Jarryd Blair

Jarryd Blair
Personal information
Full name	Jarryd Blair
Date of birth	14 April 1990
Place of birth	Wonthaggi
Original team(s)	Wonthaggi / Gippsland Power (TAC Cup)
Height/Weight	174cm / 81kg
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current club	Collingwood
Number	11
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2010–	Collingwood	128 (99)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 6, 2016 season.
Career highlights
Harry Collier Trophy 2010 Collingwood Premiership Player 2010 Gavin Brown Award 2013

Jarryd Blair (born 14 April 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Standing at only 174 centimetres, he is a small, pacy wingman/half forward flanker who made his AFL debut in Round 14, 2010 against West Coast at Etihad Stadium.

Blair was impressive in his debut. He had 16 disposals (7 kicks and 9 handballs), took 2 marks and had 5 tackles in an 83-point win for Collingwood. The week after against Port Adelaide he continued to impress by kicking 2 goals. In Round 20 against Essendon, he was one of the best players in Collingwood's 98 point win. His 27 disposals and 2 goals was rewarded with one vote in the Brownlow Medal.^[1]

Blair played in the drawn 2010 AFL Grand Final and was a member of Collingwood's Premiership side a week later in the replay. At 20 years of age Blair was the second-youngest member of Collingwood's 2010 Premiership team after 19-year-old Steele Sidebottom.

In Round 3 of 2011, Blair kicked a career-high 5 goals against Carlton. In Round 20 that year he kicked four goals against Port Adelaide.

He is the nephew of Morningside premiership coach and former VFL player John Blair.^[2] Blair's grandfather John O'Mahony played for Hawthorn between 1951 and 1960.^[3]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2014 season^[4]

Legend
G	Goals	B	Behinds	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	D	Disposals	M	Marks	T	Tackles

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
			Totals								Averages (per game)
2010	Collingwood	47	12	7	8	84	93	177	31	52	0.6	0.7	7.0	7.8	14.8	2.6	4.3
2011	Collingwood	11	24	26	18	187	189	376	56	94	1.1	0.8	7.8	7.9	15.7	2.3	3.9
2012	Collingwood	11	23	17	12	200	255	455	59	107	0.7	0.5	8.7	11.1	19.8	2.6	4.7
2013	Collingwood	11	22	14	6	156	202	358	58	126	0.6	0.3	7.1	9.2	16.3	2.6	5.7
2014	Collingwood	11	20	11	11	136	180	316	59	105	0.6	0.6	6.8	9.0	15.8	3.0	5.3
Career			101	75	55	763	919	1682	263	484	0.7	0.5	7.6	9.1	16.7	2.6	4.8

References

1. Jarryd Blair's statistics from AFL Tables
2. Courier Mail, "Former St Kilda player John Blair backs his Magpie nephew Jarryd Blair in AFL grand final replay ", 2 October 2010. Andrew Hamilton
3. Woods, Melissa (15 September 2010) I'm not AFL's shortest
4. Jarryd Blair's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

• Jarryd Blair's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club
• Jarryd Blair's statistics from AFL Tables