Quick Facts
Biography
James Sicily (born 6 January 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who plays as a high half forward for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early career
Sicily spent time in his junior career playing for Keilor. In 2013 Sicily, booted 26 goals from 16 games for the Jets and represented Vic Metro at the National Championships. He had a stunning second half of the season in the TAC Cup.
AFL career
Sicily was drafted by the Hawthorn Football Club with their third round selection and fifty-sixth overall. In 2014, he was Box Hill’s best player in the losing grand final, he kicked a team-high three goals,and also finishing with 15 disposals and five marks.
He AFL made his 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.
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. 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. In Round 12 2016 he collected 25 disposals against Essendon while playing a role in defence.
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) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Hawthorn | 41 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Career | 25 | 34 | 19 | 187 | 103 | 290 | 111 | 46 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 7.5 | 4.1 | 11.6 | 4.4 | 1.8 | ||
Honours and achievements
Individual
- Hawthorn most promising player: (2016)
- AFL Rising Star nominee: 2016