the previous year, so the suspension was moot. After serving his suspension, Fletcher returned in 2017 to play suburban football for Essendon Doutta Stars. Kicking style Fletcher's execution of the torpedo punt was often used as a set-play clearing strategy by coach Kevin Sheedy. In a game in 2007, he kicked a torpedo punt goal from more than 70 metres. According to The Sunday Age, it was the fifth-longest kick in the history of the VFL/AFL. International rules series Fletcher served as the Australia international rules football team's goalkeeper for five series: the 2005 series, the 2006 series, the 2010 series, the 2014 series, and the 2015 series. Along with Barry Hall, Fletcher was one of Australia's co-captains for the 2006 series. He is regarded as Australia's greatest keeper throughout the series. He retired from top-level football with a final International Rules match, at the 2015 series in Ireland. Personal life Dustin's son Mason is the punter for the University of Cincinnati Bearcats in American football. In Mason's freshman (first) season in 2021, the Bearcats became the first-ever team from a Group of Five conference to reach the College Football Playoff. Mason's sophomore season in 2022, the Bearcats' last before joining the Power Five Big 12 Conference, saw him named the special teams player of the year in the American Athletic Conference. Statistics |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" |style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|1993† |style="text-align:center;"| | 31 || 17 || 0 || 0 || 128 || 45 || 173 || 43 || 24 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.5 || 2.6 || 10.2 || 2.5 || 1.4 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1994 |style="text-align:center;"| | 31 || 13 || 2 || 0 || 76 || 41 || 117 || 27 || 10 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 5.8 || 3.2 || 9.0 || 2.1 || 0.8 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995 |style="text-align:center;"| | 31 || 22 || 4 || 3 || 199 || 101 || 300 || 94 || 23 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 9.0 || 4.6 || 13.6 || 4.3 || 1.0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1996 |style="text-align:center;"| | 31 || 23 || 16 || 10 || 235 || 52 || 287 || 105 || 16 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 10.2 || 2.3 || 12.5 || 4.6 || 0.7 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997 |style="text-align:center;"| | 31 || 16 || 9 || 2 || 175 || 62