fred fanning has kicked the most goals in a game of afl in their debut.
who has kicked the most goals in a game of afl in their debut?
fred fanning
after featuring in each of richmond's two pre-season matches as a forward with limited minutes in the midfield, caddy began the 2018 season with three goals in round 1's season-opening win over . he repeated the total the following week, but was also issued a one-match suspension for striking adelaide's david mackay in the face with a stray fist in a marking contest during the fourth quarter of that round 2 loss. he made an immediate return to football in round 4, but was limited to just one game with hamstring soreness seeing him miss again in round 5. upon his return in round 6, caddy kicked a then-equal career best four goals in a win over and was named in "afl media's" team of the week. he equaled that output in round 8 and went past it again with six goals in round 10. along with his goal tally, caddy added 24 disposals and a game high seven tackles to earn the ian stewart medal as best on ground in that win over . at the half-way point of the season caddy was named in "fox footy's" mid-year all australian squad and was named in the "herald sun" and "afl media" teams of 22 players. to that point he ranked the number one most improved player in the league according to "champion data's" official player ratings. he was also placed fourth in the league's goalkicking race with a total of 27 kicked over his nine matches, despite playing an analysed 61 per cent to 39 per cent split of forward and midfield minutes. caddy was held goalless in round 12's loss to , the first such occasion since beginning a 17 game goalscoring streak in round 18 the previous season. after kicking a total of eight goals across the next seven matches, caddy returned to the major goalkickers list with four more in a win over in round 21. he repeated that tally in round 22, leading "1116 sen" commentator gary lyon to call for his inclusion in that year's all-australian team. caddy finished the home and away season having kicked a career-best 44 goals, earning him 10th place in the coleman medal race for the league's leading goalkicker. for that, he was named in the preliminary squad of 40 players though ultimately went unselected in the final 2018 all-australian team. he was however, named in the forwardline of the afl's player ratings seconds team for 2018. after finishing the season as minor premiers, caddy's side earned a home qualifying final against where he kicked two goals in the win. he did however, attract two separate fines from the afl's match review officer for physical altercations and additionally issued a public apology for verbally abusing two of his opponents with derogatory ablest comments which were picked up on umpires' microphones and included in the television broadcast coverage of that match. in the ensuing preliminary final, caddy was held goalless and with an equal season-low 11 disposals when richmond was eliminated with a shock loss to rivals . caddy finished 2018 having played 22 matches and kicked 46 goals, earning 10th place in the richmond club best and fairest award.
josh caddy
moore played his first football of 2018 in a six-club aflx exhibition tournament alongside many of richmond's younger players. following that he was named as an emergency for the club's first official pre-season match before earning selection in the club's second and final match of that tournament two weeks later. moore played in only the second half of that match against but still managed to score two goals, showing his potential to play as a second tall-forward alongside jack riewoldt come the start of the season-proper. he was ultimately unselected for senior football in round 1, but was named as an emergency for that season-opening match against . moore would continue to wait for an afl berth through the months of march and april, with reserves coach craig mcrae noting his "impressive development" and saying he "wouldn't be far off an afl opportunity" following a two-goal vfl match in early april. though it would take a further six weeks, that opportunity came in round 10, when moore was selected for his first afl match since round 23, 2016. moore was given little opportunity to ease into that match however, as a concussion sustained early in the match saw teammate jack riewoldt play only the opening five minutes of the match and moore tasked with considerable responsibility as the team's only remaining tall forward. moore's performance was strong in riewoldt's absence, taking six marks, kicking three behinds but failing to score a goal. in the dreamtime at the 'g match against the following week, he kicked two goals while adding another three behinds, in a performance that "afl media" said outshone the returned riewoldt. an eight disposal and goalless game in round 12 however, would see moore's afl run ended as he was dropped back to vfl level. he was immediately prolific at that level, kicking a bag of five goals during a match against the northern blues in late june. that performance and good form over the following two weeks saw moore earn an afl recall for a match against in round 16. he kicked two goals in that match before going goalless in rounds 17 and 18 and being subsequently dropped back to vfl level ahead of round 19. for the second time that season he responded to an afl omission by bagging five goals at vfl level. on that occasion it came along with 19 disposals and 12 marks in what development coach paul griffiths called moore's best game for richmond at either level in his three years at the club. despite that performance, moore would not be recalled to senior football and would instead spend the remainder of the year with the club's reserves side in the vfl. there he played a contributing role in each of the team's two finals matches, including kicking two goals in the knock-out semi-final loss to the reserves. moore finished the season having played six matches for four goals at afl level. he also added 26 goals across 14 matches at vfl level that saw him place second at the club behind small forward tyson stengle.
callum moore (australian footballer)