Quinton Narkle (born 3 December 1997) is an

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who plays for the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers or colloquially Freo, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represen ...

in the

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(AFL), having previously played for the

Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Kardinia Park in South Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier comp ...

and the

Port Adelaide Football Club Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where it is nicknamed the ...

Football career

Narkle, from

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, attended Wesley College and originally played for the colts team of

West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL "waffle" or "W-A-F-L") is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting f ...

club Perth Demons. He played for his state at the

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, averaging 16 disposals. Narkle was drafted by Geelong with pick 60 in the 2016 national draft. In June 2017, he ruptured his

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while training and did not return until May 2018. Narkle played six

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

matches before his debut. He made his AFL debut for

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

in round 15 of the 2018 season against the

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. Commenting on Narkle's debut performance, coach Chris Scott said "we thought he was outstanding". Narkle is an

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, distantly related to former

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and St Kilda footballer Phil Narkle. Narkle is also second cousin with former teammate, Sam Powell-Pepper. Narkle was delisted by Geelong at the end of the 2022 season. After training with over the summer, he was overlooked for their last list spot and joined

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's VFL team. He was then redrafted by Port Adelaide in the 2023 AFL mid-season draft at pick 11. After playing three games for Port during the remainder of the 2023 season, and 13 games in 2024, Narkle was again delisted at the end of the 2024 season. He was then selected by Fremantle after the 2024 draft in the Pre-season Supplemental Selection Period. Narkle played his first match for Fremantle in round 7 of the

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, during the Dockers annual Len Hall Tribute game against at

Optus Stadium Perth Stadium, commercially known as Optus Stadium due to sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in the Burswood, Western Australia, Burswood suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It was completed during late 2017 and officially opened ...

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* * * * Living people 1997 births Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football 21st-century Indigenous Australian people Geelong Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players Peel Thunder Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia People educated at Wesley College, Perth 21st-century Australian sportsmen Fremantle Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub