Mathew Capuano
| Mathew Capuano | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born | 2 September 1975 | ||
| Original team | Creswick / Geelong U18 | ||
| Debut | Round 13, 18 June 1994, North Melbourne vs. Richmond, at the MCG | ||
| Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 99 kg (218 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1994–2000 | North Melbourne | 82 (24) | |
| 2001–2003 | St Kilda | 25 (13) | |
| Total | 107 (37) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Mathew Capuano (born 2 September 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his AFL career with the North Melbourne Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club. Post playing career Capuano was a development coach at the Carlton Football Club.[1]
He was famously sacked by St. Kilda during the 2003 season.
Kangaroos career
[edit | edit source]Capuano made his AFL debut for North Melbourne in the 1994 season. He played a total of 82 games for the Kangaroos, and was a member of the club's 1996 and 1999 premiership side.
St Kilda career
[edit | edit source]Capuano's career with the Saints was plagued by shoulder and knee injuries. He played 25 games in his three seasons for the Saints. Although making his 100th AFL appearance in Round 8, 2002, he underwent knee surgery after Round 9 and missed all remaining AFL games that season.
Mid-season sacking
[edit | edit source]After making six appearances in the first nine rounds of the 2003 season, Capuano was sacked by the Saints.[2] The coach, Grant Thomas, explained that Capuano's poor form led to his sacking. While it is suggested that the young and rising Saints did not need Capuano's service anymore,[3] the Saints were also criticised for axing Capuano at the wrong time as Trent Knobel and Barry Brooks, their other two ruckmen, were both injured at the time.[4]
Although a number of VFL clubs sought Capuano's services after he was sacked,[5] he did not accept any offers and spent the latter half of 2003 travelling in Europe. He also did not nominate for the 2003 AFL draft[6] and spent 2004 playing for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League.[7]
Coaching
[edit | edit source]Capuano signed with the Carlton Football Club in 2009 to coach their ruckmen on a part-time basis. The following season, the Blues made Capuano a full-time development coach and a direct ruck coach. He remained with Carlton in the development role until the end of the 2017 AFL season.
Playing statistics
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | ||||
| 1994 | North Melbourne | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1995 | North Melbourne | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 63 | 131 | 46 | 6 | 88 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 5.9 |
| 1996 | North Melbourne | 16 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 81 | 62 | 143 | 41 | 1 | 81 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 4.5 |
| 1997 | North Melbourne | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | North Melbourne | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 26 | 85 | 25 | 7 | 121 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 9.3 |
| 1999 | Kangaroos | 16 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 127 | 65 | 192 | 63 | 11 | 263 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 13.8 |
| 2000 | Kangaroos | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 69 | 19 | 88 | 36 | 13 | 129 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 9.2 |
| 2001 | St Kilda | 16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 70 | 26 | 96 | 51 | 4 | 119 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 8.0 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 9.9 |
| 2002 | St Kilda | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 37 | 81 | 37 | 3 | 37 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 11.6 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 5.3 |
| 2003 | St Kilda | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 21 | 7 | 43 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 7.2 |
| Career | 107 | 37 | 13 | 548 | 326 | 874 | 326 | 55 | 884 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 8.2 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 8.3 | ||
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Saints sack Capuano, The Age, 26 May 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.
- ^ Walls, R., "Thomas does the hard thing but the right thing", The Age, 30 May 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.
- ^ Connolly, R., "Thrills and spills in 2003", The Age, 30 September 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006
- ^ Lyon, K. & Niall, J., "Capuano now a wanted man", The Age, 30 May 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.
- ^ Quayle, E., "No draft for Capuano", The Age, 22 October 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2006.
- ^ WAFL Online playing statistics
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Mathew Capuano's playing statistics from AFL TablesLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Mathew Capuano at AustralianFootball.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Mathew Capuano's WAFL playing statistics at WAFLFootyFacts.netLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1975 births
- Living people
- North Melbourne Football Club players
- North Melbourne Football Club premiership players
- St Kilda Football Club players
- South Fremantle Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Geelong Falcons players
- People from Creswick, Victoria
- VFL/AFL premiership players