Essendon supporter on BF (yeah, yeah) reckons we're interested Coburg KPD and ex-Collingwood listed NSWscholarship player, Michael Hartley.
Name: Michael Hartley
D.O.B.: 07/06/1993 (Age 21)
Height: 196cm
Weight: 102cm
Recruited From: Sydney University/Collingwood (VFL)
Hails from Penrith, NSW, where he was joined Collingwood's development program as an NSW Scholarship player at the age of 14. An athletic key defender who has excelled in a range of sports, including cricket, basketball and athletics.
2008: Signed by Collingwood as a NSW Scholarship player while playing for the Penrith Swans as a 14-year-old.
2011: Represented NSW at the 2011 U18 National Championships where he successfully blanketed Greater Western Sydney’s No. 1 draft pick Jonathon Patton. Played in four of the last five games of the VFL season for Collingwood where he impressed as a key defender wearing the guernsey No. 52. Rookie listed by Collingwood with selection No. 87 in the Rookie Draft.
2013: Poor Hartley’s wretched run with shoulder injuries continued in 2013. The former NSW Scholarship holder could manage only one VFL pre-season practice match and one VFL senior game as a result of his troublesome joints. He played his first match since last June against the Northern Blues at Visy Park in March and began well, taking a great contested pack mark on the wing in the second quarter. But he was down the race before half time after re-injuring his shoulder and was sentenced to another spell on the sidelines. He finally made it back for Collingwood’s round 10 meeting with Coburg at Victoria Park when he managed three disposals, two marks, three tackles and two inside 50s as well as taking a heavy blow to the face. Unfortunately, his shoulders let him down again and he was sent off to hospital to have them repaired. That match against the Tigers marked his final game for the club after two years on the rookie list.
Consider this: Hartley could manage only five senior VFL games in his two years on the list, although he managed a further four while still on the NSW scholarship list at the end of 2011.
VIDEO: .com.au/video?guid=594960
http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/player-profile/michael-hartleyhttp://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/2013-11-04/player-review-no-47-michael-hartley2014:
Senior Games: 20
2014 Games: 15
2014 Goals: 1
Total Games: 24
Total Goals: 1
http://coburgfc.com.au/players.html2014 Stats:
http://www.foxsportspulse.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=192119622&client=1-3020-111720-294692-20320253&ocompID=294692 2014 State Combine: In the running vertical jump, Hartley produced one of the best jumps of the day with 88cm, seeing him feature in the top 10 for the National and State Combines.
http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-118-0-0-0&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=31835035
