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Sam Kerridge (born 26 April 1993) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Adelaide and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited with pick 27 in the 2011 National Draft.[1]

AFL career

Kerridge made his AFL debut in Round 3, 2012, against Hawthorn, starting as the substitute, and did not play another game in a successful year for the side. In 2013, Kerridge played 11 games and established himself as one of Adelaide’s main taggers, nullifying the impact of key opposition players including Chris Judd, Ryan Griffen and Grant Birchall.[2] He also showed promise as an offensive player, most notable against North Melbourne in round 9 where he helped the Crows claim a thrilling come from behind win with 6 goals and 24 disposals, for which he was awarded an AFL Rising Star nomination.[3][4] His performance has gone down in history as one of Adelaide’s most unlikely heroes.[5]

Kerridge played 14 games in 2014 either side of a mid-season foot injury. He continued to rotate between tagging duties (in the absence of regular tagger Nathan van Berlo) and an opportunist small forward role. His best performance was against North Melbourne once more, in round 13, when he kicked four goals.[4]

In October 2015, Kerridge was traded to the Carlton Football Club along with pick 28 in exchange for Troy Menzel.[6] He immediately found a regular place in the Carlton midfield, playing all but one game for the season and finishing tenth in the best and fairest.[7]

Statistics

Correct to the end of the 2018 season.[8]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2012 Adelaide 29 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.0
2013 Adelaide 29 11 13 5 82 79 161 55 31 1.2 0.5 7.5 7.2 14.6 5.0 2.8
2014 Adelaide 17 14 10 1 72 84 156 33 52 0.7 0.1 5.1 6.0 11.1 2.4 3.7
2015 Adelaide 17 1 0 0 2 6 8 0 1 0.0 0.0 2.0 6.0 8.0 0.0 1.0
2016 Carlton 11 21 6 14 210 238 448 99 70 0.3 0.7 10.0 11.3 21.3 4.7 3.3
2017 Carlton 11 11 2 2 120 118 238 55 48 0.2 0.2 10.9 10.7 21.6 5.0 4.4
2018 Carlton 11 10 4 3 117 94 211 60 31 0.4 0.3 11.7 9.4 21.1 6.0 3.1
Career 69 35 25 603 622 1225 302 233 0.5 0.4 11.7 9.0 21.1 6.0 3.1

Personal life

It has been reported that Sam Kerridge has Chinese ancestry. Kerridge is a descendant of John Ai Egge, who came to Australia from Shanghai in 1852.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ Milbank, Zac (29 November 2011). “Sam Kerridge wants instant Crows call-up”. Adelaide Now. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  2. ^ Capel, Andrew (9 May 2013). “Shadow man Sam Kerridge tags in for Adelaide Crows”. The Advertiser.
  3. ^ “Kerridge wins Rising Star nomination”. AFL.com.au. 28 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b “Sam Kerridge – AFC.com.au”.
  5. ^ Schmook, Nathan (6 May 2026). “Your club’s most surprising goalkicking hero this century”. AFL.com.au.
  6. ^ Bowen, Nick; Twomey, Callum (21 October 2015). “Menzel to Crows as Carlton nabs midfielder and a pick”. Australian Football League. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  7. ^ Danielle Balales (21 September 2016). “Season review: Sam Kerridge”. Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  8. ^ “Sam Kerridge statistics”. AFL Tables. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  9. ^ “‘An amazing untold story’: How Chinese-Australians on the goldfields changed Aussie Rules football forever”. ABC listen. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  10. ^ “Almanac Book Reviews: ‘Celestial Footy’ – Patrick Skene”. The Footy Almanac. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2025.