James Sicily

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer

James Sicily

Sicily playing for Hawthorn in June 2017

Personal information
Full name|  James Sicily
Date of birth|  (1995-01-06) 6 January 1995 (age 29)
Original team(s)|  Keilor (EDFL); Western Jets (TAC Cup)
Draft|  No. 56, 2013 national draft
Debut|  Round 2, 2015, Hawthorn vs. Essendon, at MCG
Height|  188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight|  90 kg (198 lb)
Position(s)|  Key Defender
Club information
Current club|  Hawthorn
Number|  6
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
2014–|  Hawthorn|  156 (70)
Representative team honours
Years|  Team|  Games (Goals)
2020|  Victoria|  1 (0)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.

2 State and international statistics correct as of 2020.

Career highlights

* All-Australian team: 2023
* Hawthorn captain: 2023–
* Peter Crimmins Medal: 2022
* 22under22team: 2017

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Sicily (born 6 January 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer and the current captain of the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

## Early career

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Sicily's junior career was spent playing for the Keilor Football Club.[1] In 2013, Sicily kicked 26 goals from 16 games for the Western Jets and represented Vic Metro at the National Championships.[2] Sicily also played for Melton bloods football club

## AFL career

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Sicily was drafted by the Hawthorn Football Club with the fifty-sixth pick in the 2013 AFL draft.[1] In 2014, he was widely considered Box Hill’s best player in the losing grand final, kicking a team-high three goals, and finishing with 15 disposals and five marks.[3]

He made his AFL debut against Essendon in round 2, 2015 starting as the sub. He came on replacing the injured James Frawley in the first quarter and later kicked a goal. He went on to play three games for the year.[4]

In the absence of the injured Jarryd Roughead, Sicily was named in Hawthorn's team for the opening round of the 2016 AFL season, kicking 4 goals against West Coast in round 2 and kicking the match winning goal in round 3 against the Western Bulldogs.[5][6] He was named as the round 13 nominee for the Rising Star after kicking a career high five goals and recording 13 disposals and 5 marks.[7] 2016 was regarded as Sicily's breakout season.[5]

During the 2017 season, Sicily, who had previously been a forward, was shifted to the backline, after being dropped from the team while playing as a forward.[8] He impressed in that position, but nonetheless at the end of the season was still the subject of some uncertainty around his position in the team.[9] On August 22, 2017, Sicily signed a three-year contract extension keeping him at the club until 2020.[10]

Sicily was suspended for one match in the early stages of the 2018 season for kneeing Geelong captain Joel Selwood.[11] Notwithstanding this, Sicily was widely tipped to be on track for a nomination to the All-Australian team of that year before breaking bones in his wrist in Round 17, only returning during the finals series.[12] Despite this injury, Sicily had a season widely perceived as excellent,[12] and was considered to have potential to become one of the league's best defenders.[13]

Sicily had another good season in 2019, being selected in the extended All-Australian squad for that year, the only Hawthorn player to do so.[14] He was considered especially important to Hawthorn's defence.[15] At the end of the season, he re-signed with the club till at least the year 2022.[16]

Sicily missed the 2021 season as he was recovering from a ACL injury sustained during the 2020 season.

On 16 May 2022, Sicily announced that he had agreed to a 5-year contract extension with Hawthorn, tying him to the club until at least the end of 2027.[17]

In February 2023, Sicily was appointed the 38th captain of Hawthorn, with the 28-year-old succeeding the retired Ben McEvoy who served in the role for two seasons.[18]

In Round 11 2023, Sicily had a career high 43 disposals against St Kilda in Hawthorns 10 point win.

