Date of birth: 9/5/90
Height: 179cm
Weight: 82kg
Club: North Ballarat/Bacchus Marsh
Bio: Suban is a competitive small midfielder who wins his own ball in contested situations. He has excellent skills and is a player who makes good decisions. An AIS/AFL Academy graduate, Suban represented Vic Country and won All-Australian selection in 2007 and 2008. From Bacchus Marsh FC.
Jason McCartney says: What stands out about Nick is that he has great leadership qualities and he's a left footer who kicks the ball well. He also has a great flexibility to his game. He plays predominantly midfield and half-back, but for Vic Country over in Perth he played in a back pocket on Chris Yarran – who is a great young player – and really shut him out. Chris is a leading forward so Nick was even playing full-back at times and I think when you see a young player have the ability to do that, it really adds strings to his bow.
| NAB AFL Under 18 Championships | ||||||||
| Team | Mt | K | HB | D | M | HO | T | G |
| Vic Country | 5 | 10.8 | 5.6 | 16.4 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
What sort of player are you?
I’m probably an inside or outside sort of player. I don’t mind getting in and getting it or receiving it outside either. I try to win the contests as well as get it in a bit of space. I pride myself on my kicking and try to hit as many targets as I can.
Strengths?
Probably my kicking. If I can hit most of my targets I’ll be pretty happy.
Weaknesses?
My fitness, I think. Getting from contest to contest, I can find that a bit hard at times.
Which AFL team do you support?
St Kilda.
Which AFL player do you feel you most resemble?
I’m a St Kilda supporter so I’ve always grown up liking Robert Harvey and Nick Dal Santo and those types of blokes. I just love the way they go about it. I really admire Harvey’s work rate, so if I could get something like his fitness it’d be great.
