Rupert Wills

Rupert Wills (born 20 May 1993) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life and state football Wills was born in New Zealand, but moved to Australia with his family when he was seven. He was educated at Scotch College in Melbourne, A year later, upon his return from England, Wills joined Old Scotch in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) in 2013. He was named among the best in six of his senior games in 2014. In 2015, Collingwood's Victorian Football League (VFL) manager, Luke Gatti, invited Wills to trial for their top-up squad. He played six senior games for them before being drafted to their Australian Football League (AFL) side. He made his debut in a nineteen-point victory against West Coast in the 19th round of the 2016 season at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, laying 11 tackles. These 11 tackles, at the time put Rupert as the VFL/AFL record-holder for most tackles laid in a game on debut. After his debut, he played another four games, totalling five games played in his debut season, In the 2017 season, Wills made only one senior appearance, after suffering a quad muscle injury in the pre-season and a calf muscle injury in April. Despite the lack of games, Wills signed a two-year contract extension at the end of the season. In the 2018 season, Wills didn't feature at all at the senior level. In November 2020, Wills was delisted by Collingwood.

Personal life Wills is currently studying a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws at Deakin University.

Statistics Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season

23 1 3 135 234 369 49 153 0.04 0.1 5.9 10.2 16.0 2.1 6.7