James McDonald 23

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James McDonald

Guernsey Number: 23 Recruited from:
Height: 180cm Debut:
Weight: 75kg Date of birth: 5/10/1976

McDonald has been awarded the Melbourne captaincy this year after the retirement of David Neitz. He remains one of the club's most consistent players and finished fifth in the B&F last season after winning it in both 2006 and 2007. He has averaged 20 or more disposals in each of the past three years and remains as the club's No.1 tackler. McDonald has a great work ethic and is an inspiration to his teammates with what he does both on and off the field. He enters the season as the Demon's oldest player and has played 217 career games.

Season Statistics

Rnd Date vs. K H D M HO T FF FA G B
1 29/03/2009 North Melbourne 13 10 23 6 2 10 3 0 0 1
2 04/04/2009 Collingwood 8 9 17 5 0 3 0 2 0 0
5 26/04/2009 Adelaide 4 9 13 3 0 2 0 2 1 0
6 03/05/2009 Geelong 11 5 16 5 0 6 1 2 0 0
7 10/05/2009 West Coast 4 7 11 4 1 6 1 0 0 0
8 16/05/2009 Western Bulldogs 10 15 25 5 2 3 1 0 0 0
9 24/05/2009 Hawthorn 5 8 13 0 0 3 0 2 1 0
10 30/05/2009 St. Kilda 6 8 14 3 1 7 0 2 0 0
11 08/06/2009 Collingwood 4 4 8 0 0 5 1 3 0 0
14 04/07/2009 West Coast 9 9 18 4 0 6 1 0 0 0
15 12/07/2009 Port Adelaide 12 7 19 2 0 6 1 2 0 0
16 18/07/2009 Geelong 11 7 18 7 0 1 0 3 0 0
17 26/07/2009 Sydney 11 8 19 7 0 3 0 3 0 0
18 02/08/2009 Richmond 17 11 28 9 0 6 2 1 0 1
19 09/08/2009 North Melbourne 15 12 27 6 0 3 0 3 0 0
20 16/08/2009 Fremantle 15 10 25 6 1 5 2 1 0 0
21 22/08/2009 Carlton 9 19 28 7 0 6 0 0 0 0
22 30/08/2009 St. Kilda 13 13 26 4 0 6 1 1 0 0