| Ethan Phillips | |
| Fullname: | Ethan Phillips |
| Birth Date: | 17 July 1999 |
| Originalteam: | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Position: | Key defender |
| Guernsey: | 37 |
| Debutdate: | 20 May 2024 |
| Debutstadium: | Adelaide Oval |
| Height: | 197 cm |
| Weight: | 90 kg[1] |
| Otheroccupation: | Logistics worker[2] |
| Years1: | 2018–2023 |
| Games Goals1: | 63 (2) |
| Years2: | 2024– |
| Games Goals2: | 1 (0) |
| Statsend: | round 10, 2024 |
Ethan Phillips (born 17 July 1999) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Phillips joined the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup in 2016 and stayed with the club in 2017.[1]
In 2018, he joined in the Victorian Football League (VFL), playing in 15 games and avering 11.5 intercept possessions.[1] The same year, he also played for St Kevin's Old Boys in the Victorian Amateur Football Association in the club's premiership-winning team.[3]
In 2022, Phillips was awarded the Fothergill–Round–Mitchell Medal as the most promising young talent in the VFL.[4] He averaged 17.3 disposals in his 18 games for Port Melbourne in 2023.[5]
Ahead of the 2024 VFL season, Phillips joined in December 2023.[6]
On 17 February 2024, announced they had signed Phillips to the club's rookie list in the pre-season supplemental selection period (SSP).[5] Phillips was signed after Hawthorn defender James Blanck suffered an ACL injury, which meant he would miss the entire 2024 AFL season.[7]
Phillips continued to play in the VFL for Box Hill at the start of the 2024 season.[8] He made his AFL debut in round 10 against .[9]
Updated to the end of round 10, 2024.[1] [8] [10]
|-| 2016 || Oakleigh || 23| 4 || 0 || || 18 || 37 || 56 || 13 || 10 || 0.0 || || 4.5 || 9.3 || 13.8 || 3.3 || 2.5 || |-| 2017 || Oakleigh || 23| 7 || 0 || || 50 || 64 || 114 || 14 || 20 || 0.0 || || 7.1 || 9.1 || 16.3 || 5.9 || 2.9 || |- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| TAC Cup career! 11 !! 0 !! !! 68 !! 101 !! 169 !! 27 !! 30 !! 0.0 !! !! 6.2!! 9.2 !! 15.4 !! 2.5 !! 2.7 !! |-| 2018 || || 30| 9 || 1 || || 60 || 66 || 126 || 40 || 19 || 0.1 || || 6.7 || 7.3 || 14.0 || 4.4 || 2.1 || |-| 2019 || || 30| 12 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || |-| || || 30| 9 || 0 || 1 || 85 || 46 || 131 || 57 || 14 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 9.4 || 5.1|| 14.5 || 6.3 || 1.5 || |-| 2022 || || 30 | 15 || 1 || 0 || 203 || 89 || 292 || 147 || 25 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 13.5 || 5.9 || 19.5 || 9.8 || 1.7 || |-| 2023 || || 30| 18 || 0 || 1 || 161 || 151 || 312 || 154 || 22 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 8.9 || 8.4 || 17.3 || 8.5 || 1.2 || |- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| VFL-listed career! 63 !! 2 !! !! !! !! !! !! !! 0.0 !! !! !! !! !! !! !! |-| 2024 || || 37| 1 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 4 || 10 || 3 || 1 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.0 || 4.0 || 10.4 || 3.0 || 1.0 || |- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| AFL career! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 6 !! 4 !! 10 !! 3 !! 1 !! 0.0 !! 0.0 !! 6.0 !! 4.0 !! 10.4 !! 3.0 !! 1.0 !!|}