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Darren Minchington is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
AFL career
He made his debut on 9 August 2013 against Hawthorn in Round 20 of the 2013 AFL season.
Originally from Dromana, Victoria, Minchington attended Padua College. He started his senior football career at St Kilda's VFL affiliate club Sandringham in 2012, but suffered a hip injury after playing nine games, ending his season. He kicked two goals in two games for the St Kilda Football Club. He was dropped after his second game against the Sydney Swans.
Munchington has had a career ridden with injuries over seven season career at St Kilda, he only played 28 games at AFL level.
Minchington was delisted at the end of the 2018 season, and signed with Hawthorn as a delisted free agent. He was delisted from Hawthorn a year later without playing a game.
Minchington signed a one-year rookie contract as part of the pre-season supplemental selection period (SSP) following a long term knee injury to Will Golds.Minchington made his Hawks debut and played his first AFL game since round 10, 2017. He was selected to play Melbourne at Blacktown.
Statistics
| G | Goals | B | Behinds | K | Kicks | H | Handballs | D | Disposals | M | Marks | T | Tackles |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2012 | St Kilda | 41 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | St Kilda | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2014 | St Kilda | 41 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 6.7 | 2.7 | 9.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2015 | St Kilda | 41 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 10 | 15 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 9.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 2016 | St Kilda | 41 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 63 | 83 | 146 | 26 | 54 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 11.2 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 0 |
| 2017 | St Kilda | 41 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 40 | 69 | 13 | 20 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 13.8 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | St Kilda | 41 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | Hawthorn | 38 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | – |
| 2020 | Hawthorn | 38 | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 7.0 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — |
| Career | 29 | 22 | 16 | 153 | 167 | 320 | 67 | 97 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 11.0 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 0 | ||