Brent Prismall

Infobox afl player NEW


playername = Brent Prismall
fullname = Brent Prismall
image capt = Brent Prismall


birthdate = Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|7|14
birthplace =
originalteam = Werribee / Western U18
draftpick = 32^nd overall, 2004
Geelong Cats
heightweight = 186 cm, 87 kg
position =
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
currentclub = Essendon
guernsey = TBA
years = 2005-2008
2009-
clubs = Geelong
Essendon
games(goals) = 25 (15)
0 (0)
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = Qualifying Final 1, 2008
careerhighlights =Geelong
* Geelong NAB Cup 2006
* Best First-year Player 2006

Representative Honours
* Victoria Metro U18 2004

TAC Cup
* Western Jets Runner-up Best & Fairest 2004
* TAC Cup Team of the Year 2004

Brent "Prizz" Prismall (born 14 July 1986) is an Australian Rules Football player for the Essendon Football Club. He is an up-and-coming talent known for his calmness whilst under pressure and his smooth skills, particularly his kicking.

Career

Early Career

Prismall grew up in Werribee, Victoria, and was drafted from the Western Jets under 18. He was Geelong's first pick in the 2004 draft, pick 32 overall, and wears this number on his guernsey. The number 32 was made famous by Geelong superstar Garry Hocking. Prismall spent all of the 2005 season playing in the VFL.

Geelong: 2006 – 2008

At the start of 2006, he moved out of his Werribee home and moved to Geelong to live with teammates Corey Enright and Henry Playfair, whom he would later go on to start a personal training organisation with. He then set his sights on playing a senior game for Geelong, and, after playing in the team that had earlier won the pre-season cup, he was selected to play in round 5. Just minutes into his debut on the 29th of April on Saturday night against the Sydney Swans, he broke his arm, which only allowed him to play eight games for the year.

After a solid pre-season, he played the first five games of 2007 before being omitted, and then broke his wrist whilst playing for the Geelong VFL side on Sunday, the 8th of July, 2007. As a result Prismall was unable to play for several weeks but recovered in time to play finals for the VFL side.

Despite his difficulties in consistently playing for Geelong, he shows strong signs of a bright future. On the 7th of September 2008, in just his 25th AFL game and his finals debut in the qualifying final against St Kilda, he was stretchered off and did not return after landing awkwardly and badly injuring his right knee at the 17th minute mark of the first quarter. It was later confirmed that he will undergo a full knee reconstruction after scans revealed a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.

After the 2008 season, Prismall declined the new 2 year contract by Geelong and asked the club to be traded to get a better chance of playing more regularly in the AFL. On the final day of trade week, he was traded to the Essendon Football Club for national draft pick number 39. [ [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,24474975-19742,00.html] ]

tatistics

: "Statistics are correct as of 8 September 2008"

External links

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References