The high-flyer who has displayed promise at both ends of the ground was hobbled by a groin injury and missed the entire season after showing so much in the JLT series. 

Date of Birth: 25 February, 1996

Height: 191cm
Weight: 87kg

Games MFC 2019: 0
Career Total: 11

Goals MFC 2019: 0
Career Total: 1

Interesting player. Hope 2020 will be fruitful.

I have a huge bias towards Joel because I think if we can get him fit, keep him fit, and get game time into him, there is just so much upside to this kid. With so much time spend off the paddock, his skill set will take time to develop, so I don’t expect an immediate strong impact once he plays. But he showed glimpses of what he could potentially bring to our forward line this past pre-season. We’ve seen glimpses of his defensive skills and his second and third efforts down back.  I also think he could, in the future, have a huge impact through the middle. While I don’t like the term swingman, I think if I had a choice between Smith and Tomlinson, I know who I’d want. Best wishes to him.

Anyone who saw him in our 2017 JLT pre season game vs the Dogs at Whitten Oval would agree that we have a player on our hands. Played very well as a defender that day.

Also played a few good games in 2018 before doing his collarbone.

Needs to be persisted with. Could be that additional tall-medium forward we were screaming our for in trade week.