Tyson Stengle

Tyson Stengle
200px Stengle in March 2017
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Wombo, Wombat
Date of birth	(1998-10-19) 19 October 1998
Original team(s)	Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL)
Draft	No. 6, 2017 AFL rookie draft: Richmond
Debut	Round 15, 2017, Richmond v. Port Adelaide, at Adelaide Oval
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current club	Richmond
Number	44

Tyson Stengle (born 19 October 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life and junior football

Stengle endured a difficult childhoop, taken in by his grandmother Debra at the age of four after he and his brother were removed by the state from the care of their parents. He later late with grandparents Emily and Cecil Betts after his grandmother Debra passed away. He spent his teenage years in the north western Adelaide suburb of Ethelton where he completed secondary schooling at Le Fevre High School.

Stengle first played football for the local Portland Football Club at the Under 10s level. There he played in over 100 matches across his junior years.

As a teenager he was a member of Port Adelaide's Aboriginal AFL Academy.

Tyson has a really nice feel for the game, which is something that is hard to teach. He’s got some genuine tricks, finishes for goal nicely and is so evasive that he is hard to tackle, like Adelaide’s Eddie Betts and Charlie Cameron.

Brenton Phillips, SANFL high performance manager, 2016

Stengle played state-league football with Woodville-West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League. He played 10 matches for the reserves team in 2016 and kicked 22 goals, while he kicked 13 in nine matches with the club's Under 18 team that same season. He was a member of the Eagle's reserves Grand Final team in 2016.

In 2016 he represented South Australia at the National Under 18 Championships. There he ranked second among all small-forwards for Champion Data ranking points per game. Stengle was also the fourth ranked of all South Australians by the same measure that tournament. He was labelled "quick, creative, innovative and classy" by The Age draft writer Emma Quayle for his performances in the championships. The Advertiser's Andrew Capel said Stengle possessed "brilliant skills, blistering pace and a love of tackling and applying ferocious forward pressure."

Stengle recorded a top 10 score in the goalkicking test at the national draft combine in 2016.

AFL career

Stengle was drafted by Richmond with the club's first pick and the sixth selection overall in the 2017 AFL rookie draft.

Stengle played the early part of the 2017 season with Richmond's reserves side in the VFL. He was a key forward-line player for the side, kicking 13 goals in his first eight matches. He was upgraded to the club's senior list in June 2017. He made his AFL debut two weeks later in Richmond's round 15 win over Port Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval. He kicked two goals in the match.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of Round 15, 2017

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
			Totals								Averages (per game)
2017	Richmond	44	1	2	0	6	2	8	1	0	2.0	0.0	6.0	2.0	8.0	1.0	0.0
Career			1	2	0	6	2	8	1	0	2.0	0.0	6.0	2.0	8.0	1.0	0.0

Family

Stengle is nephew to former Sydney Swans forward Michael O'Loughlin. He is also related to current and former AFL players Eddie Betts, Ricky O'Loughlin and Terry Milera.

External links

• Tyson Stengle's profile on the official website of the Richmond Football Club
• Tyson Stengle's statistics from AFL Tables