## On-field temperament

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Sicily is widely regarded and known for having a short temper, something he himself has acknowledged.[19]

## Statistics

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Updated to the end of 2024.[20]

Legend

| Goals |

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| Disposals |

| Tackles

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| Handballs |

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Season  | Team  | No. | Games  | Totals  | Averages (per game)  | Votes

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G  | B  | K  | H  | D  | M  | T  | G  | B  | K  | H  | D  | M  | T
2014 | Hawthorn | 41  | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0
2015 | Hawthorn | 21  | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 12.7 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0
2016 | Hawthorn | 21  | 22 | 30 | 18 | 168 | 84 | 252 | 100 | 43 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 11.5 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 3
2017 | Hawthorn | 21  | 19 | 13 | 9 | 204 | 148 | 352 | 131 | 22 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 10.7 | 7.8 | 18.5 | 6.9 | 1.2 | 1
2018 | Hawthorn | 6  | 16 | 6 | 1 | 264 | 109 | 373 | 114 | 26 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 16.5 | 6.8 | 23.3 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 8
2019 | Hawthorn | 6  | 22 | 3 | 2 | 352 | 112 | 464 | 158 | 32 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 16.0 | 5.1 | 21.1 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 8
2020[a] | Hawthorn | 6  | 11 | 2 | 1 | 146 | 50 | 196 | 62 | 9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.3 | 4.5 | 17.8 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 0
2021 | Hawthorn | 6  | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0
2022 | Hawthorn | 6  | 22 | 1 | 3 | 418 | 106 | 524 | 190† | 32 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 19.0 | 4.8 | 23.8 | 8.6† | 1.5 | 7
2023 | Hawthorn | 6  | 19 | 2 | 4 | 324 | 177 | 501 | 189 | 29 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 17.1 | 9.3 | 26.4 | 9.9† | 1.5 | 12
2024 | Hawthorn | 6  | 22 | 9 | 7 | 337 | 136 | 473 | 167 | 30 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 15.3 | 6.2 | 21.5 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 4
Career  | 156 | 70 | 46 | 2233 | 941 | 3174 | 1122 | 226 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 14.3 | 6.0 | 20.4 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 43

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.

## Honours and achievements

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Team

* Minor premiership (Box Hill): 2015

Individual

* All-Australian team: 2023
* Hawthorn captain: 2023–
* Peter Crimmins Medal: 2022
* 22under22 team: 2017
* Hawthorn most promising player: 2016
* AFL Rising Star nominee: 2016
* Victoria Australian rules football team: 2020

## References

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1. ^ a b D'Anello, Luke (22 November 2013). "Western Jets midfielder James Sicily drafted by Hawthorn". Herald Sun. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
2. ^ "AFL draft: James Sicily living the dream at Hawthorn". Brimbank Star Weekly. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
3. ^ "Sicily, Hanrahan impress in VFL decider". Hawthorn Football Club.
4. ^ Duxson, Nick (15 October 2015). "Season review: James Sicily". Hawthorn Football Club. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
5. ^ a b Hill, Jeremy (15 October 2016). "Season Review: James Sicily". Hawthorn Football Club. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
6. ^ Twomey, Callum (10 April 2016). "Match report: Hawks hang on in dramatic finish with Dogs". Australian Football Club. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
7. ^ Guthrie, Ben (20 June 2016). "Match-winning Hawk nabs Rising Star nom". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
8. ^ Paine, Jackson (26 September 2017). "Season review: James Sicily". Hawthorn Football Club. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
9. ^ Buckland, Ryan (22 August 2017). "Hawthorn's off season won't be as interesting as you might think". The Roar. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
10. ^ "Sis signs on". Hawthorn Football Club. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
11. ^ 3AW Football (3 April 2018). "Hawk suspended over knee on Joel Selwood". 3AW News Talk. Retrieved 29 March 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
12. ^ a b "Season snapshot: James Sicily". Hawthorn Football Club. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
13. ^ Carey, Wayne (10 May 2018). "James Sicily can become one of the great defenders". The Age. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
14. ^ "'19 Rewind: James Sicily". Hawthorn Football Club. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
15. ^ "Who Are Your Club's Most Important Defenders?". Seven News. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
16. ^ McKirdy, Lachlan (25 October 2019). "AFL 2019: James Sicily re-signs with Hawthorn on a long-term deal". Sporting News. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
17. ^ "James Sicily has some news to share..." hawthornfc.com.au. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
18. ^ "Sicily to captain Hawks in 2023".
19. ^ Waterworth, Ben (14 February 2018). "James Sicily admits he needs to control and manage temper on the field in 2018 AFL season". Fox Sports. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
20. ^ "James Sicily". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 August 2014.[permanent dead link]

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to James Sicily.

