Lachie Neale

Lachie Neale
Personal information
Full name	Lachlan Neale
Date of birth	24 May 1993
Place of birth	South Australia, Australia
Original team(s)	Glenelg (SANFL)
Draft	#58, 2011 National Draft, Fremantle
Height/Weight	176cm / 79kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Fremantle
Number	27
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2012–	Fremantle	76 (37)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015 season.
Career highlights
22under22 team: 2015 Ross Glendinning Medal 2014 (round 7), 2015 (round 3)

Lachlan "Lachie" Neale (born 24 May 1993) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a small quick player who was a high possession winner at junior level.^[1]

Football career

Originally from Kybybolite, a very small town in south-eastern South Australia, he moved to Adelaide to attend St Peter's College, Adelaide.^[2] He played for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), including seven games in the league side before returning to the Under-18 team for the Grand Final. Despite Glenelg losing to Port Adelaide, he gathered 40 possessions and was awarded the Alan Stewart Medal as the best player in the game.^[2] He represented South Australia at the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships.^[3]

He was drafted to Fremantle with their fourth selection (number 58 overall) in the 2011 AFL Draft.^[4] Neale's close friend and former teammate from Kybybolite Junior Football Club, Alex Forster, was also drafted by Fremantle with their previous selection in the same draft.^[5] They join Melbourne co-captain Jack Trengove as ex-Kybybolite players on AFL lists.^[6]

Neale played very well during the 2012 NAB Cup preseason games and was predicted to make his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2012 AFL season,^[7] but hurt his ankle against Port Adelaide at Victor Harbor, South Australia.^[4]

After playing two games for Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), Neale made his debut in round 4 of the 2012 AFL season against St Kilda at Etihad Stadium^[4][8] as the substitute. He was activated during the third quarter, replacing Nick Suban.^[9]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2015 season. ^[10]

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)
2012	Fremantle	27	11	4	2	51	73	124	18	23	0.4	0.2	4.6	6.6	11.3	1.6	2.1
2013	Fremantle	27	12	8	4	111	126	237	40	20	0.7	0.3	9.2	10.5	19.8	3.3	1.7
2014	Fremantle	27	23	8	10	242	298	540	91	76	0.4	0.4	10.5	13.0	23.5	4.0	3.3
2015	Fremantle	27	24	16	10	320	338	658	114	86	0.7	0.4	13.3	14.1	27.4	4.8	3.6
Career			70	36	26	724	835	1559	263	205	0.5	0.4	10.3	11.9	22.3	3.8	2.9

References

1. Dream Team builder: Lachie Neale
2. Capel, Andrew (2 November 2011). "Neale walking tall for draft". The Advertiser. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
3. South-east players help SA under 18s win
4. Butler, Steve (20 April 2012). "Freo teen Neale's baptism of fire". The West Australian.
5. Turner, Matt (24 November 2011). "Mates Forster, Neale go to Freo". The Messenger (AdelaideNow).
6. Duffield, Mark (29 November 2011). "New Docker motivated by father's lost VFL chance". The West Australian. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
7. O'Donoghue, Craig (6 March 2012). "Neale firms for Dockers' opener". The West Australian.
8. Miller, Dale (19 April 2012). "Lyon keeps lid on homecoming hopes". The West Australian.
9. Freo roar in Lyon's den
10. Lachie Neale's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

• Lachie Neale's profile on the official website of the Fremantle Football Club
• Lachie Neale's statistics from AFL Tables
• WAFL Statistics