Andrew Collins (footballer, born 1988), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Australian rules footballer
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Place of Birth: Bridgewater On Loddon, Victoria, Australia
About Andrew Collins (footballer, born 1988)
- Andrew Collins (born 17 November 1988) is an Australian rules football player. Collins was born in Bridgewater.
- He played junior football for Sandhurst in the Bendigo Football League, and played TAC Cup football for the Bendigo Pioneers.
- He was recruited to the AFL by the Richmond Football Club with its fifth round selection in the 2006 AFL Draft (#73 overall). Collins made his senior debut for the Tigers in Round 4 of the 2009 AFL season against Melbourne.
- Collins performed well, named amongst Richmond's best, including two goals and 20 disposals.
- He continued to performing well for the Tigers, being named in Richmond's best on ground several times and averaging 20 possessions per game.
- Collins was traded at the end of the 2010 season; in his four seasons at Richmond, he played 25 senior games. Prior to the 2010 AFL Trade Week, Collins was linked with a move to Carlton.
- The trade was made official on 10 October 2010, with Collins traded to the Blues in exchange for Shaun Grigg.
- Collins made his Carlton debut in its Round 3 match against Collingwood, but played only one more senior game in his first season at the club, before a mid-season shoulder injury forced him out.
- He was delisted by Carlton at the end of 2012 but regained his spot on the list in the Pre-Season Draft. Although he stayed injury-free in 2013, and played throughout the VFL season with the Northern Blues, Collins wasn’t able to press for senior selection again.
- In September of that year, he was delisted by Carlton for the second and final time.
- Collins took on the role of playing coach for Bridgewater in the Loddon Valley Football League in 2014, leading the club to the premiership that year; he remains at Bridgewater as of 2015.
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