Kieran Lovell

Kieran Lovell
Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-05-16) 16 May 1997
Original team(s)	Kingborough Football Club (TSL)
Draft	22nd overall, 2015 AFL draft Hawthorn
Debut	Round 6, 2016, Hawthorn v. Greater Western Sydney, at Spotless Stadium
Height/Weight	174cm / 80kg
Club information
Current club	Hawthorn
Number	36
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2016–	Hawthorn	2 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of round 7 2016 season.

Kieran Lovell (born 16 May 1997) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).^[1]

Early career

Playing for the Kingborough Tigers in the TSL. With a strong 2015 season and winning the Tasmanian MVP and All-Australian Under-18 honours after impressive performances in the NAB AFL Under-18 Championships.^[2] With strong skills when it comes to the in and under ball he has been compared to Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell.

AFL career

After only being in the AFL system for six months, Lovell's form has been impressive, he picked up seven disposals in just over a half of footy against Richmond in the NAB Challenge, before being one of Box Hill’s standouts in the first three rounds of the VFL season. 25 disposals and a goal against Sandringham in Round 1 was followed by 5 goals against reigning premiers Williamstown in Round 2. Another 20 disposals against Coburg at the weekend made it too hard to leave Lovell out of the senior side. ^[3]

Only 18 when he made his senior debut for the Hawks against GWS Giants at Spotless Stadium in round 6, he had 6 kicks and 5 handballs when his team lost by 75 points.

References

↑ Debut a dream come true, says Lovell
↑ AFL.com.au, "U18s: Tassie tyro Lovell inspires superb comeback win against Northern Territory", AFL.com.au>, July 1, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
↑ http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2016-04-28/debut-a-dream-come-true-says-lovell

External links

Kieran Lovell's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club

Hawthorn Football Club – current squad

2 Roughead (vc)
3 Lewis (vc)
4 Hartung
5 Mitchell
6 Gibson
7 McEvoy
8 Duryea
9 Burgoyne
10 Hill
11 Whitecross
12 Frawley
13 O'Rourke
14 Birchall
15 Hodge (c)
16 Smith
17 Litherland
18 Ceglar
19 Gunston
20 Willsmore
21 Sicily
22 Breust
23 O'Brien
24 Stratton
25 Schoenmakers
26 Shiels
27 Spangher
28 Puopolo
29 W.Langford
30 Brand
31 Webster
32 Fitzpatrick
33 Rioli
34 Heatherley
35 Burton
36 Lovell
37 Hardwick
38 Surman*
39 Woodward*
40 Stewart*
41 Howe
42 Miles
43 Pittonet
44 Glass*
45 Miller-Lewis*
46 L. Langford*
47 Tatupu*

Coach: Clarkson

* denotes rookie listed players

2015 AFL national draft

First round	1. Jacob Weitering 2. Josh Schache 3. Callum Mills (Academy selection) 4. Clayton Oliver 5. Darcy Parish 6. Aaron Francis 7. Jacob Hopper (Academy selection) 8. Callum Ah Chee 9. Sam Weideman 10. Harry McKay 11. Wayne Milera 12. Charlie Curnow 13. Matthew Kennedy (Academy selection) 14. Eric Hipwood (Academy selection) 15. Daniel Rioli 16. Harrison Himmelberg (Academy selection) 17. Tom Doedee 18. Jade Gresham 19. Ryan Burton 20. Brayden Fiorini 21. Ben McKay 22. Kieran Lovell 23. David Cuningham

Second round	24. Ben Keays (Academy selection) 25. Josh Dunkley 26. Kieran Collins 27. Darcy Tucker 28. Luke Partington 29. Alex Morgan 30. Mason Redman 31. Ryan Clarke 32. Brayden Sier 33. Mitchell Hibberd 34. Joshua Schoenfeld 35. Marcus Adams 36. Tom Cole 37. Riley Bonner 38. Harley Balic

Third round	39. Rhys Mathieson 40. Brandon White 41. Matthew Flynn (Academy selection) 42. Mitch King 43. Corey Wagner 44. Blake Hardwick 45. Aidyn Johnson 46. Liam Hulett 47. Sam Skinner 48. Bailey Williams 49. Bailey Rice (F/S) 50. Oleg Markov 51. Tyrone Leonardis 52. Mackenzie Willis 53. Jack Silvagni (F/S) 54. Mitch Brown

Fourth round	55. Samuel Collins 56. Jordan Dawson 57. Kurt Mutimer 58. Tom Phillips 59. Ryan Gardner 60. Declan Mountford 61. Shane Yarran 62. Matthew Allen

Fifth round	63. Rupert Wills 64. Yestin Eades 65. Ben Crocker 66. Sam Menegola 67. Nathan Broad

Sixth round	68. Michael Hartley 69. Wylie Buzza

Seventh round	70. Matthew Hayball

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