Esava Ratugolea (born 24 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Ratugolea was initially drafted by Geelong with their third pick and forty-third overall in the 2016 national draft.[1] Ratugolea made his debut in Geelong's 3-point win against Melbourne in round 1, 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[2]
Ratugolea was born in Griffith, New South Wales. His parents are Fijian, and arrived in Australia a few years before his birth. At the age of six, Ratugolea moved to Cobram, Victoria. He only began playing football in 2011, after previously playing rugby and soccer.[3][4]
At the end of the 2023 AFL season, he was traded to Port Adelaide.[5]
Statistics
Updated to the end of round 17, 2026.[6]
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Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
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Handballs | M |
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | |||||
| 2018 | Geelong | 17 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 69 | 26 | 15 | 62 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 8.6 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 7.8 | 0 |
| 2019 | Geelong | 17 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 103 | 72 | 175 | 53 | 46 | 126 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 0 |
| 2020[a] | Geelong | 17 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 44 | 104 | 32 | 30 | 72 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Geelong | 17 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 63 | 52 | 115 | 32 | 30 | 93 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 7.7 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 6.2 | 0 |
| 2022 | Geelong | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 0 |
| 2023 | Geelong | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 49 | 142 | 70 | 22 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2024 | Port Adelaide | 27 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 140 | 80 | 220 | 107 | 47 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 9.6 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0 |
| 2025 | Port Adelaide | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 56 | 142 | 75 | 21 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 10.9 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1 |
| 2026 | Port Adelaide | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 28 | 86 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 3.5 | 10.8 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 0.0 | |
| Career | 119 | 42 | 39 | 657 | 422 | 1079 | 447 | 229 | 375 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 9.1 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 1 | ||
Notes
- ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Honours and achievements
Team
- 2× McClelland Trophy (Geelong): 2019, 2022
Individual
References
- ↑ Nicholson, Larissa (3 December 2016). "The Geelong draftee Esava Ratugolea's love of football started with a packet of chips". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ↑ "Demons are Gawn as late miss lets Cats hold on". ABC Sport. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ↑ "Counting the cost - Shepparton News". 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ↑ "Ratugolea's rapid rise - TAC Cup". 7 July 2016.
- ↑ @AFL_House (18 October 2023). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ↑ "Esava Ratugolea". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
External links
- Esava Ratugolea's profile on the official website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
- Esava Ratugolea's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Esava Ratugolea at AustralianFootball.com
