Background
Minson grew up in Norwood, South Australia and played football with the Norwood Football Club up until the under 18"son
Minson grew up in Norwood, South Australia and played football with the Norwood Football Club up until the under 18"son
He was a student at Street Peter"s College, Adelaide, where he played the majority of his junior football, while also playing as a junior football player at Walkerville Football Club.
The Western Bulldogs recruited Minson in the 2002 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft at pick number 20. He made his debut with the club in 2004. He is considered very mobile for his size and is also very strong.
He is known for his physical presence, being suspended for striking Geelong star Cameron Ling in just his second game.
In Round 14 2008, with the Bulldogs playing Portuguese Adelaide in their annual game in Darwin, Minson was involved in a confrontation with Kane Cornes, a Portuguese Adelaide midfielder. Minson appeared two days later in an interview with the Foxtel American Federation of Labor-Congress program On the Couch, apologising for a derogatory comment made to Cornes.
Minson claimed that what was said was in "the heat of battle". In Round 12 2012, following the Western Bulldogs victory over Portuguese Adelaide, Minson was again embroiled in a controversy over allegedly sledging Danyle Pearce, another Portuguese Adelaide player.
The comments, which are said to have concerned Pearce"s mother, were made in the final quarter of the match, immediately after the two were wrestling at a stoppage and during a subsequent melee.
Whilst the incident was not elevated to the American Federation of Labor-Congress tribunal, the Western Bulldogs fined Minson and imposed a one-week suspension on him as punishment for the indiscretion. Because of the prior incident with Kane Cornes, a media frenzy ensued. In a press conference two days after the game, Minson said he was "deeply regretful for any comments that were made", and that he had "no intention of ever putting anyone through that again".