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

Jai Newcombe
Personal information
Full name Jai Newcombe
Nickname(s) Nuke, Duke the Nuke, King Kong of Poowong
Date of birth (2001-08-02) 2 August 2001 (age 21)
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 29 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Career highlights
  • AFLCA best young player: 2022
  • VFL Team of the Year: 2021
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early career


Growing up in the small rural town of Poowong in Southern Gippsland. Newcombe participated in the Auskick program at Poowong[1] and playing junior football 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.[2]


AFL career


Newcombe was selected with Pick 2 in the 2021 mid-season draft, having caught 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,[3] setting an AFL record for the most tackles in a debut match, with 14.[4]


Statistics


Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[5]

Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2021Hawthorn44 71132306217390.10.14.64.38.92.45.60
2022Hawthorn44 2286266230496941010.40.312.110.522.54.34.611
Career 29972982605581111400.30.210.39.019.23.84.811

Honours and achievements


Individual


References


  1. AFL Record. Round 9, 2022. pg 46
  2. "Player Feature: Jai Newcombe". 22 May 2021.
  3. "Straight into the seniors for Jai Newcombe". hawthornfc.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. "Hawthorn rookie rewrites the record books in stunning debut". NewsComAu. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  5. "Jai Newcombe Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 July 2021.





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