Ben Ronke

Ben Ronke
Ben Ronke
	Ronke playing for Sydney in August 2018
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Ronke
Date of birth	18 December 1997 (age 27)
Original team(s)	Calder Cannons (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 17, 2017 rookie draft
Debut	Round 6, 2018, Sydney vs. Geelong, at Simonds Stadium
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Position(s)	Forward
Playing career1
Years	Club
2017–2022	Sydney
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Career highlights
	AFL Rising Star nominee: 2018; 22under22 team: 2018;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Benjamin Ronke (born 18 December 1997) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).^[1] He was drafted by Sydney with their first selection and seventeenth overall in the 2017 rookie draft.^[2] He made his debut in the seventeen point win against Geelong at GMHBA Stadium kicking two goals in round six of the 2018 AFL season.^[3] In his third match, the Swans played against Hawthorn at the MCG, and Ronke became the first player to notch up seven goals and ten tackles in an AFL Match since the introduction of detailed statistics in the VFL/AFL in 1987.^[4] His performance in the match saw him earn the round 8 nomination for the 2018 AFL Rising Star.^[5]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.^[6]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
2017	Sydney	25	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2018	Sydney	25	18	24	9	150	78	228	45	71	1.3	0.5	8.3	4.3	12.7	2.5	3.9	5
2019	Sydney	25	13	9	8	86	49	135	36	28	0.7	0.6	6.6	3.8	10.4	2.8	2.2	0
2020^[a]	Sydney	25	3	0	0	19	10	29	6	11	0.0	0.0	6.3	3.3	9.7	2.0	3.7	0
2021	Sydney	25	2	0	0	2	3	5	1	0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	0
2022	Sydney	25	8	6	5	43	29	72	16	11	0.8	0.6	5.4	3.6	9.0	2.0	1.4	0
Career			44	39	22	300	169	469	104	121	0.9	0.5	6.8	3.8	10.7	2.4	2.8	5

^ 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.