Height: 185cm
Weight: 75kg
DOB: 20/06/1993
Recruited from: Leeton/whitton Crows
Bio: From Leeton, Townsend is a developing utility player and was the sixth player to join GWS under the Club’s zoning concessions. He represented NSW/ACT at the 2009 NAB AFL Under?16 Championships and in 2010 played nine matches for GWS in the TAC Cup to average 17 disposals, recording an elite efficiency of 76%. His efforts earned him the runners?up trophy in the Club’s first ever Best and Fairest award. At the 2010 NAB AFL Under?18 Championships he played in all five matches, averaging 16 disposals and three inside 50s. In 2010 he was the only player from NSW to be selected in the AIS AFL Academy squad and also became just the second player to graduate from the GWS TAC Cup side onto the Club’s AFL list.