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Sam Powell-Pepper

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Sam Powell-Pepper
Powell-Pepper playing for Port Adelaide in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Samuel Powell-Pepper
Born (1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 (age 28)
Western Australia
Original team East Perth (WAFL)/Wesley College (PSA)
Draft No. 18, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Sydney vs. Port Adelaide, at Sydney Cricket Ground
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Position Forward / midfielder
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 2
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017– Port Adelaide 158 (124)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2025 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Samuel Powell-Pepper (born 8 January 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

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Powell-Pepper was born in Perth, the son of Maureen and Steven. His mother is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and his father is Caucasian.[1][2][3] He has two full siblings and two half-brothers. His parents separated when he was young and he lived with his father until he was eight, then spent periods with his paternal grandmother, his mother, and friends' families.[4]

Powell-Pepper initially attended Mount Lawley Senior High School as an inaugural member of the school’s Aboriginal Excellence Program, before switching to Wesley College on an indigenous scholarship.[5] He went to school with Quinton Narkle who is his second cousin. He also attended school with other future AFL players Shai Bolton and Cameron Zurhaar.[6] He played junior football for the Mt Hawthorn Cardinals.[2]

In 2016, Powell-Pepper made his senior debut for the East Perth Football Club during round 20 of the 2016 WAFL season going on to play all the remaining games for the year.[7]

AFL career

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Powell-Pepper was drafted by the Port Adelaide Football Club with their second selection and eighteenth overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his AFL debut in Port Adelaide's twenty-eight point win against Sydney in the opening round of the 2017 season at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[8] He was named that round's AFL Rising Star nominee after kicking two goals in the match, the first with his first kick in AFL football.[9] In a game against Melbourne, he recorded 17 tackles, beating the club's previous record which was 16.

Statistics

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Updated to the end of the 2025 season.[10]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017Port Adelaide2 221614182193375571140.70.68.38.817.02.65.21
2018Port Adelaide2 1651313716830536970.30.88.610.519.12.36.13
2019Port Adelaide2 19101818717135850920.50.99.89.018.82.64.81
2020[a]Port Adelaide2 1971212315627936770.40.66.58.214.71.94.13
2021Port Adelaide2 1610811510421939610.60.57.26.513.72.43.80
2022Port Adelaide2 222422216149365104741.11.09.86.816.64.73.411
2023Port Adelaide2 25313120214134364781.21.28.15.613.72.63.12
2024Port Adelaide2 334199289141.01.36.33.09.33.04.70
2025Port Adelaide2 16181811811623462441.11.17.47.314.63.92.82
Career[11] 1581241401299120725064576510.80.98.27.615.92.94.123

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  1. ↑ The Advertiser (28 March 2017). "Sam Powell-Pepper pays tribute to former teammate's family after Round 1 Rising Star nomination". adelaidenow.com.au.
  2. 1 2 Miller, Dale (21 November 2016). "Resilience driving Powell-Pepper's draft bid". PerthNow.
  3. ↑ Guthrie, Ben (31 October 2016). "Tomorrow's heroes: Sam Powell-Pepper, big-bodied mid ready for AFL". afl.com.au.
  4. ↑ Robinson, Mark (6 August 2017). "Powell-Pepper picks up from broken past". The West Australian.
  5. ↑ Homfray, Reece (28 November 2016). "New recruit Sam Powell-Pepper's power nothing to sneeze at". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  6. ↑ O'Reilly, Jacob (1 November 2016). "Wesley College sends four to AFL Draft Combine". Western Independent. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "WAFL - West Australian Football League". www.wafl.com.au. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Laughton, Max (25 March 2017). "What we learned: Port Adelaide defeats Sydney Swans in Round 1 as Sam Powell-Pepper makes terrific debut". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  9. ↑ Twomey, Callum (27 March 2017). "Powerful Port mid's instant impact earns Rising Star nod". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Sam Powell-Pepper". AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  11. ↑ "Sam Powell-Pepper". AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
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