* James Sicily's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
* James Sicily's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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Hawthorn Football Club - current squad

* 1 Morrison
* 2 Lewis
* 3 Newcombe
* 4 Impey
* 5 Worpel
* 6 Sicily (c)
* 7 Reeves
* 8 Frost
* 9 Jiath
* 10 Amon
* 11 Nash
* 12 Day
* 13 Moore (vc)
* 14 Scrimshaw
* 15 Hardwick
* 16 D'Ambrosio
* 17 Meek
* 18 Chol
* 19 Gunston
* 22 Breust (vc)
* 23 Weddle
* 24 Grainger-Barras
* 25 Ward
* 26 Ryan
* 27 McCabe
* 28 Mackenzie
* 29 Serong
* 30 Butler
* 31 C. Macdonald
* 32 Maginness
* 33 Ginnivan
* 34 Watson
* 35 Dear
* 36 Blanck*
* 37 Phillips*
* 38 Ramsden*
* 39 Scaife*
* 40 Se. Mitchell*
* 41 Bennetts*
* 42 B. Macdonald
* 43 O'Sullivan
* 44 Hustwaite

* Coach: Sa. Mitchell

* denotes rookie listed players

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Current AFL captains

* Jordan Dawson (Adelaide)
* Harris Andrews/Lachie Neale (Brisbane Lions)
* Patrick Cripps (Carlton)
* Darcy Moore (Collingwood)
* Zach Merrett (Essendon)
* Alex Pearce (Fremantle)
* Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong)
* Touk Miller/Jarrod Witts (Gold Coast)
* Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney)
* James Sicily (Hawthorn)
* Max Gawn (Melbourne)
* Luke McDonald/Jy Simpkin (North Melbourne)
* Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide)
* Toby Nankervis (Richmond)
* Jack Steele (St Kilda)
* Callum Mills (Sydney)
* Oscar Allen/Liam Duggan (West Coast)
* Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)

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Captains of the Hawthorn Football Club

VFA/VFL/AFL|

* 1914: Gough
* 1915: Larkin
* 1919: Gibb
* 1920: Alley
* 1920: Rigaldi
* 1921: Jackson
* 1922: Rademacher
* 1923–1924: Walton
* 1925: Jackson
* 1926: Minogue
* 1926: Burke
* 1927: Lethlean
* 1928: Sutton
* 1929: Chadwick
* 1930–1931: Harris
* 1932: Mills
* 1933: Phillips
* 1933: Twomey Sr.
* 1934: Mills
* 1935–1937: McAlpine
* 1938: Mills
* 1939: Thomas
* 1940–1941: Mills
* 1942: Carmody
* 1943: Williams
* 1944: Bohan
* 1945: Shea
* 1946: Bohan
* 1947–1949: Albiston
* 1950–1951: Curran
* 1952: O'Donohue
* 1953–1954: Fletcher
* 1955–1959: Kennedy
* 1960–1964: Arthur
* 1965: Arthur/Peck
* 1966–1968: Arthur
* 1969–1973: Parkin
* 1974–1975: Crimmins
* 1976–1980: Scott
* 1981–1985: Matthews
* 1986–1991: Tuck
* 1992–1993: Ayres
* 1994: Langford
* 1995–1998: Dunstall
* 1999–2004: Crawford
* 2005–2007: Vandenberg
* 2008–2010: Mitchell
* 2011–2016: Hodge
* 2017–2018: Roughead
* 2019–2020: Stratton
* 2021–2022: McEvoy
* 2023–: Sicily

AFLW|

* 2022 (S7)–2023: Lucas-Rodd
* 2024–: Bates

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2023 All-Australian team

Full-back|

* James Sicily (Hawthorn)
* Callum Wilkie (St Kilda)
* Tom Stewart (Geelong)

Half-back|

* Jack Sinclair (St Kilda)
* Darcy Moore (Collingwood)
* Dan Houston (Port Adelaide)

