List of first kick/first goal kickers in the VFL/AFL
Goal from first kick

List of first kick/first goal kickers in the VFL/AFL

Section Title: Goal from first kick
Table Section Text: None

Player	Team	Round	Year	Notes

Ryan Abbott	Geelong	Round 20	2018

Nathan Ablett	Geelong	Round 20	2005

Matthew Bate	Melbourne	Round 5	2006

Noah Balta	Richmond	Round 1	2019

Claye Beams	Brisbane Lions	Round 1	2011

Josh Begley	Essendon	Round 22	2017

Peter Bell	Fremantle	Round 1	1995

Simon Beaumont	Carlton	Round 10	1995

Greg Bentley	Port Adelaide	Round 19	2006

Dean Brogan	Port Adelaide	Round 9	2001

Mitchell Brown	Geelong	Round 14	2011

Cameron Bruce	Melbourne	Round 1	2000

Dylan Buckley	Carlton	Round 3	2013

Ryan Burton	Hawthorn	Round 21	2016

Jake Carlisle	Essendon	Round 20	2010

Mitch Clark	Brisbane Lions	Round 1	2006

John Coleman	Essendon	Round 1	1949

Rhys Cooyou	Greater Western Sydney	Round 22	2012

Trent Cotchin	Richmond	Round 8	2008

Mason Cox	Collingwood	Round 5	2016

Bob Crowe	Carlton	Round 17	1954

Bailey Dale	Western Bulldogs	Round 7	2015

Patrick Dangerfield	Adelaide	Round 20	2008

Majak Daw	North Melbourne	Round 4	2013

Chris Dawes	Collingwood	Round 19	2008

Fabian Deluca	Port Adelaide	Round 8	2006	Third game, kickless in first two

Alan Didak	Collingwood	Round 7	2001

Paul Dooley	Western Bulldogs	Round 1	1998

Max Duffy	Fremantle	Round 20	2014

Peter Everitt	St Kilda	Round 1	1993

Jeff Farmer	Melbourne	Round 6	1995

Alex Fasolo	Collingwood	Round 12	2011

Aaron Fiora	Richmond	Round 7	2000

Darcy Fogarty	Adelaide	Round 1	2018

Jeff Garlett	Carlton	Round 1	2009

Brent Macaffer	Collingwood	Round 5	2009

Daniel Giansiracusa	Western Bulldogs	Round 11	2001

Bryce Gibbs	Carlton	Round 1	2007

Shannon Grant	Sydney	Round 1	1995

Jade Gresham	St Kilda	Round 1	2016

Ryan Griffen	Western Bulldogs	Round 4	2005

Daryl Griffiths	St Kilda	Round 9	1963

Sam Grimley	Hawthorn	Round 9	2013

Leigh Harding	North Melbourne	Round 17	2001

Kyle Hardingham	Essendon	Round 17	2010

Tom Hafey	Richmond	Round 6	1953

Tom Harley	Port Adelaide	Round 14	1998

Tim Hazell	Hawthorn	Round 14	2001

Mark Harvey	Essendon	Round 4	1984

Des Headland	Brisbane Lions	Round 13	1999

Mark Hepburn	North Melbourne	Round 18	1987

Jack Higgins	Richmond	Round 3	2018

Cameron Hitchcock	Port Adelaide	Round 1	2010

Mitch Honeychurch	Western Bulldogs	Round 15	2014

Bachar Houli	Essendon	Round 7	2007

Sam Hunt	Essendon	Round 20	2002

Shannon Hurn	West Coast	Round 5	2006

Kristian Jaksch	Greater Western Sydney	Round 22	2013

Aidyn Johnson	Port Adelaide	Round 5	2017

Jamaine Jones	Geelong	Round 10	2018

Sam Jones	St Kilda	Round 10	1994

Shane Kersten	Geelong	Round 14	2014

Jack Kirby	Essendon	Round 11	1911

Matthew Kreuzer	Carlton	Round 3	2008

Matthew Lloyd	Essendon	Round 14	1995

Scott Lycett	West Coast	Round 19	2011

Ben Lennon	Richmond	Round 9	2014

Rory Lobb	Greater Western Sydney	Round 12	2014

Stewart Loewe	St Kilda	Round 9	1986

Luke Lowden	Hawthorn	Round 12	2014

Quinten Lynch	West Coast	Round 12	2002

Nick Malceski	Sydney	Round 11	2005

Marcus Marigliani	Essendon	Round 21	2010

Brodie Martin	Adelaide	Round 16	2009

Leigh Matthews	Hawthorn	Round 16	1969

Cam McCarthy	Greater Western Sydney	Round 23	2014

Jeff 'Torch' McGee	South Melbourne	Round 7	1967

Tim McIntyre	Adelaide	Round 15	2012

Conor McKenna	Essendon	Round 22	2015

Brock McLean	Melbourne	Round 11	2004

Luke McPharlin	Hawthorn	Round 5	2000

Paul Medhurst	Fremantle	Round 1	2002

Luke Mitchell	Carlton	Round 23	2012

Jay Neagle	Essendon	Round 22	2007

Ryan Nyhuis	Fremantle	Round 16	2017

Setanta Ó hAilpín	Carlton	Round 7	2005

Nick O'Brien	Essendon	Round 22	2012

Tim O'Brien	Hawthorn	Round 1	2014

Brett O'Farrell	Sydney	Round 13	1998

Michael O'Loughlin	Sydney	Round 5	1995

Michael Osborne	Hawthorn	Round 21	2001

Joel Patfull	Brisbane Lions	Round 8	2006

Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood	Round 10	2006

Wil Powell	Gold Coast	Round 15	2018

Sam Powell-Pepper	Port Adelaide	Round 1	2017

Rino Pretto	Fitzroy	Round 19	1979	His only kick in his VFL career

Tim Rieniets	Carlton	Round 6	1990

Michael Rix	St Kilda	Round 11	2006

Jordan Roughead	Western Bulldogs	Round 5	2010

Steven Salopek	Port Adelaide	Round 1	2003

Jayden Short	Richmond	Round 2	2016

Luke Shuey	West Coast	Round 1	2010

Casey Sibosado	Fremantle	Round 24	2011

Henry Slattery	Essendon	Round 13	2005

Billy Stretch	Melbourne	Round 6	2015

Andrew Strijk	West Coast	Round 13	2010

Kane Tenace	Geelong	Round 2	2004

Matt Thomas	Port Adelaide	Round 14	2006

Kayne Turner	North Melbourne	Round 20	2014

Wayde Twomey	Carlton	Round 17	2011

Travis Varcoe	Geelong	Round 2	2007

Taylor Walker	Adelaide	Round 1	2009

Robert Walls	Carlton	Round 2	1967

Justin Westhoff	Port Adelaide	Round 10	2007

Jeff White	Fremantle	Round 3	1995

Ted Whitten	Western Bulldogs	Round 1	1951

Josh Williams	North Melbourne	Round 18	2017

Mark Williams	Hawthorn	Round 3	2002	Second match, kickless in first

Callum Wilson	West Coast	Round 18	2009

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Matthews scored a goal with his first kick.
Matthews kicked a goal with his first kick.
Matthews kicked a goal with his first kick.

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final_sentence: Matthews kicked a goal with his first kick.
final_sentence: Matthews kicked a goal with his first kick.