Introduction
Isaac Smith (born 30 December 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early career
Hailing from Cootamundra, Smith played football and basketball with Luke Breust in Temora, with both ending up at Hawthorn where they played together in the 2013 AFL Grand Final. Smith moved to Wagga Wagga when he was 13, where he played with Hawthorn's Matt Suckling in the Wagga Hawks for several years before both moved to the Wagga Tigers where they won two premierships.
Smith later moved to Victoria to take up a Sports Management Degree at the University of Ballarat. Joining his mates at Redan, Smith first aired his raking left foot in Redan's reserves. After winning the 2009 senior Ballarat Football League (BFL) Grand Final, he resisted North Ballarat's overtures to do a pre-season with them, but by midway through 2010, he was not only being pulled again by the Roosters, but pushed from within by Redan.
Smith had a meteoric rise in 2010, starting the year playing with Redan in the BFL and finishing in North Ballarat’s Victorian Football League (VFL) premiership side. Smith was also a member of the successful Victorian Country Football League (VCFL) team that won the 2010 Australian Country Football Championships in Canberra.
AFL career
Smith was Hawthorn's first pick in the 2010 AFL Draft.
Smith was a member of the 2013 Hawthorn premiership side, including kicking an outstanding 50m goal in the last quarter, and was also a member of the 2014 and 2015 Hawthorn premiership sides.
Smith has been described as the "quintessential modern wingman".
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season
| Legend | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Goals | B | Behinds | K | Kicks | H | Handballs | D | Disposals | M | Marks | T | Tackles |
| Season | Team | # | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Hawthorn | 16 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 178 | 123 | 301 | 100 | 40 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 11.1 | 7.7 | 18.8 | 6.3 | 2.5 |
| 2012 | Hawthorn | 16 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 222 | 164 | 386 | 95 | 86 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 10.1 | 7.5 | 17.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 2013 | Hawthorn | 16 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 286 | 193 | 479 | 112 | 82 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 11.9 | 8.0 | 20.0 | 4.7 | 3.4 |
| 2014 | Hawthorn | 16 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 337 | 203 | 540 | 133 | 68 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 14.0 | 8.5 | 22.5 | 5.5 | 2.8 |
| 2015 | Hawthorn | 16 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 350 | 231 | 581 | 163 | 70 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 14.0 | 9.2 | 23.2 | 6.5 | 2.8 |
| 2016 | Hawthorn | 16 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 335 | 206 | 541 | 139 | 66 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 14.0 | 8.6 | 22.5 | 5.8 | 2.8 |
| Career | 135 | 111 | 81 | 1708 | 1120 | 2828 | 742 | 412 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 12.7 | 8.3 | 21.0 | 5.5 | 3.1 | ||
Honours and achievements
- Team
- 3× AFL Premiership: 2013, 2014, 2015
- 2× McClelland Trophy: 2012, 2013
- Individual
- Hawthorn best clubman: 2016