Date of birth: 5/6/90
Height: 179cm
Weight: 79kg
Club: Western Jets
Bio: A small midfielder who wins his own ball, Mitchell Banner has good disposal by hand and foot. He is a high possession winner who is good overhead for his size. Banner was a Vic Metro Under-18 representative in 2008, and hails from Werribee Junior FC.
PortAdelaideFC.com.au exclusive insight
What would you rate as the strengths of your game?
My skills on both feet, over head marking and my ability to run games out.
Do you currently play or have played any other sports? If so, at what level?
I played in representative sides for cricket and also a bit of basketball.
Who has been the biggest influence on your career and why?
My dad. He was the one who got me into footy and he’s been there to support me since the start of my career.
What do you hope to be in five years time?
An AFL footballer.
If you had to describe the Port Adelaide Football Club what would you say?
Port Adelaide is a very traditional, proud and competitive football club. I’m a big Port fan and I’d love to be able to play for them.
Jason McCartney says: Mitch went head to head with Daniel Rich in the final of the under-18s and played a really good game. Rich was pretty good as well, there's no doubt about that, but what I liked about Mitch in that game was that he wasn't over-awed by playing on a really good quality player. He went out and won a bit of the footy himself in that game.
There had been a bit of a question mark over his disposal, but he's worked really hard at it and you could see how that has improved over the course of the year.
Stats:
| NAB AFL Under 18 Championships | ||||||||
| Team | Mt | K | HB | D | M | HO | T | G |
| Vic Metro | 5 | 14.2 | 4.2 | 18.4 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
