Andrew Dunkley is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er. A highly talented and dangerous defender, he played 217 games for the Sydney Swans

Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...

 between 1992 and 2002.

He represented Victoria in State of Origin in 1998.

Dunkley was a member of the Swans side which played in the 1996 AFL Grand Final

1996 AFL Grand Final

The 1996 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the North Melbourne Football Club and Sydney Swans, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1996. It was the 100th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football...

 but took the field in controversial circumstances. In their after the siren

After the siren kicks in Australian rules football

In Australian rules football, if a player takes a mark or is awarded a free kick before or as the siren sounds, the player is allowed to take the kick...

 victory over the Essendon Bombers, Dunkley was reported for striking James Hird

James Hird

James Hird is a former professional Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League....

and was set to miss the Grand Final. The Swans however went to the Supreme Court and had his ban put on hold.