Darcy Cameron

Darcy Cameron (born 18 July 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Darcy Cameron
Cameron Playing for Collingwood in May 2025
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Booker[1]
Date of birth	(1995-07-18) 18 July 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Albany, Western Australia
Original team(s)	North Albany
Draft	48, 2016 national draft
Debut	21 July 2018, Sydney vs. Gold Coast, at the SCG
Height	204 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	103 kg (227 lb)
Position(s)	Ruck
Club information
Current club	Collingwood
Number	14
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2017–2019	Sydney	001 0(0)
2020–	Collingwood	115 (67)
Total		116 (67)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 22, 2025.
Career highlights
AFL premiership player: 2023
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Originally from Albany, Western Australia, Cameron grew up as a West Coast Eagles fan. He is the nephew of radio personality and politician Eoin Cameron.^[2] He was a cricketer and swimmer in his youth and played football for North Albany.^[3] He attended Hale School as a boarder. Cameron played for Claremont in the West Australian Football League, averaging one goal, 11 disposals and 16 hitouts over 40 league matches. He wore number 18.^[4]

AFL career

Sydney Swans

Cameron during a NEAFL game in April 2017

Cameron was expected to be drafted by West Coast in the 2016 AFL draft, but was taken by Sydney with pick 48.^[5] He made a positive start, impressing coach John Longmire in his first pre-season.^[6] Cameron lacerated his finger during training in March. It was later infected in a North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) match against Sydney University, rendering him unavailable for one week.^[7] Shoulder surgery halfway through the year restricted him to nine NEAFL games.^[3] In April, Cameron signed a contract extension, tying him to Sydney until 2019.^[5]

In 2018, Sam Naismith's season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injury, Kurt Tippett's retirement and a quadriceps injury to Sam Reid opened up senior opportunities for Cameron.^[8][9] He played both JLT Community Series matches^[9] and showed good form in the NEAFL, averaging 34 hitouts, 19 possessions and one goal over 13 matches.^[3] However, he did not make his AFL debut until round 18 against the Gold Coast Suns at the Sydney Cricket Ground.^[10]

Collingwood

Cameron was traded to Collingwood at the end of the 2019 AFL season.^[11] He was a member of Collingwood's team that won the 2023 AFL Grand Final where he had 4 clearances and 19 hitouts.^[12]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2024 season.^[13]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks	H/O	Hit-outs
#	Played in that season's  premiership team

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
2017	Sydney	17	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	Sydney	17	1	0	0	1	2	3	2	2	9	0	0	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	9.0	0
2019	Sydney	17	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020[a]	Collingwood	14	10	4	2	46	30	76	36	14	57	0.4	0.2	4.6	3.0	7.6	3.6	1.4	5.7	0
2021	Collingwood	14	18	22	9	147	72	219	99	32	121	1.2	0.5	8.2	4.0	12.2	5.5	1.8	6.7	0
2022	Collingwood	14	24	20	8	204	108	312	91	80	423	0.8	0.3	8.5	4.5	13.0	3.8	3.3	17.6	4
2023#	Collingwood	14	19	5	6	139	110	249	65	61	490	0.3	0.3	7.3	5.8	13.1	3.4	3.2	25.8	0
2024	Collingwood	14	23	11	2	230	129	359	106	65	673	0.5	0.1	10.0	5.6	15.6	4.6	2.8	29.3	0
Career			95	62	27	767	451	1218	399	254	1773	0.7	0.3	8.1	4.7	12.8	4.2	2.7	18.7	4

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.