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Bird, Everitt in for Wellington clash

Craig Bird and Andrejs Everitt have been named in the Sydney Swans side to face St Kilda in Wellington on Thursday night

6:25pm  Apr 24, 2013

Premiership trio re-sign

Three Sydney Swans premiership players have signed new deals with the club this week

5:50am  Oct 30, 2012

Birdy's season wrap - different roles

Craig Bird speaks to sydneyswans.com.au about the many roles he played for the Swans on the way to the 2012 premiership

1:06pm  Oct 11, 2012

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Craig
Bird

Height
179 cm
DOB
21-01-1989
Weight
85 kg
Debut
2008
Games
2013
6
Career
93
Goals
2013
0
Career
37
2013 Dream Team Points
Total
257
Avg
43
CraigBird

Player Bio

At a Glance

Junior Clubs: Nelson Bay
Debut:
2008
Recruited from:
NSW/ACT U18
Brownlow Votes: 1

Used in a variety of roles, Bird played every game in a season for the first time in his career and enjoyed his most consistent campaign. 

Lining up in the midfield and also used as a tagger or a defensive forward at times, Bird averaged more than 17 possessions and four tackles a game. 

He kicked 12 goals for the season and laid a career-best 11 tackles against North Melbourne in round four.

Draft history: 2007 NAB AFL Draft 4th round selection (Sydney) No. 59 overall as NSW scholarship holder.

2013 Coaches Call

2012 was really good. He was a really important role player for us. When he played in the midfield he did exactly what he needed to, whether it was to play on their best player or play just as a midfielder, or whether he had a role as a forward just to play on the best backman, or just to kick goals.

Pre-season has been excellent, the best one he’s had so far. He came back in really good shape and has been up the front in the running drills with the Hanneberys and McVeighs and it has been a real credit to him the way he’s come back and the drive he seems to have to become a better player.

We hope in 2013 that we can get him in as an inside midfielder a little bit more. Last year he probably played more as a role player and he’s been working really hard this pre-season on trying to become stronger and quicker and do all the things he can do to become an elite inside midfielder.

Stats

By the numbers

  • 2013   Season Average
    Games Played 6
    • Kicks 6.5
    • Handballs 4.2
    • Disposals 10.7
    • Marks 1.8
    • Hit-Outs 0.0
    • Tackles 2.7
    • Goals 0.0
    • Dream Team 42.8

2013 Highlights

Statistics Best Opponent Round
Kicks 12 St Kilda Rd 5
Handballs 6 Brisbane Lions Rd 6
Disposals 16 St Kilda Rd 5
Marks 4 Brisbane Lions Rd 6
Hit-outs 0 - -
Tackles 8 St Kilda Rd 5
Goals 0 - -
Dream Team 79 St Kilda Rd 5

2013 Season Breakdown

Rd Opponent Result K H D M HO FF FA T G B DT
1 GWS Giants W 76 - 106 - - - - - - - - - - -
2 Gold Coast Suns W 114 - 73 4 3 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 19
3 North Melbourne W 92 - 131 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17
4 Geelong Cats L 103 - 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 St Kilda W 63 - 79 12 4 16 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 79
6 Brisbane Lions W 115 - 55 7 6 13 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 50
7 Hawthorn L 119 - 82 10 4 14 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 61
8 Fremantle D 70 - 70 5 3 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 31
9 Collingwood - - - - - - - - - - -
10 Essendon - - - - - - - - - - -
11 Adelaide Crows - - - - - - - - - - -
13 Port Adelaide - - - - - - - - - - -
14 Carlton - - - - - - - - - - -
15 Melbourne - - - - - - - - - - -
16 GWS Giants - - - - - - - - - - -
17 West Coast Eagles - - - - - - - - - - -
18 Richmond - - - - - - - - - - -
19 Western Bulldogs - - - - - - - - - - -
20 Collingwood - - - - - - - - - - -
21 St Kilda - - - - - - - - - - -
22 Geelong Cats - - - - - - - - - - -
23 Hawthorn - - - - - - - - - - -
TOTAL W: 5 - L: 2 - D: 1 39 25 64 11 0 2 3 16 0 0 257

By the numbers

  • Career Average
    Games Played 93
    • Kicks 7.8
    • Handballs 7.6
    • Disposals 15.5
    • Marks 2.6
    • Hit-Outs 0.0
    • Tackles 3.7
    • Goals 0.4
    • Dream Team 62.3

Career Highlights

Statistics Best Opponent Round
Kicks 18 Brisbane Lions Rd 11, 2011
Handballs 16 Hawthorn Rd 22, 2012
Disposals 27 GWS Giants Rd 1, 2012
Marks 8 GWS Giants Rd 1, 2012
Hit-outs 1 Brisbane Lions Rd 3, 2009
Tackles 11 North Melbourne Rd 4, 2012
Goals 4 Western Bulldogs Rd 18, 2011
Dream Team 127 GWS Giants Rd 1, 2012

Career Breakdown

Season Club K H D M HO FF FA T G B DT
2013 Sydney Swans 39 25 64 11 0 2 3 16 0 0 257
2012 Sydney Swans 220 207 427 69 0 16 21 105 12 12 1738
2011 Sydney Swans 184 170 354 43 0 16 19 113 11 9 1507
2010 Sydney Swans 35 34 69 14 0 2 2 11 1 0 261
2009 Sydney Swans 108 130 238 41 1 8 6 48 5 3 923
2008 Sydney Swans 144 144 288 62 1 10 17 47 8 3 1105

Legend

K
Kicks
H
Handballs
D
Disposals
M
Marks
HO
Hit-outs
FF
Frees For
FA
Frees Against
T
Tackles
G
Goals
B
Behinds
DT
Dream Team

Milestones

AFL Debut – round 1, 2008 (Sydney Swans v St Kilda)

50 games – round 12, 2011 (Sydney Swans v Richmond)

Awards

AFL Awards

Premiership Side
2012

Club Awards

Swans Rising Star award
2008

Brownlow Medal

Career votes  1