Lachie Neale
| Lachie Neale | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lachlan Neale | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Apsley, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Glenelg (SANFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 58, 2011 national draft | ||
| Height / weight | 177cm / 79kg | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Fremantle | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2012– | Fremantle | 92 (43) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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Lachlan "Lachie" Neale (born 24 May 1993) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a small quick player who was a high possession winner at junior level.[1]
Early life
Originally from Apsley, a small town in Western Victoria, Neale moved across the border to Kybybolite then attended St Peter's College, Adelaide.[2] He played his junior football for the Kybybolite Football Club and then the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), including seven games in the league side before returning to the Under-18 team for the Grand Final. Despite Glenelg losing to Port Adelaide, he gathered 40 possessions and was awarded the Alan Stewart Medal as the best player in the game.[2] He represented South Australia at the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships.[3]
AFL career
Neale was drafted to Fremantle with their fourth selection (number 58 overall) in the 2011 AFL draft.[4] Neale's close friend and former teammate from Kybybolite Junior Football Club, Alex Forster, was also drafted by Fremantle with their previous selection in the same draft.[5] They join Melbourne co-captain Jack Trengove as ex-Kybybolite players on AFL lists.[6]
Neale played very well during the 2012 NAB Cup preseason games and was predicted to make his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2012 AFL season,[7] but hurt his ankle against Port Adelaide at Victor Harbor, South Australia.[4]
After playing two games for Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), Neale made his debut in round 4 of the 2012 AFL season against St Kilda at Etihad Stadium[4][8] as the substitute. He was activated during the third quarter, replacing Nick Suban.[9]
Neale's 2016 season was rewarded with the Doig Medal as the club best and fairest.[10]
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season[11]
| Legend | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Goals | B | Behinds | K | Kicks | H | Handballs | D | Disposals | M | Marks | T | Tackles |
| Led the league for the season only | |
| Led the league after season and finals |
| Season | Team | # | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Fremantle | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 73 | 124 | 18 | 23 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 11.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| 2013 | Fremantle | 27 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 111 | 126 | 237 | 40 | 20 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 19.8 | 3.3 | 1.7 |
| 2014 | Fremantle | 27 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 242 | 298 | 540 | 91 | 76 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 10.5 | 13.0 | 23.5 | 4.0 | 3.3 |
| 2015 | Fremantle | 27 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 320 | 338 | 658 | 114 | 86 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 27.4 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 2016 | Fremantle | 27 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 289 | 448 | 737 | 90 | 101 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 13.1 | 20.4 | 33.5 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| Career | 92 | 43 | 30 | 1013 | 1283 | 2296 | 353 | 306 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 11.0 | 13.9 | 25.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
References
- ↑ Dream Team builder: Lachie Neale
- 1 2 Capel, Andrew (2 November 2011). "Neale walking tall for draft". The Advertiser. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ↑ South-east players help SA under 18s win
- 1 2 3 Butler, Steve (20 April 2012). "Freo teen Neale's baptism of fire". The West Australian.
- ↑ Turner, Matt (24 November 2011). "Mates Forster, Neale go to Freo". The Messenger. AdelaideNow.
- ↑ Duffield, Mark (29 November 2011). "New Docker motivated by father's lost VFL chance". The West Australian. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ↑ O'Donoghue, Craig (6 March 2012). "Neale firms for Dockers' opener". The West Australian.
- ↑ Miller, Dale (19 April 2012). "Lyon keeps lid on homecoming hopes". The West Australian.
- ↑ Freo roar in Lyon's den
- ↑ Tom, Wildie (8 October 2016). "Neale claims first Doig Medal". FremantleFC.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ↑ "Lachie Neale statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
External links
- Lachie Neale's profile on the official website of the Fremantle Football Club
- Lachie Neale's statistics from AFL Tables
- WAFL Statistics