{"id":304403,"date":"2025-11-23T23:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T23:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/304403\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T23:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T23:10:09","slug":"get-to-know-harley-barker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/304403\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know: Harley Barker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Profile\n <\/p>\n

\n Learn a little bit more about Geelong’s new draftee, Harley Barker from South Australia\n <\/p>\n

Geelong took two selections into the 2025 Telstra AFL Draft, drafting South Australian prospect Harley Barker with their first pick on night one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Touted as a talented two-way runner with plenty of skill and athleticism, Barker is an impact player that can get dangerous at both ends of the ground and hit targets to spark his teams ball movement.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately Barker missed most of his top-age year through injury, but will get the chance to develop and grow at Geelong in 2026 and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Get to know a little bit more about Harley Barker below.\u00a0<\/p>\n

KEY DETAILS\u00a0<\/p>\n

Name: Harley Barker<\/p>\n

Age: 18 Years Old<\/p>\n

Height: 187cm<\/p>\n

Position: Wing<\/p>\n

JUNIOR CAREER<\/p>\n

Home Club: Sturt<\/p>\n

Local Club: Mount Barker<\/p>\n

Games Played: 167 Games (According to PlayHQ Stats<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2025 Season – Under 18’s: <\/p>\n

South Australia: 16.0 Disposals, 5.5 Marks and 1.0 Goals per game across four matches<\/p>\n

DRAFT DETAILS\u00a0<\/p>\n

Draft Pick: #24<\/p>\n

Strengths: Endurance, Speed, Kicking<\/p>\n

Combine Stats: 2.864-second 20m sprint at South Australia’s pre-season testing<\/p>\n

AFL Comparison: Ollie Dempsey<\/p>\n

OTHER FACTS<\/p>\n

Has a strong background in both athletics and volleyball
\nNamed on the wing in the 2025 Under 18 All-Australian team
\nNamed in South Australia’s best players in three of their four National Championship matches in 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Profile Learn a little bit more about Geelong’s new draftee, Harley Barker from South Australia Geelong took two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-304403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}