Grammar School. Having only taken up Australian rules football at age 14, he had played less than 40 Aussie rules matches when he was drafted in 2001, although he had already been named in the 2001 under-18 All-Australian team. His father Barry has played in the Victorian Football Association for Sandringham and also captained the Queensland representative side. He became engaged to girlfriend Zoe Stenmark in 2011, they married at Shore Chapel in 2013. Statistics |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003 | | 30 || 16 || 5 || 4 || 46 || 44 || 90 || 29 || 12 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 2.9 || 2.8 || 5.6 || 1.8 || 0.8 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004 | | 30 || 7 || 0 || 1 || 12 || 22 || 34 || 7 || 4 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 1.7 || 3.1 || 4.9 || 1.0 || 0.6 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005 | | 30 || 25 || 0 || 3 || 95 || 103 || 198 || 58 || 37 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 3.8 || 4.1 || 7.9 || 2.3 || 1.5 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2006 | | 30 || 24 || 3 || 1 || 129 || 116 || 245 || 87 || 30 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 5.4 || 4.8 || 10.2 || 3.6 || 1.3 |-style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2007 | | 30 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 14 || 15 || 29 || 13 || 3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.0 || 7.5 || 14.5 || 6.5 || 1.5 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2008 | | 30 || 24 || 4 || 1 || 152 || 134 || 286 || 108 || 48 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 6.3 || 5.6 || 11.9 || 4.5 || 2.0 |-style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2009 | | 30 || 21 || 2 || 0 || 175 || 156 || 331 || 144 || 28 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 8.3 || 7.4 || 15.8 || 6.9 || 1.3 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2010 | | 30 || 14 || 0 || 2 || 114 || 80 || 194 || 87 || 34 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 8.1 || 5.7 || 13.9 || 6.2 || 2.4 |-style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2011 | | 30 ||