Aaron Davey Biography

Aaron Davey will join Melbourne for its pre-season training camp at Maroochydore in late January as the club continues to contribute to the indigenous coaching cause.

The plan is to upskill Davey and leave him in a stronger position to potentially forge an AFL coaching career, with the hope other clubs will consider doing the same with budding indigenous coaches.

"I got my level two accreditation at the back end of my career and a development role would have been ideal, but it wasn't to be," Davey said.

"Everything is based around timing as well and, unfortunately, I don't think there was too much change in coaching personnel when I was coming out."

Aaron Davey will make his start in coaching while continuing his playing career with Richmond's standalone VFL team in 2014.

"It's something I'm really passionate about and something I'm looking forward to," Davey said.

"I'm passionate about doing a bit of coaching as well as a bit of a mentoring role.

"Those were the key factors that helped me come to Richmond and give this advice to some of these young guys."

Aaron Davey, vice-captain of Australia's team in the International Rules Series, fights off criticism that the Australians are not taking the Series seriously after the team was twice asked by staff at the team hotel to turn their music down.

"We're very proud people and we've got a great privilege here to represent our country and, more importantly, our people back home," Davey said.

"To hear that we're not here for the real reason - and that is to win - is very insulting to the boys and I guess in a way a bit disrespectful because we've prepared pretty well."

Daniel Wells is named as captain of Australia in the International Rules Series against Ireland with recently retired Demon Aaron Davey to serve as his vice-captain.

Aaron Davey calls an end to his career as a Demon but is still undecided about his playing future beyond 2013.

"They've respected me in everything they've done. We had a chat yesterday and decided that I was going to retire from the Melbourne Football Club as of this year," an emotional Davey said about the Demons.

"I'm not closing off all avenues. I don't know what I'm going to do. I can't commit to anything just yet."

Aaron Davey, who comes out of contract at the end of 2012, says he hopes to continue playing for Melbourne next year.

"I still feel like I have another year or two to offer and I look forward to the future," Davey said.

"I have loved my time at the Melbourne Football Club and I'll always be grateful for he opportunities the club has given me and hopefully it's not the end of me."

After a month as a substitute, Aaron Davey says he relished playing as a starter for the first time against Richmond.

"When you're the sub a few times in a row, it makes you a lot hungrier to come out and be given that opportunity," Davey said.

"I felt like a teenager again, getting my opportunity at the start of the game. At the same time, I probably set myself to try and inspire my teammates early in the game."

Melbourne coach Mark Neeld admits Aaron Davey may have been brought back from injury too early this year.

"In hindsight, we probably brought Aaron back a bit early," Neeld told SEN.

"We were really keen to get him in the side but when we did we thought, 'Hang on, he's a bit underdone here'. Then his foot fell apart. He got a stress fracture - so he got put to bed."

Melbourne onballer Aaron Davey will miss the rest of 2012 with a stress fracture in his foot.

"This is disappointing for Aaron as he had been working hard on his fitness after an interrupted pre-season," Demons football manager Josh Mahoney said.



"Given the timing of the injury, Aaron will recover and start what will be a big pre-season campaign for him, as he prepares for the 2013 season."

Jason Mifsud has apologised to Aaron Davey after meeting to discuss the furore over treatment of indigenous players.

"I have apologised to Aaron personally for the distress this has caused him and his family and I am pleased we were able to fully discuss the matter," Mifsud said.

"Clearly there was a misunderstanding following my conversation with Jason a couple of weeks ago. Jason is a man I trust and respect and I look forward to working with him in the future," Davey said.

Melbourne coach Mark Neeld says Aaron Davey has his complete support despite AFL leaks being linked to the utility.

"Absolutely. I've met with Aaron a number of times over the last few weeks and he has my 100 per cent support," Neeld said.

Aaron Davey is hoping to confront Jason Mifsud as soon as possible in the aftermath of the Mark Neeld controversy.

Aaron Davey refutes suggestions he spoke to Jason Mifsud, the AFL's community engagement officer, about the treatment of Melbourne's indigenous footballers after the circulation of false rumours that coach Mark Neeld had spoke to the Demons' aboriginal footballers as a group separately.

"I strongly deny any involvement in the matters discussed at today's press conference," Davey said.

"I am proud of the Melbourne Football Club's support network for our indigenous players, which I believe is the best in the AFL."

Melbourne coach Mark Neeld has laid the law down to senior player Aaron Davey, telling him exactly what he expects in 2012.

"I have spent some one on one time with him," Neeld said on SEN's Morning Glory program.

"He knows exactly the role I want him to play. In my mind, there's absolute clarity. Aaron knows what I want and what his teammates want. It is up Aaron to have a crack."

