Jason Castagna

Jason Castagna
Castagna with Richmond in June 2017
Personal information
Nickname(s) George[1]
Date of birth (1996-07-12) 12 July 1996
Original team(s) Northern Knights (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 29, 2015 Rookie Draft: Richmond
Debut Round 6, 2016, Richmond
vs. Port Adelaide, at MCG
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Small forward
Club information
Current club Richmond
Number 11
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2015– Richmond 52 (54)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2018 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jason Castagna (born 12 July 1996) is a professional Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life and junior football

Castagna spent his teenage years in Kangaroo Ground, 26 kilometres north-east of Melbourne.[2] He attended high school and played school football at Marcellin College in Melbourne's east.[3][4]

In 2013, Castagna was selected to play with the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup. He played ten matches with an average of nine disposals per match.[2] He returned to the Knights in 2014, playing nine matches and averaging 17 disposals.[3][5]

Castagna represented the Victorian Metro side at the National Under-18 Championships in 2014.[2] He recorded an average of 14 disposals in five matches played that year.[6]

In the 2014 draft combine, Castagna recorded a beep test score of 15.2; good for equal sixth best in his class.[7]

AFL career

Castagna was drafted with Richmond's second pick and the 29th selection overall in the 2015 Rookie Draft.[5]

Casagna began the 2015 season playing as a rebounding defender with Richmond's reserves side in the VFL.[8] He was upgraded to the club's senior list in August, following the early retirement of veteran midfielder Nathan Foley.[9] Though strong form placed him close to a senior call-up at stages, a late season injury would ensure he did not make his AFL debut in 2015.[10]

Castagna was again promoted to the senior list in 2016, filling the last of the club's free senior list spots on the eve of the season.[9] He was named as an emergency in the club's round 6 match against Port Adelaide, but was called to play when wingman Kamdyn McIntosh withdrew due to injury[11] He recorded 11 disposals on debut.[12] He played again the next week in a loss to Hawthorn but was dropped the following week.[13] Castagna made his return to the side in round 16, playing as a forward and recording 19 disposals and his first two career goals.[14] He finished the season having played five games with an average of 14.8 disposals per game.[15]

Castagna handballs during play in round 2 of the 2017 season

In March 2017, Castagna was again upgraded to Richmond's senior list.[16] He was immediately impactful, playing in the club's round 1 victory against Carlton, kicking two goals and recording 20 disposals.[17] In round 4 he kicked a career-high four goals in Richmond's win over the Brisbane Lions.[18] Castagna, along with forward-line companions Daniel Rioli and Dan Butler, played a key role in Richmond's five game unbeaten start to the 2017 season.[19] After five rounds the small-forward trio had combined for 23 goals (Castagna with eight) and 44 tackles (18 for Castagna).[19] At the mid-season bye, Castagna was one of only 11 players at Richmond to play all 11 matches to that point in the season.[20] He was equal third at the club for goals kicked that season and also ranked 12th in the league for forward half pressure.[20][21] In round 18 Castagna laid a career high nine tackles in the club's win over Greater Western Sydney.[15] Castagna received the AFL Rising Star nomination for round 19 after kicking three goals and gathering 16 disposals in Richmond's 33-point win over the Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium.[22] Castagna was a member of Richmond's finals team in 2017, and kicked a goal in each of the club's three matches in the series including in a victorious Grand Final.[23] He finished the season a premiership player and having played in all 25 matches at senior level. His 26 goals for the season placed him fourth at the club and third among Rising Star eligible players across the season.[24] Though he did not place in the award's tally Castagna also ranked top 10 among such players in 12 statistical categories including number one in score involvements, marks inside 50 and tackles inside 50.[25]

Castagna entered the 2018 season having earned a permanent promotion to Richmond's senior list and signing a new two-year deal with the club.[26][27] He also changed his guernsey number, moving up to the number 11 vacated by the de-listed Jake Batchelor at season's end.[28] Castagna had his first opportunity to wear it in February, lining up in the Richmond side for an AFLX round robin in Sydney.[29] He also played in each of the club's two pre-season matches before lining up against Carlton in round 1 of the home and away season.[30][31] Castagna attracted media attention in round 3 when he was incorrectly awarded a goal during a video umpire review only for the call to be reviewed a second time and the correct decision to be applied.[32] He also attracted the coaches attention though, awarded two votes in the association's champion player of the year award after a three-goal performance.[15][33] Another three goals followed the next week and by round six Castagna had kicked 12 goals already.[34] In round 8 Castagna suffered a hyperectended knee in the match's final quarter but suffered no serious damage as a result.[35] He played the following week against West Coast but missed a match in round 10 due to some minor soreness that emerged as a result of that hyperextension.[36][37]

