The Greater Western Sydney GIANTS have unveiled their player jumper numbers for the 2013 Toyota AFL Premiership Season.

After a standout debut season, 19 year-old midfielder Toby Greene will now wear the popular number four jumper, previously worn by Israel Folau in 2012.

Greene,who averaged 27 possessions in his 19 games in 2012, received a NAB AFL Rising Star nomination and was runner up in the inaugural Kevin Sheedy Medal. 

Fellow midfielders Devon Smith and Taylor Adams will also wear new numbers in 2013 with the pair donning numbers 10 and 11 respectively.

Number 10 was previously worn by Dean Brogan who will now wear number 50. Number 11 was previously worn by Chad Cornes who will now wear number 53. 

Number one draft pick Lachie Whitfield will follow in the footsteps of GIANTS Assistant Coach and inaugural Co-Captain Luke Power, wearing the number six jumper for the club.

GIANTS Head Coach Kevin Sheedy said it was important to reward younger players who had shown promise in the club's first year.

“We felt that the players who performed well for the club in their first year deserved the opportunity to pick up an earlier number if they wished,” Sheedy said.

“We also obviously see Lachie Whitfield as a very talented young player and it's an honour for him to wear  the number worn by Luke Power, who was such a great champion for more than 300 AFL games." 

Sheedy said he looked forward to the day when AFL players' names were also on the back of their jumpers.

"This would be great for the fans, particularly in New South Wales and Queensland. It would be a very simple thing that would help promote the stars of our game," he said.

The number two draft pick Jono O'Rourke will wear the number 24 jumper, Lachie Plowman 30, Kristian Jaksch 34, Aidan Corr 35 and James Stewart 36. 

Former Hawthorn premiership player Stephen Gilham will wear number 38 for the GIANTS and former Carlton defender Bret Thornton will wear 46. 

 

PLAYER JUMPER NUMBERS

 

Phil

Davis

1

Curtly

Hampton

2

Stephen

Coniglio

3

Toby

Greene

4

Dylan

Shiel

5

Lachie

Whitfield

6

Rhys

Palmer

7

Callan

Ward

8

Tom

Scully

9

Devon

Smith

10

Taylor

Adams

11

Jonathon

Patton

12

Sam

Darley

13

Tomas

Bugg

14

Tim

Golds

15

Nathan

Wilson

16

Adam

Treloar

17

Jeremy

Cameron

18

Nick

Haynes

19

Adam

Tomlinson

20

Matt

Buntine

21

Shaun

Edwards

22

Sam

Reid

23

Jono

O'Rourke

24

Anthony

Miles

25

Jonathan

Giles

26

Andrew

Phillips

27

Liam

Sumner

28

Dom

Tyson

29

Lachie

Plowman

30

Jacob

Townsend

31

Gerald

Ugle

32

Will

Hoskin-Elliott

33

Kristian

Jaksch

34

Aidan

Corr

35

James

Stewart

36

Setanta

O'hAilpin

37

Stephen

Gilham

38

Tim

Mohr

39

Adam

Kennedy

40

Josh

Growden

41

Mark

Whiley

42

Kurt

Aylett

43

Tom

Downie

44

Sam

Schulz

45

Bret

Thornton

46

Josh

Bruce

47

Sam

Frost

48

Joe

Redfern #

49

Dean

Brogan

50

Zach

Williams #

51

Chad

Cornes

53

 

 

 

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