In his third AFL season last year, Houli was unable to consolidate his place in the best 22, playing just seven games before going down late with a broken leg. The hard-running, versatile youngster will be out to squeeze in as much of the pre-season training as possible and has been focusing on improving his decision-making.
Draft history: 2006 NAB AFL Draft 3rd round selection (Essendon) No. 42 overall traded by Fremantle for Dean Solomon and No. 47 (Kyle Reimers).
Assistant coach Scott Camporeale says maintaining a consistent approach is the key to ending Essendon's run of outsFriday, July 23, 2010 - 10:55AM
Essendon's Bachar Houli has had a frustrating two years with injury but thinks he will be ready to go come pre-season trainingThursday, September 24, 2009 - 12:02PM
Bachar Houli's decision to undergo surgery last year was one of the toughest of his career to dateTuesday, February 03, 2009 - 9:35AM
Bachar Houli the young Essendon player was recently in Perth Western Australia as a keynote speaker at the University of Western Australia.Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 12:05PM
Essendon's Bachar Houli is proud of his Muslim heritage and is happy to talk about itTuesday, May 27, 2008 - 5:50PM
Essendon young gun Bachar Houli is the NAB AFL Rising Star round one nominee Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 9:09AM
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