Lachie Neale

Lachie Neale
Neale playing in 2015
Neale playing for Fremantle in August 2015
Personal information
Full name Lachlan Neale
Date of birth (1993-05-24) 24 May 1993
Place of birth Naracoorte, South Australia
Original team(s) Glenelg (SANFL)
Draft No. 58, 2011 national draft
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Bribane Football Club
Number 27
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2012– Template:AFL Bris 135 (67)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2018.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lachlan Neale (born 24 May 1993) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane football club in the Australian l

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 a farm near Kybybolite at a young age. Nicknamed the Cowboy, Neale played various junior sports in Naracoorte including basketball, soccer, cricket and football. Lachie started playing football for Kybybolite in 2004 as a 10 year old. He kicked 8 goals for the year as his team won the under 14 KNTFL premiership alongside future AFL player Jack Trengove.[2] Neale also won another under 14 premiership the next season once again alongside Trengove but also with future AFL teammate Alex Forster.[3] Neale kicked 14 goals for the season but was not selected for the Grand Final.[4] Lachie continued playing for Kyby and then attended St Peter's College, Adelaide.[5] 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.[5] He represented South Australia at the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships.[6]

AFL career

Neale was drafted to Fremantle with their fourth selection (number 58 overall) in the 2011 AFL draft.[7] 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.[8] They join Melbourne co-captain Jack Trengove as ex-Kybybolite players on AFL lists.[9]

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,[10] but hurt his ankle against Port Adelaide at Victor Harbor, South Australia.[7]

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[7][11] as the substitute. He was activated during the third quarter, replacing Nick Suban.[12]

Neale's 2016 season was rewarded with the Doig Medal as the club best and fairest.[13]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season[14]
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 No. Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2012 Fremantle 271142517312418230.40.24.66.611.31.62.1
2013 Fremantle 27128411112623740200.70.39.210.519.83.31.7
2014 Fremantle 272381024229854091760.40.410.513.023.54.03.3
2015 Fremantle 27241610320338658114860.70.413.314.127.44.83.6
2016 Fremantle 272274289448737901010.30.213.120.433.54.14.6
Career 92 43 30 1013 1283 2296 353 306 0.5 0.3 11.0 13.9 25.0 3.8 3.3

References

  1. ↑ Dream Team builder: Lachie Neale
  2. ↑ Kybybolite-2004-Junior-Colts-Premiership_Page
  3. ↑ South Australian midfielder Lachie Neale ready to impress on big stage for Fremantle
  4. ↑ Kybybolite-2005-Junior-Colts-Premiership_Page
  5. 1 2 Capel, Andrew (2 November 2011). "Neale walking tall for draft". The Advertiser. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  6. ↑ South-east players help SA under 18s win
  7. 1 2 3 Butler, Steve (20 April 2012). "Freo teen Neale's baptism of fire". The West Australian.
  8. ↑ Turner, Matt (24 November 2011). "Mates Forster, Neale go to Freo". The Messenger. AdelaideNow.
  9. ↑ Duffield, Mark (29 November 2011). "New Docker motivated by father's lost VFL chance". The West Australian. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  10. ↑ O'Donoghue, Craig (6 March 2012). "Neale firms for Dockers' opener". The West Australian.
  11. ↑ Miller, Dale (19 April 2012). "Lyon keeps lid on homecoming hopes". The West Australian.
  12. ↑ Freo roar in Lyon's den Archived 8 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ Tom, Wildie (8 October 2016). "Neale claims first Doig Medal". FremantleFC.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "Lachie Neale statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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