Cameron Greenwell

Cameron Greenwell is a Male Saltwater Crocodile who currently plays for the Wellington Vipers in the Furry Australian Football League (FAFL)

Biography
Cameron Greenwell is a crocodile that literally has footy in his blood. His father, Robert, played for 17 years in the FAFL as a ruckfur, the majority of them with the Gold Coast Dragons but was able to spend the last two of those with his “home” team, the East Sydney Roosters. He has three uncles who played professionally as ruckfur, though they did not quite have as much success as their brother, while his younger sister, Alyssa, is starting to get a feel for the game herself. Cameron wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father and uncles as a ruckfur and was showing great potential in his formative years and moved up to junior football for his hometown club in Wollongong at the tender age of 14.

But the Wollongong side already had four ruckfur in the pipeline, and the coach told the young croc that there was no room on the squad for another. Dejected, Cameron went through a long period of self-doubt and depression and questioned whether or not he wanted to continue chasing his dreams of playing professionally. He was even on the verge of quitting school and running off to join the military and had his mobile in his hand when it rang. Answering it, Cameron was surprised by the voice and message on the other end: “Cam, my son. . .I didn’t raise no quitter.” It was his father, Robert, who was away as a scout for the Dragons and had seen some of the comments he had posted on social media. Then he told his son to find a different position on the field to try and suggested that he look into trying a defensive position.

Cameron decided to try centre half-back and came back to the Wollongong club for a tryout, and he so thoroughly impressed the coaching staff that they named him the starter over who was a certain FAFL prospect...to the point where assistant head coach Evie Blakeney told him, “I played against your father, and you are every bit as talented and determined as he. And he was quite the bloke to have a go at.” Buoyed by those encouraging words, he quickly built up a reputation as a fierce and intimidating force on the back end for Wollongong, and his teammates started referring to him as “The Green Wall” as a play on his name. Opposing forwards learned quickly what Greenwell was all about, and that was someone who loved to hit and make hard tackles, while having a keen eye for the ball in order to prevent marks. At age 16, he was put on the shortlist of “Ones To Watch” as the top-ranked junior centre half-back; the next year he was ranked at number 2, but the croc is surely one to keep an eye on over the coming years.

2018 Season
Cameron Greenwell was drafted by the Brisbane Brumbies as the No. #1 draft pick of the 2018 FAFL Draft.