Castagna is contracted to Richmond until at least the end of the 2019 season.[38]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2018 season[39]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2015 Richmond 460——————————————
2016 Richmond 465204034742080.40.08.06.814.84.01.6
2017 Richmond 4625262014912127074751.00.86.04.810.83.03.0
2018 Richmond 112226241289922765641.21.15.84.510.33.02.9
Career 52 54 44 317 254 571 159 147 1.0 0.8 6.1 4.9 11.0 3.1 2.8

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Get to know: Castagna". Richmond FC. Bigpond. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Cavanagh, Chris (30 July 2014). "Northern Knights midfielder Jason Castagna shaping as a real draft chance after breakout year". Whittlesea Leader. News Ltd. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 Prendergast, Josh (3 December 2014). "2 Knights Selected in the Rookie Draft". Northern Knights FC. Sportingpulse. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "VFL/AFL Players from Marcellin College". Draftguru. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. 1 2 "2014 Rookie Draft, pick 29: Jason Castagna". Richmond FC. Bigpond. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Draft: the medium defenders". Adelaide FC. Bigpond. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Ractliffe, Damien (3 December 2014). "Northern Knights pair Jayden Short and Jason Castagna join teammate Rhys McKenzie at AFL club Richmond". Whittlesea Leader. News Ltd. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Schmook, Nathan (25 March 2015). "Richmond list assessment: Defenders". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. AFL Media. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  9. 1 2 Greenberg, Tony (15 March 2016). "Castagna wins promotion". Richmond FC. Bigpond. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "Choco's Cub Watch: Jason Castagna". Richmond FC. Bigpond. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Castagna makes debut", Footy Prophet, 1 May 2016
  12. ↑ Greenberg, Tony (2 May 2016). "Castagna's decent debut". Richmond FC. Bigpond. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "AFL Round 8 teams: Alex Rance returns, Daniel Wells in doubt plus SuperCoach chat". Herald Sun. News Corp. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "Round 16 - Western Bulldogs vs Richmond". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  15. 1 2 3 "Jason Castagna". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  16. ↑ "Castagna Upgraded To Tigers' Senior List". Triple M. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  17. ↑ "Round 1 2017, Carlton v Richmond". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  18. ↑ Greenberg, Tony (18 April 2017). "Riewoldt reaps rewards". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  19. 1 2 Lerner, Ronny (28 April 2017). "Damien Hardwick says small forwards are becoming the most important players". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  20. 1 2 "2017 stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  21. ↑ Ralph, Jon (4 June 2017). "Richmond's small forwards are proving the difference and could deliver elusive finals victories". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  22. ↑ "Tiger Rising Star has last laugh after 'stitch up'". AFL.com.au. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  23. ↑ Navaratnam, Dinny (30 September 2017). "'Mosquito fleet' has too much bite for Crows". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  24. ↑ "2017 Player Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  25. ↑ "Premiership Tigers' key numbers: Jason Castagna". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  26. ↑ Schmook, Nathan (9 October 2017). "Tiger stopper one of three players chopped". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  27. ↑ Cavanagh, Chris (6 November 2017). "Richmond premiership players Jason Castagna and Jacob Townsend re-sign, Anthony Miles also commits". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  28. ↑ Browne, Ashley (11 December 2017). "Premiership Tigers get a number bump". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  29. ↑ McFarlane, Glenn (18 February 2018). "Richmond plans to implement the same manic pressure that won the premiership in 2018". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  30. ↑ Edmund, Sam (8 March 2018). "No premiership hangover for Richmond in 2018 after dominant 70-point win over North Melbourne". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  31. ↑ Schmook, Nathan (24 February 2018). "Match report: Scorching Tigers thump flat Dons". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  32. ↑ Cleary, Mitch (8 April 2018). "Five talking points: R3". Hawthorn FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  33. ↑ "Coaches' votes: R4". Hawthorn FC. Telstra Media. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  34. ↑ Browne, Ashley (14 April 2018). "Match report: Dusty destroys two-goal Lions". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  35. ↑ Browne, Ashley (13 May 2018). "Match report: Tigers hold off brave Kangaroos". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  36. ↑ "Dimma backs Dusty to lift for AFL Tigers". SBS.com.au. SBS. AAP. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  37. ↑ "Round 11 injury update". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  38. ↑ Greenberg, Tony (6 November 2017). "New deals for Tiger trio". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  39. ↑ "Jason Castagna". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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