About Josh Battle
Josh Battle is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was originally drafted by St Kilda Football Club with their second selection and thirty-ninth overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his debut in the sixty-one point loss to Essendon at Etihad Stadium in round seventeen of the 2017 season. Battle joined Hawthorn as an unrestricted free agent following the 2024 AFL season and won an All Australian Blazer in his first year at Hawthorn. Battle completed year 12 studies in his first season at the Saints. Battle recovered and played his first AFL final in the Saints' Semi Final loss to eventual premiers Richmond. He also won the 3km test at the AFL Academy camp in January that year.
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