Sam Cumming

Samuel Cumming (born 27 July 2007) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A ball-winning inside midfielder, Cumming was drafted in the first round of the 2025 AFL draft and made his debut early in the 2026 season.

Early life and junior football Cumming was born to parents Glen and Kyra and raised in Wentworth, a New South Wales town in the state's far south west and on the border with Victoria.

He played representative football at a young age, featuring in the 2022 under 15 Victorian statewide competition with the Bendigo Pioneers. In the same year, he made his senior football debut for the Wentworth Football Club in the Sunraysia Football Netball League at age 14, finishing the season having played 15 matches and being named among the side's best players in eight. He played in Wentworth's losing grand final that season and was named among its best players on the day, as well as later placing third in the club's best and fairest award.

In his year 11 season in 2024 and despite being one year younger than many of his teammates and opponents, Cumming won the South Australian National Football League Under 18 MVP award, after playing 10 matches for North Adelaide with an average of 27 disposals, 4.5 clearances and 1.1 goals.

AFL career Cumming was drafted by Richmond with the club's first selection and the seventh pick overall in the 2025 AFL draft. In the last of those two matches, Cumming suffered a subluxation of his right shoulder, repeating an injury he sustained late in his previous junior season. He returned to matchplay through the club's reserves side in the VFL in April. In his second match at the level, Cumming was awarded best on ground honours with 30 disposals and one goal against the AFL Academy Under 18 exhibition side. Following that performance, Cumming was named to make his AFL debut in the ANZAC Day eve match against at the MCG.

Player profile Cumming plays as a ball-winning inside midfielder and resting forward.

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