Curtis Taylor Biography

North Melbourne delist Curtis Taylor, Bigoa Nyuon, Tyler Sellers, and Hamish Free.

"It’s always tough having to make these kinds of decisions, and we wish all four men well for the future," North Melbourne football boss Todd Viney said.

Dylan Shiel will serve a two-match ban for his bump on North Melbourne's Curtis Taylor after failing to mitigate his suspension at the AFL Tribunal.

The incident resulted in Taylor leaving the field for a concussion test and undergoing a scan for a potential jaw fracture.

Curtis Taylor is named as the round 5 2020 AFL Rising Star nominee after kicking two goals from 13 disposals in the Kangaroos' loss to the Western Bulldogs.

Curtis Taylor says a chat with North Melbourne coach Rhyce Shaw was a wake-up call for him.

"I didn't realise I was (going through the motions), but the coaches realised I could go to another level and I wasn't trying to get to that level," Taylor said.

"The coaches felt I was doing just the bare minimum and pretty much said if I wanted to have a good career as an AFL footballer, then I had to do more and go outside myself and do things to make me get better.

"It was a pretty stern meeting but it's really paid off."

Curtis Taylor makes his AFL debut for North Melbourne at Docklands Stadium with 8 disposals (4 kicks and 4 handballs), 3 marks and 2 tackles in a 24-point loss to Geelong.

North Melbourne select Curtis Taylor with pick No.46 in the 2018 National Draft.

Having earlier traded pick 51 to St Kilda for a future third-round selection, the Roos seized their chance to draft Taylor, who had been seen as a potential first-round draftee, by trading the future third-round pick acquired from the Saints for the Bulldogs’ pick 46, and using it to select Taylor.