Full name Jamie Cripps Name Jamie Cripps Height/Weight 183cm / 73 kg Height 1.83 m | Position(s) Forward Weight 73 kg Current club West Coast Career start 2011 | |
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Date of birth (1992-04-23) 23 April 1992 (age 23) Draft 24th overall, 2010 AFL Draft Original team | ||
Josh hill and jamie cripps highlights round 6 vs port adelaide
Jamie Cripps (born 23 April 1992) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Cripps is a cousin of two other AFL players, Patrick Cripps (Carlton) and Chris Mainwaring (West Coast; deceased).
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- Josh hill and jamie cripps highlights round 6 vs port adelaide
- Type 1 and jamie cripps
- Junior career
- AFL career
- References
Type 1 and jamie cripps
Junior career
Originally from Northampton, Western Australia, Cripps played his junior football for Western Australian Football League team East Fremantle Football Club, making his senior debut in 2009, before playing another six games in 2010 and representing Western Australia at the 2010 AFL Under 18 Championships.
Cripps was recruited to AFL club St Kilda with the 24th selection in the 2010 AFL Draft. Shortly after being drafted, Cripps was admitted to hospital suffering from a diabetes-related illness. It was reported that St Kilda were unaware that Cripps was diabetic before they drafted him.
AFL career
Cripps made his AFL debut as the substitute player in St Kilda's Round 6 match against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium. He performed well, scoring two goals with his first two kicks of the game.
At the end of the 2012 season he was traded to the West Coast Eagles along with draft pick 46 in exchange for draft picks 41 and 44.