Centre|

* Errol Gulden (Sydney)
* Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs) (vc)
* Josh Daicos (Collingwood)

Half-forward|

* Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide)
* Taylor Walker (Adelaide)
* Christian Petracca (Melbourne)

Full-forward|

* Charlie Cameron (Brisbane Lions)
* Charlie Curnow (Carlton)
* Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney) (c)

Ruck|

* Tim English (Western Bulldogs)
* Zak Butters (Port Adelaide)
* Nick Daicos (Collingwood)

Interchange|

* Jordan Dawson (Adelaide)
* Nick Larkey (North Melbourne)
* Zach Merrett (Essendon)
* Caleb Serong (Fremantle)

Coach|

* Craig McRae (Collingwood)

← 2022

The position of coach in the All-Australian team has been awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team since 1999.

2024 →

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Peter Crimmins Medal • Hawthorn Football Club best and fairest winners

* 1925: Finch
* 1927: Utting
* 1928: Sellers
* 1929: Utting
* 1930: Sharpley
* 1932: Spinks
* 1933: Mills
* 1934: Loveless
* 1935: Mills
* 1936: Murphy
* 1937: Murphy
* 1938: Spinks
* 1939: Mills
* 1940: Angwin
* 1941: Albiston
* 1942: Barker
* 1943: Bohan
* 1944: Blackman
* 1945: Bohan
* 1946: Albiston
* 1947: Culpitt
* 1948: Curran
* 1949: Austen
* 1950: Kennedy
* 1951: Kennedy
* 1952: Kennedy
* 1953: Fletcher
* 1954: Kennedy
* 1955: Arthur
* 1956: Simmonds
* 1957: Hughes
* 1958: Arthur
* 1959: Woodley
* 1960: Edwards
* 1961: Law
* 1962: Arthur
* 1963: Law
* 1964: Law
* 1965: Parkin
* 1966: Wilson
* 1967: Keddie
* 1968: Hudson
* 1969: Keddie
* 1970: Hudson
* 1971: Matthews
* 1972: Matthews
* 1973: Scott
* 1974: Matthews
* 1975: Knights
* 1976: Matthews
* 1977: Matthews
* 1978: Matthews/Knights
* 1979: Moore
* 1980: Matthews
* 1981: Wallace
* 1982: Matthews
* 1983: Wallace
* 1984: Greene
* 1985: Brereton
* 1986: Ayres
* 1987: Platten
* 1988: Dunstall
* 1989: Dunstall
* 1990: Collins
* 1991: Allan
* 1992: Dunstall
* 1993: Dunstall
* 1994: Platten
* 1995: Jarman
* 1996: Salmon
* 1997: Salmon
* 1998: Crawford
* 1999: Crawford
* 2000: Chick/Holland
* 2001: Smith
* 2002: Crawford
* 2003: Crawford
* 2004: Everitt
* 2005: Hodge
* 2006: S. Mitchell
* 2007: Sewell
* 2008: Franklin
* 2009: S. Mitchell
* 2010: Hodge
* 2011: S. Mitchell
* 2012: S. Mitchell
* 2013: Gibson
* 2014: Lewis
* 2015: Gibson
* 2016: S. Mitchell
* 2017: T. Mitchell
* 2018: T. Mitchell
* 2019: Worpel
* 2020: Gunston
* 2021: T. Mitchell
* 2022: Sicily
* 2023: Day

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2016 AFL Rising Star nominees

* Rd 1: Oliver
* Rd 2: Parish
* Rd 3: Weitering
* Rd 4: Daniel
* Rd 5: Papley
* Rd 6: Acres
* Rd 7: Harmes
* Rd 8: Hopper
* Rd 9: Petracca
* Rd 10: Byrne-Jones
* Rd 11: Blakely
* Rd 12: Weller
* Rd 13: Sicily
* Rd 14: Gresham
* Rd 15: Wright
* Rd 16: Mills
* Rd 17: Fantasia
* Rd 18: Clarke
* Rd 19: Moore
* Rd 20: Dunkley
* Rd 21: McDonald
* Rd 22: Rioli
* Rd 23: Barrass

