82 Facts About Josh Caddy

Joshua Nicholas Caddy was born on 28 September 1992 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who last played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Josh Caddy previously played for the Gold Coast Football Club from 2011 to 2012, and the Geelong Football Club from 2013 to 2016.

Josh Caddy was a premiership player with Richmond in both 2017 and 2019.

Josh Caddy played junior football with Eltham in the Diamond Valley Football League before joining the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup.

Josh Caddy played a handful of matches for the Knights in 2009 and went to be captain the club in 13 matches in the 2010 season.

Josh Caddy placed second in the club's best and fairest that year.

In 2010 Josh Caddy represented the Victorian Metropolitan side at the AFL Under 18 Championships after having previously done the same at under 16 level.

Josh Caddy played three matches for the tournament, recording averages of 23.7 disposals and 3.3 marks per game.

Josh Caddy was awarded All-Australian selection for his stellar performances.

Josh Caddy was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns with the club's fourth selection and the seventh selection overall in the 2010 AFL draft.

Josh Caddy suffered a navicular bone injury early in the year, and was held back from football duties until late into the club's inaugural season.

Josh Caddy made his AFL debut in Round 23 that year, in a losing match against Melbourne at the MCG.

Josh Caddy had 10 disposals, five marks and three tackles in the match.

Josh Caddy kicked his first career goal the next week, in his second career match and the Suns' last game of the season.

Josh Caddy finished the season ranked third at the club for total disposals, fourth for goals and fifth for clearances.

In September 2012, the Gold Coast Suns announced that Josh Caddy was again requesting a trade to a Victorian based club.

Josh Caddy faced a restricted pre-season in 2013, with ongoing recovery necessary for shoulder surgery that he underwent in September 2012.

Josh Caddy played in just six of the club's first 12 AFL matches that season, before playing 11 straight including a losing qualifying final against Fremantle.

Josh Caddy finished the season having played 18 matches and kicking a total of 11 goals.

Josh Caddy was named in Geelong's best players by AFL Media's report of the match.

Josh Caddy returned to the side for a round 14 match-up with Gold Coast.

Josh Caddy notched his 50th career game in round 17 that season.

Josh Caddy recorded a career best 12 tackles in the match.

Josh Caddy played in all of the club's last 12 matches of the season including losing finals to Hawthorn and North Melbourne.

Josh Caddy had a team high 26 disposals in the losing semi-final to North Melbourne.

Josh Caddy finished the season having played 16 matches and kicking 11 goals.

Josh Caddy started the season in Geelong's best-22 for the third straight season when he lined up against Hawthorn in round 1,2015.

Josh Caddy was named in the Cats' best by AFL Media the following week, with a 20 disposal and 10 tackle effort against Fremantle in round 2.

In round 16, Josh Caddy set career highs in disposals and clearances in the Cats' victory over the Western Bulldogs at Kardinia Park.

Josh Caddy did not play another game that season, and finished the year with 19 games played, a then-career-best 16 goals and seventh place in the club's best-and-fairest tally.

Josh Caddy started the season strongly, kicking three goals and recording 21 disposals and seven clearances in the club's round 1 win over Hawthorn.

Josh Caddy suffered a medial ligament strain in Geelong's round 13 match with the Western Bulldogs.

Josh Caddy had played in each of the club's matches to that point, but was forced to sit-out nearly two months of senior football as a result of the injury.

Josh Caddy returned to the side in round 20, kicking 2 goals and gathering 19 disposals in the process.

Josh Caddy played in his first career finals win in September 2016, in a qualifying final against Hawthorn.

Josh Caddy finished the season having played 18 matches and kicking a career best 21 goals.

Josh Caddy was eighth at the club for disposals per game, seventh for total tackles and sixth for goals scored in season 2016.

Josh Caddy was one of just ten players in the competition to record averages of 20 or more disposals and one goal per game on a minimum of five games played that season.

When Richmond's Brett Deledio began seeking a trade to Geelong in October 2016, Josh Caddy's name was circulated in media reports concerning the potential deal.

Richmond reportedly offered Josh Caddy increased midfield playing time as an incentive to move clubs.

Josh Caddy was traded to Richmond on the final day of the trade period, in exchange for a second-round draft pick and a swap of later picks.

Josh Caddy made his Richmond debut in the opening match of the 2017 season, a victory against Carlton at the MCG.

Josh Caddy recorded 17 disposals and a goal in the round 1 match.

Josh Caddy played his 100th career match in round 5's Anzac Day eve match against Melbourne.

Josh Caddy had 21 disposals and 5 tackles in the match and kicked the match sealing goal late in the fourth quarter of Richmond's win.

Josh Caddy did well in the role that week, notching 20 disposals, three clearances, four tackles and a goal.

