Williamstown key defender Peter Faulks has been drafted to the Fremantle Football Club. Under new rules involved the Gold Coast FC, Peter was pre-selected by the Gold Coast who then on traded him (and pick 61) to Fremantle in exchange for pick 55. Peter will now line up for the Dockers in season 2011 after an outstanding VFL season for the Seagulls in season 2010. Faulks is currently over in Bali on the player's end of season trip, and was ecstatic about the opportunity to ply his trade at the highest level.
Faulks came to the Williamstown Football Club in season 2010 and cemented himself as a key member of the Seagulls side. Faulks speed, athleticism and hunger for the contest saw him impress many during the year. Faulks is rarely beaten in a one on one contest and beat many AFL listed forwards throughout the 2010 season.
Peter was selected as Full-Back in the VFL Team of the Year and was considered by many extremely unlucky to miss out on the Fotherill-Gill Medal, awarded to the young player most likely to be drafted by an AFL club. Faulks came 3rd in the Williamstown Best and Fairest, finishing just 5 votes behind winner Brett Johnson. Faulks was also a member of the VFL state side that comprehensively beat Western Australia in the VFL State Side. Faulks will hope to follow fellow VFL draftees in Michael Barlow and Alex Silvagni who have both had an impact at the Fremantle Football Club.
Williamstown Football Manager Chris Dixon said that Faulk's selection is thoroughly deserved, "Anyone who has seen Faulksy play throughout the year would have recognised that he is capable of playing AFL footy.
Peter has worked extremely hard and has given himself every opportunity to make it at the top level. It's a credit not only to Peter himself, but also the Williamstown development program and our coaching staff who have developed his game to the point where he is now on an AFL list.
It's great that we can provide an environment that allows players to fulfil their potential."