Overview
Fergus Greene (born 20 December 1997) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Sandhurst Football Club in the Bendigo Football Netball League (BFNL). He previously played for the and in the Australian Football League (AFL), making his debut in round 19 of the 2018 season.
Career
Greene played junior football for Sandhurst and Catholic College Bendigo. In 2015, he suffered a navicular bone injury, but returned in 2016 and played well in the first half of the season. He was recruited by the Bendigo Pioneers and played five TAC Cup games in 2016. He recorded a 15.6 beep test at the Rookie Me Combine, the best time recorded nationally before the 2016 AFL draft. He was selected by the Western Bulldogs with their fourth selection, pick 70, in the 2016 national draft. and followed up with five goals against Werribee the next week. However, he was restricted to eight VFL games for the year by a broken wrist – which kept him out for eight weeks – and cracked ribs later in the season. and showed strong form in his first nine VFL matches. Coach Steve Grace was "super pleased" with Greene and praised his maturity and mental improvement.
He played 14 VFL matches and kicked 18 goals before his round 19 AFL debut. laid five tackles and amassed five disposals. Greene played for the Box Hill Hawks in the VFL in 2021 and 2022. He kicked 30 goals in 2021 and 53 goals in 2022, and was signed by Hawthorn as a delisted free agent at the end of the 2022 VFL season. He was part of the club's 2024 premiership victory over Gisborne.
Statistics
Updated as of the end of 2023. - 2017 30 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 - 2018 30 5 5 6 27 17 44 18 15 1.0 1.2 5.4 3.4 8.8 3.6 3.0 0 - 2019 30 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 - 2020 30 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 - 2023 26 11 15 10 56 33 89 38 10 1.4 0.9 5.1 3.0 8.1 3.5 0.9 0 - class=sortbottom ! colspan=3 Career ! 16 !! 20 !! 16 !! 83 !! 50 !! 133 !! 56 !! 25 !! 1.3 !! 1.0 !! 5.2 !! 3.1 !! 8.3 !! 3.5 !! 1.6 0 Notes
Honours and achievements
Individual * 2× leading goalkicker: 2021, 2022
Personal life
Greene is the son of Chris Greene and Anne Hartney and the nephew of former player Brendan Hartney.