Jack Ginnivan (born 9 December 2002) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Jack Ginnivan | |||
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![]() Ginnivan playing for Collingwood's VFL team in July 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Jack Ginnivan | ||
Date of birth | (2002-12-09) 9 December 2002 (age 19) | ||
Place of birth | Castlemaine, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Bendigo Pioneers (NAB League) | ||
Draft | No. 13, 2021 rookie draft | ||
Debut |
Round 19, 2021, Collingwood vs. Port Adelaide, at Marvel Stadium | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Collingwood | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2021– | Collingwood | 28 (46) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Ginnivan started playing Australian rules football at the age of six, following Hawthorn winning the 2008 AFL Grand Final. As a youth, he played for Newstead in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League and at the age of 11, kicked his 100th goal for the club.[1] Later, he played junior football for Strathfieldsaye Storm in the Bendigo Football Netball League, helping them win a premiership in 2019.[2] In 2020, Ginnivan played for Bendigo Pioneers in the NAB League and was selected for the Vic Country team.[3]
Ginnivan was drafted by Collingwood with their first pick of the 2021 rookie draft, which was the 13th pick overall.[4] After kicking 11 goals over three matches in the Victorian Football League (VFL), including several four-goal games,[5] Ginnivan made his AFL debut against Port Adelaide in the nineteenth round of the 2021 AFL season, at Marvel Stadium.[6] He played in the last five games of the season, kicking six goals.[7]
In the 2022 Anzac Day match, in just his tenth career game, Ginnivan kicked five goals and won the Anzac Medal as best on ground,[8] as well as the Rising Star nomination for round 6.[9] As his second season progressed, he quickly became a high profile and controversial player, after gaining a reputation among media and rival spectators for ducking or shrugging into high tackles to win free kicks,[10] and later admitting to doing so deliberately and even practising the technique in an unusually frank interview.[11] He was booed by rival fans for much of the end of his second season – including an infamous incident when Sydney fans booed him after he had left the game with injury, drawing considerable scorn towards those fans in the media.[12]
Ginnivan studied at Bendigo Senior Secondary College and grew up supporting Hawthorn.[13]
Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[14]
G |
Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
2021 | Collingwood | 33 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 7 | 45 | 18 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0 |
2022 | Collingwood | 33 | 23 | 40 | 19 | 161 | 62 | 223 | 62 | 34 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 9.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 3 |
Career | 28 | 46 | 22 | 199 | 69 | 268 | 80 | 38 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 9.6 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 3 |
Individual
Talented forward Jack Ginnivan also grabbed his opportunity late in the season, coming in and playing the last five games of the year and slotting six goals, including three against Hawthorn.
Teen sensation Jack Ginnivan has slotted a career-best five goals to help lift Collingwood to an 11-point win over Essendon in an enthralling Anzac Day encounter.
Collingwood forward Jack Ginnivan has won the round six Rising Star nomination for his five-goal haul on ANZAC Day.
Collingwood Football Club – current squad | |
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* denotes rookie listed players |
2021 AFL rookie draft | |
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First round |
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Second round |
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Third round |
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Anzac Medal · Anzac Day match best on ground | |
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Anzac Medals were awarded from 2000 onwards, with medals for the first five matches awarded retrospectively. No Anzac Day match was played in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
2022 AFL Rising Star nominees | |
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Italics denote winner |