Date of birth: 15/6/90
Height: 185cm
Weight: 83kg
Club: North Hobart
Bio: A powerful midfielder who is strong overhead, Allwright reads the play well and is good at the stoppages. A Tasmanian representative at the NAB AFL Under-18 championships. From North Hobart FC.
Jason McCartney says: He's a strong body-type at 185cm and 83kg. He played wing and through the midfield and was fantastically hard at it against South Australia in the championships. He had a good division two series and continued it on in that match.
Tasmanian U18 coach Andrew Mellor: He's a very strong, athletic midfielder who is good in and around the stoppages and just got better as the championships went on. He's from a strong rowing background and he missed a lot of the pre-season due to [rowing] commitments, so his running suffered early, but he just got stronger and stronger during the champs. He has a strong build, is strong over the ball, is good overhead and is quite a good kick of the footy. He's probably not the quickest player of the group that we sent away to the draft camp, but he's just a good, strong footy player. I'd see him in perhaps more of a half-back/back pocket role at AFL level.
Stats:
| NAB AFL Under 18 Championships | ||||||||
| Team | Mt | K | HB | D | M | HO | T | G |
| Tas | 8 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 14.6 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 0.1 |
In his own words
Strengths
Head over the ball, marking and quick hands around packs.
Weaknesses
Decision-making, backing myself, taking them on. Little things like that which you need to take to the next level.
Which AFL team do you support?
I go for Geelong.
Which AFL players do you try to model yourself on?
Ben Cousins used to be my favourite player before he stopped [playing]. The thing that I liked about him most was his work rate. He just never stopped. You’d see him come to the bench and he’d be spewing up. That’s what I really like about the amount of work you need to put in, just his tackling and stuff, it’s like the one-percenters that he really put in, not just the flashy stuff.
