Chris Masten

Round 7 2009 - West Coast v Melbourne
Personal information
Birth	2 May 1989 (1989-05-02) (age 20)
Recruited from	East Fremantle (WAFL)
Height and weight	174cm / 76kg
Playing career¹
Debut	29 March 2008, West Coast Eagles vs. Adelaide Crows, at AAMI Stadium
Team(s)	West Coast (2008-) 28 games, 6 goals
¹ Statistics to end of End of 2009 season
Career highlights

Chris Masten (born 2 May 1989) is an Australian rules footballer in the AFL, currently playing for the West Coast Eagles. He was chosen as their first round pick (number 3 overall) in the 2007 AFL Draft and looks like a very promising player for the future. He made his senior debut for WAFL team East Fremantle in the Round 1 win against South Fremantle, gathering 17 disposals and kicking 3 goals. Masten went on to play 15 games and average 14 disposals per game while also kicking 6 goals for the season.

Standing at 174 cm Masten projects as an inside midfielder in the mould of fellow West Australians Paul Hasleby & Simon Black, features of his game include clean hands, good vision, courageous attack on the ball and a very large aerobic capacity. Masten showed strong leadership in the 2007 Under 18 championships, captaining Western Australia to win the tournament and on an individual level winning All-Australian honours averaging 25 disposals and five clearances across the 3 games. He was also a graduate of the AIS/AFL Academy in 2006.

Masten made his debut in round 2 of the 2008 season against Adelaide. While in his debut match he showed glimpses of his future potential gathering 11 possessions, he was dropped for the next match against arch-rivals Fremantle. He returned for the next match against Sydney finishing with 16 possessions, the second highest possession getter for the team in that match, he went to play a further 7 matches of the season including West Coast's win over the Adelaide Crows in Round 9 of 2008, in that match he also scored his first goal in the AFL before being sent away mid-season to have groin surgery for osteitis pubis.

[edit] Off-field incident

On Australia Day, Masten was arrested for disorderly conduct after drunkenly punching a man to the ground. Masten pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct charge and was fined $750 and ordered to pay costs of $110 and received a spent conviction. Chris Masten was also fined $2000 and suspended by the West Coast Eagles from the pre-season NAB cup.

[edit] Trivia

Trevor Woodhouse's wife went to school with Christopher Masten's mum.

Masten lists former Eagles Ben Cousins and Glen Jakovich as his football idols.

Masten went to Corpus Christi College in Bateman and graduated in 2006.

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Chris Masten's statistics from AFL Tables