Sam Banks (born 2 April 2003) is a professional

Australian rules footballer Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

playing for the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

(AFL). Banks was drafted by Richmond with the 29th pick in the

2021 AFL Draft The 2021 AFL draft comprised the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players during and following the completion of the 2021 AFL season. The National Draft returned to being a two day ...

, and made his AFL debut in round 17 of the 2023 season.

AFL career

2022 season

Banks was drafted by with the club's fourth pick and the 2th selection overall in the

2021 AFL draft The 2021 AFL draft comprised the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players during and following the completion of the 2021 AFL season. The National Draft returned to being a two day ...

. He did not make an appearance at AFL level that season, instead playing 17 games with the club's reserves team in the VFL.

2023 season

Banks made his debut in round 17 of the 2023 season.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Banks, Sam 2003 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Tasmania Richmond Football Club players Place of birth missing (living people)