Curtis Taylor Biography

Dylan Shiel will serve a two-match ban for his bump on North Melbourne's Curtis Taylor after failing to mitigate his suspension at the AFL Tribunal.

The incident resulted in Taylor leaving the field for a concussion test and undergoing a scan for a potential jaw fracture.

Curtis Taylor is named as the round 5 2020 AFL Rising Star nominee after kicking two goals from 13 disposals in the Kangaroos' loss to the Western Bulldogs.

Curtis Taylor says a chat with North Melbourne coach Rhyce Shaw was a wake-up call for him.

"I didn't realise I was (going through the motions), but the coaches realised I could go to another level and I wasn't trying to get to that level," Taylor said.

"The coaches felt I was doing just the bare minimum and pretty much said if I wanted to have a good career as an AFL footballer, then I had to do more and go outside myself and do things to make me get better.

"It was a pretty stern meeting but it's really paid off."

Curtis Taylor makes his AFL debut for North Melbourne at Docklands Stadium with 8 disposals (4 kicks and 4 handballs), 3 marks and 2 tackles in a 24-point loss to Geelong.

North Melbourne select Curtis Taylor with pick No.46 in the 2018 National Draft.

Having earlier traded pick 51 to St Kilda for a future third-round selection, the Roos seized their chance to draft Taylor, who had been seen as a potential first-round draftee, by trading the future third-round pick acquired from the Saints for the Bulldogs’ pick 46, and using it to select Taylor.