page_title: Bachar Houli
section_title: 2014 season
hierarchical_section_title: Bachar Houli / AFL career / Richmond (2011–present) / 2014 season
caption_attribution_description: English: Bachar Houli Richmond AFL footballer at club family day on 16 February 2014
context_page_description: Bachar Houli is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is a two-time premiership player with Richmond and was named an All-Australian half-back during his 2019 premiership winning season. Houli is the first devout Muslim and third Muslim overall to play in the AFL. He previously played 26 matches over four seasons with Essendon after being drafted to the club from junior football with the Western Jets.
context_section_description: Houli signed a new two-year contract extension before the start of the 2014 season and started the year averaging 20 disposals per game over the first eight matches of the season. He played his 100th AFL match in a 113-point demolition of Greater Western Sydney in round 10, in which he managed 26 disposals and kicked two goals. Four weeks later he recorded a then-career-high 33 disposals in a loss to Sydney. Through the first 16 rounds of the year, Houli was having what club legend and media commentator Matthew Richardson described as "a fairly consistent season", but it round 17 he put in what Richardson called Houli's best game of the year. For a performance that included 23 disposals, seven rebound-50s and a goal in that win over Port Adelaide, Houli was also labelled the equal-best player on field by The Age. In round 22 Houli recorded an equal-game high 29 disposals, after which point he ranked 14th in the league for total uncontested possessions that season. Houli featured in Richmond's finals campaign in 2014, but was again limited to one game when his side was knocked out in an elimination final loss to Port Adelaide. He was among his side's best players in the loss, with 27 disposals and four marks. Later that month, Houli represented Richmond in Grand Final sprint during the game's half-time break. Houli finished the season having played all 23 matches that year including one final, and placed ninth in the club's best and fairest award.
caption: Houli in February 2014
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