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Australian rules footballer

Francis Evans
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Frank the Tank
Date of birth	(2001-08-23) 23 August 2001 (age 23)
Original team(s)	Brunswick NOBS
Draft	#41, 2019 AFL draft
Position(s)	Small Forward
Club information
Current club	Port Adelaide
Number	31
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2021–2022	Geelong	7 (3)
2023–24	Port Adelaide	26 (19)
Total		33 (22)
Playing statistics correct to the end of round 20, 2023.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Francis Evans (born 23 August 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL. Nicknamed 'Frank the Tank,' Evans was drafted with pick 41 by the Geelong Football Club in the 2019 AFL Draft. Evans did not come from the traditional avenue to the AFL. He was plucked from Brunswick NOBS in the VAFA and was a surprise pick to all draft gurus. Evans made his AFL debut on 26 March 2021 in a round 2 clash with Brisbane at GMHBA Stadium.

After being delisted by the Cats in their premiership year, he signed for the Port Adelaide Football Club as a delisted free agent. He made his debut for Port Adelaide in round 9 of the 2023 season against North Melbourne kicking 2 goals At the conclusion of the 2024 AFL season evans was among 5 port players delisted by the club

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2023 season

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
2020	Geelong	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	Geelong	31	2	2	1	8	0	8	4	1	1	0.5	4	0	4	2	0.5	0
2022	Geelong	31	5	1	0	14	24	38	8	7	0.2	0	2.8	4.8	7.6	1.6	1.4	0
2023	Port Adelaide	31	10	10	4	51	24	75	20	16	1	0.4	5.1	2.4	7.5	2	1.6	1
Career			17	13	5	73	48	121	32	24	0.7	0.3	4.3	2.8	7.1	1.9	1.4	1

References

"Debutant alert Frank 'the Tank' Evans will make his AFL debut against the Lions". Twitter. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
"Pick 41: Francis Evans". geelongcats.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
"Who is Francis Evans? Cats pluck massive left-field bolter". afl.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
"Evans' Rise From Draft Smokey to AFL Debutant". geelongcats.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

External links

Francis Evans's profile on the official website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
Francis Evans at AustralianFootball.com
Francis Evans's playing statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Port Adelaide Football Club – current squad
1 Rozee (c) 2 Powell-Pepper 3 Burton 4 Marshall 5 Berry 6 Farrell 7 Burgoyne 8 Sinn 9 Butters (vc) 10 Boak 11 Finlayson 12 Lukosius 13 Soldo 14 Bergman 15 Rioli 16 Wines 17 Whitlock 18 Horne-Francis 19 Georgiades 21 Aliir 22 Evans* 23 Williams* 24 Sweet 25 Zerk-Thatcher 26 Charleson 27 Ratugolea 28 Drew 29 Anastasopoulos 30 Lord 31 Moraes 32 Atkins 33 Byrne-Jones 34 Jones 35 Richards 36 Lorenz 37 Cochrane* 38 Visentini 39 Jackson 40 Barrett* 41 McEntee 42 Moss* 44 Mead 45 Walsh* Coach: Hinkley * denotes rookie listed players

Port Adelaide Football Club – current squad

1 Rozee (c)
2 Powell-Pepper
3 Burton
4 Marshall
5 Berry
6 Farrell
7 Burgoyne
8 Sinn
9 Butters (vc)
10 Boak
11 Finlayson
12 Lukosius
13 Soldo
14 Bergman
15 Rioli
16 Wines
17 Whitlock
18 Horne-Francis
19 Georgiades
21 Aliir
22 Evans*
23 Williams*
24 Sweet
25 Zerk-Thatcher
26 Charleson
27 Ratugolea
28 Drew
29 Anastasopoulos
30 Lord
31 Moraes
32 Atkins
33 Byrne-Jones
34 Jones
35 Richards
36 Lorenz
37 Cochrane*
38 Visentini
39 Jackson
40 Barrett*
41 McEntee
42 Moss*
44 Mead
45 Walsh*

Coach: Hinkley

* denotes rookie listed players

v t e 2019 AFL national draft
First round	1. Matt Rowell 2. Noah Anderson 3. Luke Jackson 4. Lachlan Ash 5. Dylan Stephens 6. Fischer McAsey 7. Hayden Young 8. Caleb Serong 9. Liam Henry (academy selection) 10. Tom Green (academy selection) 11. Sam Flanders 12. Kysaiah Pickett 13. Will Day 14. Miles Bergman 15. Cody Weightman 16. Cooper Stephens 17. Brodie Kemp 18. Mitch Georgiades 19. Sam De Koning 20. Sam Philp 21. Thomson Dow
Second round	22. Deven Robertson 23. Dylan Williams 24. Harry Schoenberg 25. Jackson Mead (F/S) 26. Will Gould 27. Jeremy Sharp 28. Josh Worrell 29. Finn Maginness (F/S) 30. Harrison Jones 31. Charlie Comben 32. Trent Rivers 33. Brock Smith 34. Jack Mahony 35. Flynn Perez 36. Elijah Taylor 37. Keidean Coleman (academy selection) 38. Nick Bryan 39. Chad Warner 40. Jay Rantall 41. Francis Evans 42. Ronin O'Connor 43. Noah Cumberland 44. Will Martyn
Third round	45. Trent Bianco 46. Hugo Ralphsmith 47. Sam Ramsay 48. Lachlan Gollant 49. Callum Jamieson 50. Cameron Taheny 51. Jake Riccardi 52. Ryan Byrnes 53. Louis Butler 54. Bigoa Nyuon
Fourth round	55. Trey Ruscoe 56. Ned Cahill 57. Josh Morris 58. Ben Johnson 59. Jaxon Prior 60. Jy Farrar 61. Michael Frederick 62. Riley Garcia
Fifth round	63. Lachlan Johnson 64. Leo Connolly 65. Tom Hutchesson

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