Jai Newcombe

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Jai Newcombe
Personal information
Full name Jai Newcombe
Date of birth (2001-08-02) 2 August 2001 (age 20)
Original team(s) Poowong (EDFL), Gippsland Power
Draft No. 2, 2021 mid-season rookie draft
Debut Round 13, 2021, Hawthorn
vs. Sydney, at Sydney Cricket Ground
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Hawthorn
Number 44
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2021– Hawthorn 7 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2021.
Career highlights
  • VFL Team of the Year: 2021
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jai Newcombe (born 2 August 2001) is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early career[]

Growing up in the small rural town of Poowong in Southern Gippsland, Newcombe learned his craft playing for the Poowong Magpies in the Ellinbank & District Football League. Newcombe was unable to secure a place in the Gippsland Power squads at ages 16, 17 and 18. Newcombe made the team in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic he was unable to play a game.

Newcombe's AFL career started with playing for Hawthorn affiliate Box Hill Hawks in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played a practice match for Box Hill at the start of 2020 and was asked to come back in November after Melbourne was released from lockdown. He made the long commute twice a week from Warragul (where he was working) to training at Box Hill.[1]

AFL career[]

Newcombe was selected with Pick 2 in the 2021 mid-season draft, having catching the eye of recruiters after building an impressive campaign with the Box Hill Hawks across the first half of the 2021 VFL season. The following week, Newcombe made his AFL debut against the Swans,[2] setting an AFL record for the most tackles in a debut match, with 14.[3]

Statistics[]

Statistics are correct to the end of 2021.[4]

Legend
 G  Goals  K  Kicks  D  Disposals  T  Tackles
 B  Behinds  H  Handballs  M  Marks
AFL playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2021 Hawthorn 44 7 1 1 32 30 62 17 39 0.1 0.1 4.6 4.3 8.9 2.4 5.6 0
Career 7 1 1 32 30 62 17 39 0.1 0.1 4.6 4.3 8.9 2.4 5.6 0

Honours and achievements[]

Individual

  • VFL Team of the Year: 2021

References[]

  1. ^ "Player Feature: Jai Newcombe". 22 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Straight into the seniors for Jai Newcombe". hawthornfc.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Hawthorn rookie rewrites the record books in stunning debut". NewsComAu. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Jai Newcombe Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

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