Travis Boak

Travis Boak (born 1 August 1988) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Boak captained the club from 2013 to 2018, and is a dual All-Australian and dual John Cahill Medallist. He received a nomination for the 2007 AFL Rising Star award in round 19 of the 2007 season.

Travis Boak
Boak playing for Port Adelaide in 2018
Personal information
Full name Travis Boak
Date of birth (1988-08-01) 1 August 1988
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s) Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 5, 2006 national draft
Debut Round 12, 2007, Port Adelaide
vs. Essendon, at AAMI Stadium
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 10
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2007– Port Adelaide 276 (176)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2020 Victoria 1 (0)
International team honours
2014– Australia 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 12, 2020.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2020.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

AFL career
Boak playing in 2017

Boak was selected with Port Adelaide's first selection and fifth overall in the 2006 AFL draft from the Geelong Falcons in the TAC Cup. He made his AFL debut in a 31-point victory in round 12 of the 2007 season against Essendon. Boak continued to rise since his debut, accumulating 23 possessions against the Western Bulldogs in only his third match. The following week, against Richmond, Boak kicked his first ever AFL goal. In round 19 against Carlton, he earned a NAB Rising Star nomination for his 28 possessions and 2 goals. Boak's went on to play in the Port Adelaide team which competed in the 2007 AFL Grand Final against Geelong, losing by a record margin. At the start of 2008, Boak picked up where he left off, playing a greater role in the Port Adelaide midfield alongside senior players such as Domenic Cassisi, Kane Cornes and Shaun Burgoyne. He played in 17 games and averaged 20.1 disposals. Boak continued to improve in 2009 winning the Gavin Wanganeen Medal and averaging 23.7 disposals for the season.

The 2010 season was Boak's best season to date with a career best average of 23 possessions per game. His season ended with a flourish when he kicked three goals in each of the final two rounds. He became the first-tagged player in the Port Adelaide midfield and finished the season with 16 Brownlow Medal votes. The 2011 season saw Boak play in 21 games and lead the club in disposals (458), clearances (79) and inside 50s (85). He along with Jackson Trengove were jointly crowned the John Cahill Medallist, the first time that there had been a tie at the club's best and fairest award since 1893.[1]

For the 2013 season, Boak was announced as the captain of the club, therefore replacing his number 10 guernsey with number 1, in accordance with Port Adelaide tradition.[2] 2013 was considered to be Boak's best AFL season up to that point, with an average of 25.3 disposals a game, and kicking a season best of 20 goals. He was named in the 2013 All-Australian team. In 2014, Boak continued where he left off from 2013, averaging a career best 26.6 disposals a game and tolling a season best 21 Brownlow votes to finish equal 4th. He was named in the 2014 All-Australian team, his second consecutive selection.

Boak shifted between the midfield and half-forward over the following few seasons. In 2019, after stepping down from the captaincy at the end of the previous season, Boak made a permanent shift back to the midfield, enjoying career-best numbers.[3][4] He played his 250th match in the Power's loss to Collingwood in round 7, becoming the fourth player to notch up 250 AFL matches for the club.[5] Boak would go on to win his second John Cahill Medal after averaging a career-best 30 disposals,[6][7] before having a shoulder operation in the off-season.[8]

Upon the resumption of the 2020 season after it was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Boak gathered 24 disposals and a goal in Port Adelaide's record-breaking 75-point Showdown win in round 2 to win his second Showdown Medal.[9]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of round 12, 2020.[10]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
AFL playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2007Port Adelaide10 144310112422551380.30.27.28.916.13.62.70
2008Port Adelaide10 179417516734288640.50.210.39.820.15.23.82
2009Port Adelaide10 187522320442781730.40.312.411.323.74.54.15
2010Port Adelaide10 201312247207454701220.70.612.410.422.73.56.116
2011Port Adelaide10 2112623622245876980.60.311.210.621.83.64.74
2012Port Adelaide10 1891123918642547660.50.613.310.323.62.63.76
2013Port Adelaide1 23201331526658199960.90.613.711.625.34.34.213
2014Port Adelaide1 2419626637864488920.80.311.115.826.83.73.821
2015Port Adelaide1 221314252310562701200.60.611.514.125.63.25.516
2016Port Adelaide1 221710252274526681030.80.511.512.523.93.14.77
2017Port Adelaide1 221913227268495105990.90.610.312.822.54.84.510
2018Port Adelaide1 22191323824348186940.90.610.811.121.93.94.32
2019Port Adelaide10 211013306331637701020.50.614.615.830.33.34.916
2020[lower-alpha 1]Port Adelaide10 125613212725932460.40.511.010.621.62.73.8
Career 276176128320933076516103112130.60.511.612.023.63.74.4118

Notes

  1. 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
Boak representing Victoria in the State of Origin for Bushfire Relief Match in 2020

Individual

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References
  1. "Historic Tie in Medal". Port Adelaide. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  2. "Boak to lead new era at Port Adelaide". 30 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  3. Gaskin, Lee (26 April 2019). "The masterstroke that has Power veteran in Brownlow mix". afl.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  4. Gaskin, Lee (1 May 2019). "Boak relishing not being Power's beast of burden". afl.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  5. Guthrie, Ben (3 May 2019). "Pies win big after scintillating start renders Port powerless". afl.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  6. Whiting, Michael (5 October 2019). "Port veteran clinches second B&F award - eight years after his first". afl.com.au. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  7. Colangelo, Anthony (4 October 2019). "Boak wins second Power best and fairest". The Age. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  8. Gaskin, Lee (20 January 2020). "No problem for rising Power mid Houston after knee issue". afl.com.au. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  9. McGowan, Marc (13 June 2020). "Renewable Power source: Young guns provide spark in big Showdown win". afl.com.au. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  10. "Travis Boak". AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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