14 Luke Rounds

Choose another player Ball, Luke - [12] Beams, Dayne - [17] Blair, Jarryd - [11] Brown, Nathan - [16] Buckley, Simon - [27] Ceglar, Jonathon - [29] Clarke, Martin - [9] Cloke, Travis - [32] Dawes, Chris - [31] Didak, Alan - [4] Elliott, Jamie - [35] Fasolo, Alex - [1] Gault, Corey - [44] Goldsack, Tyson - [6] Johnson, Ben - [26] Jolly, Darren - [18] Keeffe, Lachlan - [23] Krakouer, Andrew - [3] Macaffer, Brent - [30] Maxwell, Nick - [5] O'Brien, Heritier - [8] Paine, Jackson - [33] Pendlebury, Scott - [10] Reid, Ben - [20] Rounds, Luke - [14] Seedsman, Paul - [40] Shaw, Heath - [39] Sidebottom, Steele - [22] Sinclair, Ben - [28] Swan, Dane - [36] Tarrant, Chris - [2] Thomas, Dale - [13] Thomas, Josh - [24] Toovey, Alan - [34] Ugle, Kirk - [37] Wellingham, Sharrod - [21] Witts, Jarrod - [15] Wood, Cameron - [19] Yagmoor, Peter - [38] Young, Tom - [25]

The Player - After two years in the system, Rounds had a well-earned taste of senior football in 2011. Has played all over the ground in his three seasons, but has played his best football as a half forward in the VFL. Employed as a tagger when in the senior side, Rounds is a disciplined player who tackles strongly and has good goal sense. Will be looking to become a regular in 2012.

2011
Entered the season intent on a senior debut, but was forced to wait until round 15 against Hawthorn. Began as the substitute and only entered the fray in the final quarter, winning four disposals. Held his place for the next fortnight, tagging North Melbourne’s Brent Harvey in his second match.

His best effort came in the wet against Port Adelaide in round 20, where he gathered 14 possessions and added the first goal of his career to his seven tackles. Was omitted a week later and narrowly missed the boat on finals selection. Played 12 matches in the VFL where he was named in the best five times, and booted four goals.

2010
Forced to bide his time in the VFL despite hitting a rich vein of form at half forward midway through the season. Kicked 22 goals in 15 games, and was named as an emergency on five occasions.

Was an emergency for the round 14 match against West Coast, but in what represented a sliding doors moment in two careers, the match committee opted for Jarryd Blair to replace Steele Sidebottom at the last minute. Rounds was named as Collingwood’s second best that afternoon with three goals in the loss to North Ballarat at Victoria Park. Blair went on to play in the premiership side, while Rounds continued to impress in the VFL.

2009
Spent his season in the VFL, playing 19 games and kicking seven goals while splitting his time between attack and defence. His coach Gavin Brown labelled his game against Frankston in round 12 a “breakout game” for Rounds, who had 20 disposals and seven tackles. Brown called his counter defensive work “exceptional”.

2008
Played for the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup U18s. Represented Vic Country at the U18 National Championships. Tested well at the AFL state screening session (2.84sec over 20m and 14.7 beep test).

Drafted to Collingwood with pick 46 at the National Draft as a bottom-age player. The selection had been traded by Sydney in exchange for Rhyce Shaw. Joined his cousin Luke Beveridge, who began as a development coach at the club in 2009.

2007
Played for the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup U16s. Represented Vic Country at the U16 National Championships.

Debut
Round 15 2011 v Hawthorn at the MCG.

Draft History
2008 AFL Draft 3rd round selection (Collingwood) No. 46 overall.