Aaron Davey will play his 150th game against Richmond in Round 22 and says fatigue can sometimes send mixed signals to supporters after his indifferent form so far in 2011.

"I know supporters sometimes ask whether I want to be here or not. Sometimes that's just how my body language is, when I'm exhausted or just pottering around. I try my best for my teammates," he said.

"I've just got to get my workrate up. I reckon that's the thing that's dropped off a bit. I've just got to keep chipping away. That was what I prided myself in my first few years, my workrate. I know I haven't been able to play the footy I would like to have."

Brad Green has been named the captain of Melbourne, with vice-captains Aaron Davey, Brent Moloney and Jared Rivers.

"It's certainly a great honour and an exciting challenge to lead this group in 2011. It's a privilege that I will cherish," Green said.

"This club has come a long way since I walked into Junction Oval on my first day at the club back in 2000, and that's reflective of where we are as a team. We have come a long way, but I'm excited about where we are going.

Melbourne's Aaron Davey says he has what it takes to be Melbourne?s next captain.

"It would be amazing and to be the first ever indigenous captain of a historical club like Melbourne is something I never thought I'd be able to achieve," Davey said.

"In saying that, we've got to sit down and the club has to go through the process it is going through.

"Whether it is someone like Brad Green, Brent Moloney or Jared Rivers I would be more than happy to work alongside them to keep playing my role and we will all be trying to push the club forward for success."

Aaron Davey's season is over after fracturing his left fibula in the Demons' loss to the Hawks.

"It's disappointing for Aaron, but he'll be able to complete a full pre-season and it won't hold him back for his 2011 campaign," Demons general manager Chris Connolly said.

Aaron Davey may have played his last game for 2010, after suffering a suspected broken leg.

Aaron Davey and Jared Rivers have been added to Melbourne's leadership group with Davey announcing his attentions to one day captain the side.

"You'd be silly not to want to do that. We've got a great captain in James McDonald, but if the chance ever came up I'd be more than happy to put my hand up," Davey said.

"It would be something special to have an indigenous guy, the oldest Australian people, be the captain of the oldest Australian football club. It would be something unheard of before."

Aaron Davey has won his first Keith 'Bluey' Truscott trophy, beating Brent Moloney for Melbourne's best-and-fairest award.

Midfielder Aaron Davey has committed his long-term future to the Demons after signing a new four-year deal with the club.

"We are very pleased that Aaron has committed to Melbourne," Demons official Tim Harrington said in a statement.

"He is a player who is held in high regard and is a big part of the club's future success.

Liam Jurrah's four-goal performance against Port Adelaide has earned him a NAB AFL Rising Star nomination.

"It's pretty amazing and I feel happy that I got the Rising Star nominee," Jurrah said.

Jurrah's teammate Aaron Davey was full of praise for the youngster.

"Liam has brought a lot of excitement and he's one of those guys who has got everything that you could ask for in a footy player," Davey said.

"He's got the pace and the awareness that a lot of people talk about us indigenous boys having, so he's been super and hopefully he can keep that form up and keep kicking goals."

Aaron Davey says Indigenous Round is an opportunity for him to celebrate his culture and represent his people.

"It's a great recognition not only for myself but for a lot of the Aboriginal guys that are playing in the AFL these days," he said.

"What it also does is give us an opportunity to not only represent ourselves, but our families and our people up in Darwin and also my people in the Port Lincoln and Ceduna area. It's one that I'm proud to be a part of."

Port Adelaide won't contest suspensions to Dom Cassisi and Peter Burgoyne.

Cassisi was offered a one-match ban for striking Melbourne's Lynden Dunn while Burgoyne was given a two-match suspension for kneeing Demon Aaron Davey during the Power's victory at AAMI Stadium on Sunday.

Cassisi and Burgoyne were each given three-match bans, reduced by early guilty pleas.

Melbourne's Aaron Davey dreams of playing with his five Indigenous teammates in the one side.

"It'd just be a special game for me. There is a special bond between the six of us and it's something you can't buy. Those guys are mine and Matty Whelan's little brothers – we're just a close bunch of guys," he said

Aaron Davey is suspended for one match by Melbourne's leadership group for actions that they have deemed to be unprofessional.

Davey had travelled to Darwin to attend the funeral of the mother of the best man at his wedding.

Davey was scheduled for a later physiotherapy session in Melbourne but did not make his appointment after missing an early flight back from Darwin two days before the Demons defeated the Lions at the MCG.

"A lot of people are bitterly disappointed because Aaron is seen as a future leader of our club," Melbourne football manager Chris Connolly said.

"But leadership is not a part-time responsibility. He's got to prove himself on a lot of different fronts now. He has shown honesty and he seems remorseful, but the proof will be in the pudding."