James Trezise Explained

James Trezise
Birth Date:15 June 2002
Originalteam:Tooradin Dalmore (West Gippsland)
Draftpick:No. 13, 2023 AFL mid-season rookie draft
Position:Medium defender
Guernsey:36
Debutdate:Round 24, 2023
Debutstadium:Adelaide Oval
Height:188 cm
Weight:76 kg
Years1:2023 -
Games Goals1:8 (0)
Statsend:round 23, 2024 season

James Trezise (born 15 June 2002) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Richmond in the 2023 mid-season draft and made his AFL debut in round 24 of the 2023 season.

Early life, junior, country and state-league football

Trezise was raised in the outer south-east of Melbourne, playing junior football in Berwick and schooling at Casey Grammar School and St. Francis Xavier College.[1] In he joined Tooradin-Dalmore in the West Gippsland Football Netball Competition, where he remained through the club's premiership winning 2022 season, playing as a goal-scoring half-forward.[2] The following year he joined the reserves program as an exclusively VFL-listed player.[2] During the early months of the 2023 VFL season he impressed scouts from multiple AFL clubs while playing predominately as a half-back.[2]

AFL career

2023 season

Trezise was selected 13th overall by the Richmond Football Club in the 2023 AFL mid-season rookie draft.[3] He continued to play VFL football with the club over the months that followed, before being selected for his AFL debut in the final round of the 2023 season. In that round 24 loss to at Adelaide Oval he recorded 17 disposals.[4]

Player profile

Trezise plays primarily as a rebounding half-back with impressive speed and acceleration.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Tiger time for Trezise . 13 September 2023 . Pakenham Gazette . Star Community . 31 May 2023.
  2. News: Jimmy's journey to Tiger Town . 13 September 2023 . Pakenham Gazette . Star Community . 1 June 2023.
  3. News: VFL Tiger Trezise recruited in Mid-Season Draft. 3 September 2023. Richmond FC. Richmond Media. 31 May 2023.
  4. News: Trezise shows ticker for Tigers. 3 September 2023. Star Journal. David Nagel. 29 August 2023.
  5. News: Youngsters ink Richmond extensions . 13 September 2023 . Richmond FC . Telstra Media . 12 September 2023.