79. Bevan Smillie 80. Damian Ryan 81. Brendan Barrows 82. Scott Morrison 83. Peter Jacks 84. Alistair Burke 85. John Kennedy 86. Jamie Madigan 87. Sam Jones 88. Aiden Bussell 89. Paul Dimattina

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