Nathan Krakouer

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Nathan Krakouer (born May 5, 1988 in Australia) is an Australian Rules Footballer and an Indigenous Australian. He is the nephew of the legendary North Melbourne football players Jimmy Krakouer and Phil Krakouer and cousin of Richmond's Andrew Krakouer.

In 2006 he represented Australia's indigenous youth on tour to South Africa with the "Flying Boomerangs" to play against the South Africa's Buffaloes.^[1]

The slightly-built rookie teenager was recruited by AFL club Port Adelaide Power in the 2006 AFL Draft from Claremont WA. He was the player the Power was most surprised to be able to pick when it grabbed him at No. 39. Krakouer shone at the 2006 AFL Draft camp in Canberra, setting a sizzling time in the 20 metre sprint on the second day of the camp. His time of 2.83 seconds puts his result in the top handful of all time, out of nearly a thousand players over the last 12 or 13 years. [1]

Wearing the number 29 guernsey, he has played 7 games for Port in his debut 2007 AFL Season, despite coach Mark Williams earlier predicting that he would not play for at least 2 years. As at the end of Round 7, he had an impressive total of 48 kicks, 24 marks, 18 handballs, 66 disposals and 4 goals. [2]

His explosive speed and raw talent has been progressively emerging throughout the season. Notably, he played a crucial role in securing a win over North Melbourne in Round 2, with a significant hand in 3 Port goals in 15 minutes; 3 such goals being in the last five minutes of the game. Krakouer was also the only Power player to take more than one inside-50 mark in Port's loss to the Crows in Showdown XXII.

As at the end of Round 7, Krakouer is ranked 6th among the AFL Rising Stars in total kicks and total marks, and 7th in total goals [3] and has a promising future with Port.