Italics denote winner

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2013 AFL national draft

First round|

* 1\. Tom Boyd
* 2\. Josh Kelly
* 3\. Jack Billings
* 4\. Marcus Bontempelli
* 5\. Kade Kolodjashnij
* 6\. Matthew Scharenberg
* 7\. James Aish
* 8\. Luke McDonald (F/S)
* 9\. Christian Salem
* 10\. Nathan Freeman
* 11\. Dom Sheed
* 12\. Ben Lennon
* 13\. Patrick Cripps
* 14\. Cam McCarthy
* 15\. Zak Jones
* 16\. Darcy Lang
* 17\. Michael Apeness
* 18\. Luke Dunstan
* 19\. Blake Acres
* 20\. Jack Leslie

Second round|

* 21\. Jarman Impey
* 22\. Darcy Gardiner
* 23\. Matt Crouch
* 24\. Billy Hartung
* 25\. Daniel McStay
* 26\. Zach Merrett
* 27\. Sean Lemmens
* 28\. Lewis Taylor
* 29\. Rory Lobb
* 30\. Trent Dumont
* 31\. Malcolm Karpany
* 32\. George Hewett
* 33\. Tom Cutler
* 34\. Nick Robertson
* 35\. Toby Nankervis
* 36\. Jarrad Jansen
* 37\. Alex Pearce
* 38\. Dayle Garlett

Third round|

* 39\. Cameron Giles
* 40\. Jay Kennedy Harris
* 41\. Jake Kolodjashnij
* 42\. Matt Fuller
* 43\. Tom Barrass
* 44\. Aliir Aliir
* 45\. Mitchell Harvey
* 46\. Riley Knight
* 47\. Ben Brown
* 49\. Dylan Main
* 50\. Nathan Gordon
* 51\. Nick Holman
* 52\. Darcy Byrne-Jones
* 54\. Josh Walker (RP)
* 55\. Orazio Fantasia
* 56\. James Sicily

Fourth round|

* 57\. Jayden Hunt
* 58\. Brady Grey
* 59\. Jonathon Ceglar (RP)
* 60\. Mitch Honeychurch
* 61\. Jamie Bennell (RP)
* 62\. Jonathan Freeman (Academy selection)
* 63\. George Burbury (RP)
* 64\. Lauchlan Dalgleish (RP)
* 65\. Tom Langdon
* 66\. Sam Lloyd
* 68\. Karl Amon
* 70\. Matt Taberner (RP)
* 71\. Will Langford (RP)

Fifth round|

* 74\. Jeremy McGovern (RP)
* 75\. Justin Clarke (RP)
* 76\. Kyle Hartigan (RP)
* 77\. Jonathon Marsh
* 80\. Brandon Jack (RP)

Sixth round|

* 82\. Mitch Clisby (RP)
* 83\. Tom Curren (RP)
* 84\. Brett Goodes (RP)
* 85\. Simon Tunbridge (RP)
* 86\. Rory Laird (RP)
* 87\. Sam Dwyer (RP)
* 89\. Ed Curnow (RP)
* 90\. Dane Rampe (RP)

Seventh round|

* 92\. Adam Oxley (RP)
* 93\. Ricky Petterd (RP)
* 94\. Tom Bell (RP)

Eighth round|

* 95\. Zac Williams (RP)

Ninth round|

* 97\. Jake Barrett (NSW Zone)

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Victorian team – State of Origin for Bushfire Relief Match

Victoria 24.10 (154) def. All Stars 15.18 (108), at Marvel Stadium

* Blicavs
* Boak
* Bontempelli
* Cameron
* Cotchin (c)
* Dangerfield
* Gaff
* Goldstein
* Greene
* Gresham
* Haynes
* Higgins
* Houli
* Kelly
* Lloyd
* Lynch
* Macrae
* D. Martin
* S. Martin
* Moore
* Papley
* Pendlebury
* Saad
* Sicily
* Sidebottom
* Sloane
* Whitfield

* Coach: Hardwick

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