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Tyson Stengle

Not to be confused with Tyson Stenglein.
Tyson Stengle
Tyson Stengle in 2023
Personal information
Full name Tyson Stengle
Nickname(s) Wombo, Wombat[1]
Date of birth (1998-10-19) 19 October 1998 (age 26)
Original team(s) Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL)
Draft No. 6, 2017 AFL rookie draft: Richmond
Debut Round 15, 2017, Richmond vs. Port Adelaide, at Adelaide Oval
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Position(s) Small forward
Club information
Current club Geelong
Number 18
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017 Richmond 2 (2)
2019–2020 Adelaide 14 (13)
2022– Geelong 69 (126)
Total 85 (141)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tyson Stengle (born 19 October 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Cats in the Australian Football League (AFL). Stengle played junior representative football with Woodville-West Torrens in the SANFL and represented South Australia at national championships at under 18 level. He was drafted by the Richmond Tigers in the 2017 rookie draft, made his AFL debut in round 15, 2017 and was traded to the Adelaide Crows in the 2018 trade period. He was delisted by Adelaide prior to the 2021 AFL season, but proceeded to join the Geelong Cats in 2022, winning the premiership with them that year. Stengle lives with Eddie Betts in Melbourne.

Early life and junior football

Stengle was taken in by his grandmother, Debra, at the age of four after he and his brother were removed by the state from the care of their parents. He later lived with grandparents Emily and Cecil Betts after Debra died.[2] He spent his teenage years in the northwestern Adelaide suburb of Ethelton where he completed secondary schooling at Le Fevre High School.[3]

Stengle first played football for the local Portland Football Club at under 10s level.[4] There he played in over 100 matches across his junior years.[2]

As a teenager he was a member of Port Adelaide's Aboriginal AFL Academy.[5]

Stengle played state-league football with Woodville-West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League. He played 10 matches for the reserves team in 2016 and kicked 22 goals, while he kicked 13 in nine matches with the club's Under 18 team that same season.[3] He was a member of the Eagles' reserves Grand Final team in 2016.[4]

In 2016 he represented South Australia at the National Under 18 Championships. There he ranked second among all small-forwards for Champion Data ranking points per game.[3] Stengle was also the fourth ranked of all South Australians by the same measure that tournament.[6] He was labelled "quick, creative, innovative and classy" by The Age draft writer Emma Quayle for his performances in the championships.[7] The Advertiser's Andrew Capel said Stengle possessed "brilliant skills, blistering pace and a love of tackling and applying ferocious forward pressure."[6] Stengle recorded a top 10 score in the goalkicking test at the national draft combine in 2016.[3]

AFL career

Richmond (2017–2018)

Stengle marks ahead of Collingwood's Josh Smith during VFL match in July 2017

Stengle was drafted by Richmond with the club's first pick and the sixth selection overall in the 2017 AFL rookie draft.[3]

Stengle played in the early part of the 2017 season with Richmond's reserves side in the VFL. He was a key forward-line player for the side, kicking 13 goals in his first eight matches.[8] He was upgraded to the club's senior list in June 2017.[8] He made his AFL debut two weeks later in Richmond's round 15 win over Port Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval where he kicked two goals in the match.[9] He played again the following match but was omitted from the team's round 17 side to play the week after.[10] From there he returned to the club's reserves side, playing with the team through to their finals campaign. There he played in each of their three victories, and in the team's losing grand final against Port Melbourne.[11] Stengle finished the 2017 season having played two matches and kicked two goals at senior level.[12] He also played 19 matches in the reserves and kicked 33 goals, good for the second most at the club and sixth most in the league.[13]

In February 2018 Stengle was selected alongside most of the club's younger players to represent Richmond at the Sydney tournament of the AFLX exhibition series.[14] He started the season-proper with the club's reserves side, but was immediately impressive at that level with a 20 disposal and three-goal game in round 1.[15] By round 5 he was named as an emergency for the AFL team, but ultimately went unselected at the top level.[16] In mid-May Stengle turned in a three-goal third quarter during a VFL match with North Melbourne that saw him again named an AFL emergency the next week.[17][18] He began playing limited midfield minutes in VFL matches from June, adding positional versatility to his predominantly forward-line role.[19][20] In mid-July Stengle turned in his best performance of the year to-date, kicking a bag of six goals while gathering 24 disposals in Richmond's VFL win over North Melbourne.[21][22] For that performance he was noted by head coach Damien Hardwick as one of the club's best VFL performers, but went again un-selected for senior football.[23] To that point he had played 13 matches at the lower level for a total of 26 goals, the most for any Richmond player and the sixth most of any player in that league.[24] Two weeks later Stengle suffered a minor ankle injury while playing in a VFL match against Werribee.[25][26] He missed the second half of the match due to the injury as well as one further match while rehabilitating the injury.[27][28] Stengle finished the home and away VFL season with 33 goals, good for eighth most of any player in the league.[29] He did not add to that tally in the VFL finals series however when Richmond's reserves side were eliminated following consecutive losses to Williamstown and Essendon.[30][31] He won the club's reserves goal-kicking medal for his 33 goals over 19 matches in the VFL, but failed to earn an AFL match in 2018.[31][12]

