Introduction

Angus Monfries is a professional Australian Rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL). He presently plays for Essendon Bombers football club. He was born on January 19, 1987 and weighs about 83kg presently and is 1.84 meters tall. He plays in the forward position and he made his AFL debut in 2005 after he was drafted in the national AFL draft of 2004. He adorns the jersey number 6 for his club – Essendon Bombers.

Professional AFL Football Carrier

Angus Monfries was selected by Essendon in the AFL draft of 2004 with selection number 14. He made his first appearance in the colours of his club in the first round of 2005 season against the Melbourne side. He also made history in that game by becoming the 200th player to have been coached and played under the Bomber’s coach Kevin Sheedy. He kept up his initial impressive performance and maintained his place in the senior team till the season got to the fourth round. In the fifth round, he was dropped for an all important ANZAC Day encounter with Collingwood. He found it difficult to make an appearance in the team’s engagements at the senior level until when the season got to round 12.

Angus experienced a great turn around in his play during this season in the thirteenth round. During this match against St Kilda, Angus kicked a total of two goals and helped the club to win the game by a 15 point difference. Thereafter, Monfries continued to the end of the season without missing any other match till the season came to a close. Indeed, he had a good season especially when considering the fact that he was a new player into the team and AFL at large. The following season was also a very good one for him although he did not win any award during this time. He was able to play almost all the games of the season except for one game in round fifteen. He missed this game due to a calf strain injury. The injury was however, considered to be minor without any serious consequences to the player.

The season of 2007 was also a similarly good season. Monfries was able to play a total of twenty games out of twenty-two games for the whole season. The team’s abysmal performance against Port Adelaide was responsible for the Bombers losing the game by a whopping 31 points after winning only four matches previously. Angus along with another team mate was sidelined for the next club games that followed. He lost about two rounds of playing time as a result of this. He was however named emergency player and was able to return to the team successfully after about four players were critically injured and had to stay out of play. The season of 2009 was also a good one for Angus; he became a very vital part of the team such that he was a dominant and stabilizing factor in the Essendon Bombers team. He also learned and improved tremendously his goal kicking skills.

AFL Career Highlights

He was awarded the Most Courageous Player during the club’s Best and Fairest Awards in 2006 also known as the Crichton Medal. He also won the Striving for Excellence award in the 2008 edition of the Best and Fairest awards for Essendon bombers. This award is usually given to players who are considered to be the top budding talents in the club.

Outside of AFL, Angus is currently training to be a journalist at the La Trobe University.