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Luke Breust (born 11 November 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Luke Breust
Breust playing for Hawthorn in August 2018
Personal information
Full name	Luke Breust
Nickname(s)	Punky[1]
Date of birth	(1990-11-11) 11 November 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth	Temora, New South Wales
Original team(s)	Temora (Farrer Football League)
Draft	No. 47, 2009 rookie draft
Debut	Round 8, 2011, Hawthorn vs. St Kilda, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current club	Hawthorn
Number	22
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2011–	Hawthorn	260 (481)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2020	All-Stars	1 (2)
International team honours
2014–2015	Australia	2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2022. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 2020.
Career highlights
3× AFL premiership player: 2013–2015 2× All-Australian team: 2014, 2018 4× Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 2× 22under22 team: 2012, 2013
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early career

Recruited from Temora, New South Wales, Breust played both rugby league and Australian rules football as a junior but turned his focus to Australian rules from age 14.[2] Breust played football and basketball with Isaac Smith in Temora before the latter moved to Wagga Wagga when he was 13, with both ending up at Hawthorn where they played together in the 2013 AFL Grand Final.

Before being drafted at the age of 18, Breust played as a member of the NSW/ACT Rams.

He was drafted by Hawthorn with selection 47 in the 2009 AFL Rookie Draft in December 2008. Breust fractured his left tibia during 2008, but after recovering from that injury he received an invitation to trial with the Hawks and was then selected in the draft.[3]

AFL career

In Round 8 of the 2011 AFL season, Breust made his debut against St Kilda after performing well for Hawthorn's affiliate side in the Victorian Football League, Box Hill.[4] He kicked 2 goals after coming on as a substitute. In Round 15 after a 2-goal, 16-possession game against Collingwood, he was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star Award.[5]

Breust improved more during the 2012 AFL season, particularly with his five-goal effort in Hawthorn's eight-goal win over Collingwood. He played predominantly as a forward, but had short bursts in the midfield throughout the year. Breust played in Hawthorn's losing Grand Final team. At the end of the year, he placed fourth in the Peter Crimmins Medal behind winner Sam Mitchell.

In 2013, Breust kicked a goal in the last quarter of the AFL Grand Final against the Fremantle Dockers to win his first AFL Premiership.

In 2014, Breust began a streak of 29 consecutive goals without scoring a behind, tying with the record set by Tony Lockett in the 1995 season. The streak began during the last quarter of Round 5 against the Geelong Cats and was broken in Round 17 against the Adelaide Crows.

In Round 21, 2017, Bruest kicked his 300th career goal in a 27-point victory over North Melbourne. Bruest was widely regarded as having a below average 2017 season, kicking only 33 goals, his second-lowest annual tally to that date behind only his debut season.[6]

Breust enjoyed a return to form in the 2018 season, with him kicking 53 goals, being a member of the All-Australian team for the second time, and finishing sixth in the Peter Crimmins Medal tally.[7][8]

Breust had a below-average 2019. Without tall marking targets around them, his combination in the forward line with Jack Gunston was seen as being rather ineffective, with the pair kicking just 60 goals between them, as opposed to 105 the previous season.[9]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[10]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks
#	Played in that season's  premiership team

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2009	Hawthorn	47	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
2010	Hawthorn	47	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
2011	Hawthorn	47	17	30	15	116	91	207	56	50	1.8	0.9	6.8	5.4	12.2	3.3	2.9	2
2012	Hawthorn	22	24	45	25	175	199	374	77	113	1.9	1.0	7.3	8.3	15.6	3.2	4.7	3
2013#	Hawthorn	22	25	40	30	192	173	365	91	110	1.6	1.2	7.7	6.9	14.6	3.6	4.4	2
2014#	Hawthorn	22	25	57	12	199	183	382	80	85	2.3	0.5	8.0	7.3	15.3	3.2	3.4	5
2015#	Hawthorn	22	25	52	19	196	171	367	94	96	2.1	0.8	7.8	6.8	14.7	3.8	3.8	3
2016	Hawthorn	22	24	47	27	215	162	377	85	94	2.0	1.1	9.0	6.8	15.7	3.5	3.9	1
2017	Hawthorn	22	21	33	17	176	125	301	69	85	1.6	0.8	8.4	6.0	14.3	3.3	4.0	0
2018	Hawthorn	22	24	54	24	221	157	378	99	99	2.3	1.0	9.2	6.5	15.8	4.1	4.1	7
2019	Hawthorn	22	22	34	17	165	137	302	61	85	1.5	0.8	7.5	6.2	13.7	2.8	3.9	2
2020[lower-alpha 1]	Hawthorn	22	13	16	6	77	64	141	24	51	1.2	0.5	5.9	4.9	10.8	1.8	3.9	0
2021	Hawthorn	22	19	33	11	121	117	238	47	62	1.7	0.6	6.4	6.2	12.5	2.5	3.3	0
2022	Hawthorn	22	21	40	19	156	79	235	47	51	1.9	0.9	7.4	3.8	11.2	2.2	2.4	3
Career			260	481	222	2009	1658	3667	830	981	1.9	0.9	7.7	6.4	14.1	3.2	3.8	28

Notes

Honours and achievements

Team

• 3× AFL premiership player (Hawthorn): 2013, 2014, 2015
• 2× Minor premiership (Hawthorn): 2012, 2013

Individual

• 2× All-Australian team: 2014, 2018
• 4× Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
• 2× 22under22 team: 2012, 2013
• Hawthorn most promising player: 2012
• AFL Rising Star nominee: 2011
• 2× Australian international rules football team: 2014, 2015
• All-Stars team: 2020
• Hawthorn life member

Personal life

Breust's partner is Anthea Pellow, a primary school teacher. He is the cousin of rugby league coach Trent Barrett.

References

External links

• Luke Breust's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
• Luke Breust's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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