Lachie Whitfield

Lachie Whitfield
Personal information
Full name	Lachlan Whitfield
Date of birth	(1994-07-18) 18 July 1994
Original team(s)	Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup)
Draft	#1, 2012 National Draft, Greater Western Sydney
Height/Weight	184cm / 74kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Greater Western Sydney
Number	6
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2013–	Greater Western Sydney	52 (22)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 1, 2016 season.
Career highlights
2012 Larke Medal 2013 AFL Rising Star nominee

Lachie Whitfield (born 18 July 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was the first overall selection in the 2012 AFL Draft.

He played in the TAC Cup for the Dandenong Stingrays.^[1] He won the Larke Medal as the best player at the 2012 AFL Under 18 Championships.^[2]

Growing up, he supported the Hawthorn Football Club.^[3]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end the 2015 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
Season	Team	#	Totals								Averages (per game)
2013	GWS	6	19	8	4	174	158	332	103	42	0.4	0.2	9.2	8.3	17.5	5.4	2.2
2014	GWS	6	11	8	6	133	92	225	64	19	0.7	0.5	12.1	8.4	20.5	5.8	1.7
2015	GWS	6	21	6	7	270	185	455	137	38	0.3	0.3	12.9	8.8	21.7	6.5	1.8
Career			51	22	17	557	435	1012	304	99	0.4	0.3	11.3	8.5	19.8	6.0	1.9

References

↑ Lachie Whitfield wants to get down to the serious business of being a professional footballer
↑ Phelan, Jason (4 July 2012). "Whitfield wins Larke Medal". AFL Bigpond Network.
↑ A fit Lachie Whitfield takes a giant step forwards, AFL.com.au official website, 2 June 2014
↑ Lachie Whitfield's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

Lachie Whitfield's profile on the official website of the Greater Western Sydney Giants

Greater Western Sydney Giants – current squad

1 Davis (c)
2 Hopper
3 Coniglio
4 Greene
5 Shiel
6 Whitfield
7 Palmer
8 Ward (c)
9 Scully
10 Smith
11 Steele
12 Patton
13 Ahern
14 Pickett
15 M. Kennedy
16 Wilson
17 Johnson
18 J. Cameron
19 Haynes
20 Tomlinson
21 Buntine
22 Kelly
23 Shaw
24 Patfull
25 McCarthy
26 Simpson
27 Himmelberg
28 Barrett
29 Williams
30 Flynn
31 Finlayson
32 Griffen
33 Hoskin-Elliott
34 Marchbank
35 Corr
36 Stewart
37 Lobb
38 Lloyd*
39 Mohr
40 A. Kennedy
41 Mumford
42 McKenna
44 Downie
50 Reid*

Coach: L. Cameron

* denotes rookie listed players

Australian Football League number one overall draft picks

2013 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Wines Rd 2: Mullett Rd 3: Anderson Rd 4: Horlin-Smith Rd 5: O'Meara Rd 6: Hill Rd 7: Vlastuin Rd 8: Macrae Rd 9: Kerridge Rd 10: Whitfield Rd 11: Mitchell Rd 12: Mayes Rd 13: Neade Rd 14: Crouch Rd 15: Talia Rd 16: Nicholls Rd 17: Tomlinson Rd 18: M. Williams Rd 19: Z. Williams Rd 20: Laird Rd 21: Viney Rd 22: Grundy Rd 23: Brown

Italics denote winner

2012 AFL national draft

First round	1. Lachie Whitfield 2. Jonathan O'Rourke 3. Lachie Plowman 4. Jimmy Toumpas (Comp) 5. Jake Stringer 6. Jackson Macrae (Comp) 7. Oliver Wines 8. Sam Mayes 9. Nick Vlastuin 10. Joe Daniher (F/S) 11. Troy Menzel 12. Kristian Jaksch 13. Jesse Lonergan (Comp) 14. Aidan Corr (Comp) 15. Taylor Garner 16. Jackson Thurlow 17. Josh Simpson 18. Brodie Grundy 19. Ben Kennedy 20. Tim Broomhead (Comp) 21. Nathan Hrovat 22. Dean Towers 23. Marco Paparone (Comp)

Second round	24. Nathan Wright 25. Spencer White 26. Jack Viney (F/S) 27. James Stewart 28. Tim O'Brien 29. Tom Clurey (Comp) 30. Mason Shaw (Comp) 31. Kamdyn McIntosh (Comp) 32. Michael Close 33. Liam McBean 34. Jason Ashby 35. Tom Temay 36. Tanner Smith 37. Ben Jacobs 38. Jackson Ramsay 39. Max Duffy 40. Brodie Murdoch 41. Mason Wood 42. Matthew McDonough 43. Josh Saunders 44. Harrison Marsh

Third round	45. Brant Colledge 46. Tim Membrey 47. Mitchell Wilkins 48. Dean Kent (Comp) 49. Lachie Hunter (F/S) 50. Joshua Prudden (Comp) 51. Dylan Van Unen 52. Matt Jones 53. Martin Gleeson 54. Nick Graham 55. Tim Sumner 56. Daniel Currie 57. Kyal Horsley (RP) 58. Clay Cameron 59. Adam Carter 60. Mark Hutchings (Comp) 61. Taylor Hine 62. Sam Siggins 64. Matthew Dick

Fourth round	66. Kaiden Brand 68. Dean Terlich 70. Michael Osborne 71. Daniel Nicholson (RP) 72. Michael Evans (RP) 73. Nick Kommer 75. Lewis Pierce 76. Sam Gibson (RP) 77. Brad Hartman 78. Clancee Pearce (RP) 79. Brad Dick (RP) 81. Rory Atkins

Fifth round	83. Sam Frost (RP) 85. Tom Jonas (RP) 86. Jack Crisp (RP) 88. Sean Gregory 89. Levi Casboult (RP) 90. Sam Dunell (RP) 91. Aaron Mullett (RP) 92. Jesse Stringer (RP) 92. Lee Spurr (RP) 94. Marley Williams (RP) 95. Ian Callinan (RP)

Sixth round	97. Andrew Phillips (RP) 98. Tom Campbell (RP) 99. Niall McKeever (RP) 102. Zach Tuohy (RP) 103. Majak Daw (RP)

Seventh round	105. Jason Johannisen (RP) 106. Mark Baguley (RP) 107. Harry Cunningham (RP)

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