Josh Mahoney

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playername = Josh Mahoney
fullname = Joshua William Paul Mahoney


birthdate = Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|10|31
birthplace =
originalteam = Western Jets (TAC Cup)
draftpick =
heightweight = 180cm / 82 kg
position =
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
currentclub =
guernsey =
years = 1997 – 1998
1999 – 2000
2004 – 2007
Total
clubs = Collingwood
Western Bulldogs
Port Adelaide
games(goals) = 19 (8)
11 (2)
67 (77)
97 (87)
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 2007
repstatsend =
careerhighlights =
* Port Adelaide premiership side 2004
* Port Adelaide leading goalkicker 2006
* Port Adelaide leadership group 2007

Joshua William Paul "Josh" Mahoney (born 31 October 1977), is an Australian rules footballer in the AFL.

Pre-AFL career

After beginning his career in the TAC Cup with the Western Jets, Mahoney moved to the Williamstown Seagulls in the VFL, playing 19 games with them in 1996. He was selected by the Collingwood Football Club with one of the last picks in the 1996 AFL Draft, pick 84.

AFL career (1997-2000)

Mahoney made his AFL debut with the Collingwood Football Club in Round 12, 1997. He was a handy small forward for the club, and was noted for his solid kicking and courage, as well as his ability to get the "hard ball".

At the end of 1998 Mahoney was traded to the Western Bulldogs for Tyson Lane, and the hard nut Mahoney wore a helmet during the 1999 season. He started the year in the team but due to injury fell away and didn't play a game after Round 12. He was delisted at the end of 2000.

AFL career resurrection

After toiling away for the Bendigo Bombers in the VFL following his delisting from the Bulldogs, Mahoney continued to impress and was a prominent player in the VFL vs SANFL State of Origin games. In the 2003 pre-season draft, with the final pick, Port Adelaide selected Mahoney.

He was given a lifeline and the then 26-year-old was not expected to have much of an impact at AFL level. But after breaking into the side after Round 6 after solid performances for Glenelg, Mahoney never lost his spot in the team in 2004. His performances across half-forward, booting 20 goals, and his defensive pressure was important, with the journeyman winning a premiership medallion in Port Adelaide's 2004 flag-winning side.

Mahoney played good football in 2006, winning the Power's leading goalkicker award with 29 goals and earning himself a promotion to the onfield leadership group for season 2007.

Late in 2007 Mahoney announced his retirement from the AFL at the end of the season on 97 AFL games but is still hopeful of regaining his position in the 2007 finals series to reach his 100 game milestone. He has expressed his interest in a possible coaching career and would prefer to stay in Adelaide.

Post Playing Career

Mahoney was picked up as an Assistant Coach of the Melbourne Football Club for 2008. He specialises in coaching Melbourne's forward line.

External links

*AflRleague|ref=J/Josh_Mahoney.html