In the off-season that followed Stengle became the focus of trade speculation, with an AFL Media report in mid-September claiming that he was delaying acceptance of a two-year contract extension at Richmond while weighing up rival interest from Adelaide.[32][33] Less than a week out from the beginning of the trade period, Stengle requested a trade to Adelaide citing a lack of AFL-level opportunity during his time at Richmond.[34][35]

Adelaide (2019–2020)

On the penultimate day of the 2018 trade period Stengle was traded to Adelaide in exchange for a 4th round draft selection in pick 68.[36]

Stengle's career with the Adelaide Football Club ended when he was delisted on 17 March 2021 prior to the 2021 AFL season as a result of a settlement relating to off-field incidents.[37][38][39]

2021

In 2021 Stengle returned to his original club, the Woodville West Torrens Eagles where he played a major role in their back-to-back SANFL premiership, which underpinned a possible return to the AFL for 2022.[40]

On 5 November 2021 Stengle signed with Geelong as delisted free agent.[41]

Geelong (2022–)

After receiving a lifeline by Geelong at the end of 2021, Stengle made his club debut in Round 1 against Essendon, kicking a career-high four goals. He cemented his spot in the side, playing all 22 games of the home and away season and kicking 46 goals, finishing 12th in the Coleman Medal and earning selection as a forward pocket in the 2022 All-Australian team, followed by a part in Geelong's 2022 premiership team.

On the 30th of June 2024, Stengle signed a five-year contract extension with Geelong, which will see him play for the Cats until 2029. [42]

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2024.[12]

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
2017 Richmond 44 2 2 1 11 5 16 4 4 1.0 0.5 5.5 2.5 8.0 2.0 2.0 0
2018 Richmond 44 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — –
2019 Adelaide 17 2 5 1 14 3 17 5 7 2.5 0.5 7 1.5 8.5 2.5 3.5 0
2020[a] Adelaide 18 12 8 9 66 51 117 20 25 0.7 0.8 5.5 4.3 9.8 1.7 2.1 0
2022 # Geelong 18 25 53 27 247 114 361 82 64 2.1 1.1 9.9 4.6 14.4 3.3 2.6 6
2023 Geelong 18 19 27 9 146 71 217 48 42 1.4 0.5 7.7 3.7 11.4 2.5 2.2 2
2024 Geelong 18 25 46 18 222 113 335 68 58 1.8 0.7 8.9 4.5 13.4 2.7 2.3
Career 85 141 65 706 357 1063 227 210 1.7 0.8 8.3 4.2 12.5 2.7 2.5 8

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

Team

Individual

Family

Stengle is nephew to former Sydney Swans forward Michael O'Loughlin. He is also related to former AFL players Eddie Betts, Ricky O'Loughlin and Terry Milera.[3]

On 17 April 2020, Stengle was reported for drunk driving after being stopped by police in Adelaide’s south-western suburbs. He was caught driving an unregistered car and subsequently recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.125.[43] Adelaide Football Club responded by suspending him for 4 AFL matches (rounds 2 to 5) and fining him $2,500.[44] The case went before the Adelaide Magistrates Court at 10 am on 31 August 2020, but he declined compulsory attendance, choosing instead to attend a Crows training session. The matter was rescheduled for October.[45]

Subsequently, at 5:15 am on 28 September 2020, police stopped a taxi containing Stengle and ex-Crows teammate Brad Crouch and found an illicit drug, understood to be cocaine. Both men issued apologies.[46] The AFL investigated and found the pair guilty of 'conduct unbecoming'. Crouch was suspended for 2 matches, and Stengle for 4 (a greater penalty for his second offence). With their season already complete, these bans came into effect at the beginning of the 2021 season.[47]

SA Police chose not to charge Stengle and Crouch over the drug bust, instead referring them to counselling under a drug diversion program. On 23 October 2020, Stengle pleaded guilty to his drink driving charge in the Adelaide Magistrates Court. He was fined a total of $1,671 ($900 drink driving, $300 unlicensed, $471 unregistered) and had his 6-month driving licence suspension extended by a day.[48][49]

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