When full-forward teammate Jack Riewoldt sustained an eye injury, Josh Caddy was called on to play as the team's focal point up forward.

Josh Caddy kicked a goal in the first of these matches, before adding four more in the role against Hawthorn in round 20.

Josh Caddy missed two games as a result, making his return with two goals in Richmond's winning qualifying final against Geelong.

Josh Caddy became a premiership player following that match, kicking Richmond's first goal in his side's 48 point victory.

Josh Caddy repeated the total the following week, but was issued a one-match suspension for striking Adelaide's David Mackay in the face with a stray fist in a marking contest during the fourth quarter of that round 2 loss.

Josh Caddy made an immediate return to football in round 4, but was limited to just one game with hamstring soreness seeing him miss again in round 5.

Josh Caddy equaled that output in round 8 and went past it again with six goals in round 10.

At the half-way point of the season Josh Caddy was named in Fox Footy's mid-year All Australian squad and was named in the Herald Sun and AFL Media teams of 22 players.

Josh Caddy was placed fourth in the league's goalkicking race with a total of 27 kicked over his nine matches, despite playing an analysed 61 per cent to 39 per cent split of forward and midfield minutes.

Josh Caddy was held goalless in round 12's loss to Port Adelaide, the first such occasion since beginning a 17-game goalscoring streak in round 18 the previous season.

Josh Caddy repeated that tally in round 22, leading 1116 SEN commentator Gary Lyon to call for his inclusion in that year's All-Australian team.

Josh Caddy finished the home and away season having kicked a career-best 44 goals, earning him 10th place in the Coleman Medal race for the league's leading goalkicker.

Josh Caddy was however, named in the forwardline of the AFL's Player Ratings seconds team for 2018.

Josh Caddy did however, attract two separate fines from the AFL's Match Review Officer for physical altercations and additionally issued a public apology for verbally abusing two of his opponents with derogatory ablest comments which were picked up on umpires' microphones and included in the television broadcast coverage of that match.

Josh Caddy finished 2018 having played 22 matches and kicked 46 goals, earning 10th place in the Richmond club best and fairest award.

Josh Caddy was recalled to senior level the next week, where he contributed three goals in a win over Port Adelaide while playing as an inside midfielder and a forward in the absence of Dustin Martin.

Josh Caddy kicked another two goals in round 5 before being named among Richmond's best players with 25 disposals and a goal in round 8's win over Fremantle.

Josh Caddy kicked three goals as a forward the following week against Hawthorn.

In round 15 Josh Caddy played his 150th AFL match, kicking one goal in the post-bye win over St Kilda.

Josh Caddy was left out of the side the following week due to an apparent leg injury but was forced to make a return to football through the VFL a week later.

Josh Caddy held his spot at senior level over the final four weeks of the season, producing modest results in the role of defensive wing which he had trialed for one week at VFL level.

Josh Caddy kicked two goals in that position in the opening round of the finals, as Richmond had a 47-point qualifying final victory over the Brisbane Lions.

AFL Media said Josh Caddy "did a little bit of everything" in the grand final, collecting 19 disposals and applying a game-high 25 pressure acts along with six tackles as his side defeated Greater Western Sydney by 89 points and earned Josh Caddy a second premiership in three years.

At year's end Josh Caddy had played 18 matches and placed 20th in the club's best and fairest count.

Josh Caddy signed a new contract extension before the season proper began, committing to the club until the end of the 2022 season.

Josh Caddy contributed 15 disposals to a round 1 win over Carlton when the season began, but under extraordinary conditions imposed on the league as a result of the rapid progression of the coronavirus pandemic into Australia.

Josh Caddy required just one week of rest however, returning with 13 disposals in a round 3 loss to Hawthorn.

Josh Caddy struggled for form early in the season restart, attracting criticisms about his suitability to a wing role from media personalities Terry Wallace and Matthew Lloyd.

Josh Caddy suffered a minor gluteus strain mid-match against in round 5 but was able to play through it, before suffering a significant torn hamstring during round 7's win over North Melbourne.

Josh Caddy kicked two goals in the win over Adelaide, but suffered a patella tendon injury midway through the match that left him in some doubt for the club's first round finals match-up with the Brisbane Lions.

Josh Caddy was capable of playing in multiple positions including as a goal-scoring half-forward, a ball-winning inside midfielder and as a defensive wing.

Josh Caddy spent his formative years in the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Eltham.

Josh Caddy has two elder brothers, Saul and Jonathan and sister, Elisha.

Josh Caddy is the grandson of former North Melbourne and St Kilda footballer John Reeves and a nephew of North Melbourne and Fitzroy player, Michael Reeves.

Josh Caddy is the first cousin of Hawthorn ruckman Ned Reeves.

Josh Caddy attended high school at both Marcellin College and Eltham College in Melbourne's north-east.