Justin Gregory Koschitzke (born 20 September 1982) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. This article needs to be wikified. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Australian football at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ... This is a page about the national league in Australian Rules Football. ...

Recruited in the 2000 AFL Draft at pick no 2, there were high expectations on Koschitzke from a young age. His athletic 197cm build and strong marking were a great asset to the St Kilda Football Club, which drafted him and gave him his AFL debut early in 2001. He made an immediate impact and in a debut year where he played 20 games, he took out the AFL Rising Star award. The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... This article needs to be wikified. ...

This early potential had not been fully harnessed however, and in 2002 Koschitzke played just 4 games in an injury riddled season. His quad and hamstring injuries continued to cause him trouble into 2003 and 2004, where he missed 5 and 8 games respectively. The quadriceps femoris, commonly the quadriceps, is a large muscle in the thigh, composed of the sections rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, and vastus medialis. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The sport of Australian rules football is known for its high level of physical body contact compared to other sports such as soccer and basketball, and the fact that unlike gridiron, no padding whatsoever is worn. ...

In 2005, another injury-affected season, Koschitzke played sporadically until he made a return in Round 14 against the Western Bulldogs. In a best-on-ground performance, Koschitzke picked up 19 disposals and booted three goals. His great form continued when he kicked 16 goals over the next 4 games, but unfortunately, injury struck again after Round 21, where he missed the finals series. The Western Bulldogs, formerly known as the Footscray Football Club or The Bulldogs is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in western suburban Melbourne, Australia, drawing its supporter base from this traditionally poor, industrial, and less leafy part of Melbourne. ... The Australian Football Leagues 2005 Finals Series began on the weekend of September 2, 2005 and ended with the 109th AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 September 2005, won by the Sydney Swans. ...

Koschitzke's talents are yet to be fully recognised, and he has been touted as a key position player who can play at centre half-forward and centre half-back, as well as a ruckman. Although some have questioned whether using him in the ruck would be too hard on his body. In the sport of Australian rules football, a key position refers to positions on the ground that are considered vital to the structure of a team. ... In Australian rules football, the centre half-forward is a position on the half-forward line of a football field. ... In Australian rules football, the centre half-back refers to a position in the half-back line of a football field. ... Ruckman may mean: Ruckman, West Virginia Ruckman (Australian rules football position) This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

Koschitzke has also appeared on FOX FM's Matt and Jo Show with Matt Tilley and Jo Stanley, with his weekly Friday football analysis. Fox FM is a radio station broadcasting to Oxfordshire, United Kingdom on the frequencies 102. ... Matt Tilley is an Australian comedian. ... Jo Stanley (born c. ...

External links

• Justin Koschitzke profile on Saints.com.au
• Justin Koschitzke statistics from RLeague