Lachie Henderson

Lachlan Henderson
Henderson playing for Carlton against St Kilda, 2011.
Personal information
Full name	Lachlan Stuart Henderson
Date of birth	(1989-12-14) 14 December 1989
Place of birth	Trentham, Goulburn
Original team(s)	Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 8, 2007 National Draft, Brisbane Lions
Height/Weight	196cm / 95kg
Position(s)	Forward / Back
Club information
Current club	Geelong
Number	25
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2008–2009 2010–2015 2016– Total	Brisbane Lions Carlton Geelong	015 00(3) 102 (101) 000 00(0) 117 (104)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015 season.

Lachlan Stuart Henderson (born 14 December 1989) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Junior career

Henderson played his junior football in Birregurra, Victoria, before entering the AIS-AFL Academy, from which he graduated in 2007, the same year he completed his schooling at The Geelong College. He played TAC Cup football for the Geelong Falcons. Henderson was drafted by the Brisbane Lions with a first-round selection in the 2007 AFL Draft (No. 8 overall). Henderson was given the number 14 guernsey previously formerly worn by Richard Hadley.

AFL career

Brisbane

A genuine key position prospect, Henderson was trialed at various key positions in his debut season including forward, defensive and ruck roles. He played a total of fifteen senior matches for the Lions in 2008 and 2009.

Carlton

At the end of 2009, Henderson was traded to the Carlton Football Club. Brisbane exchanged Henderson and its first round draft pick (No. 12 overall) for a second round draft pick (No. 27 overall) and star full forward Brendan Fevola, who was being traded away from Carlton for disciplinary reasons. Henderson made his debut for Carlton in Round 1, 2010 against Richmond, and he kicked three goals in the Blues' second round game against his old team. Throughout his first season for Carlton, Henderson played nineteen matches, and was played primarily at centre-half forward; but through the first half of 2011, Henderson struggled to gain regular selection as a forward.

In mid-2011, Henderson was moved to full-back – mostly out of necessity, as the Carlton defense was hit with a number of injuries at the time. However, Henderson was sufficiently impressive in the role that he held his place as a key defender, either full-back or centre half-back, for the rest of the season.^[1]

In a 2012 interview, Henderson cited his career highlight as "...last year’s Elimination Final – my first winning-final for Carlton," ^[2]

During the 2012 AFL home and away season Henderson played the early parts of the season in the backline with injuries hindering his performance. During the midpoint of the season Henderson opted to have surgery to fix a groin injury.^[3]

Under new coach Mick Malthouse coming in to replace former coach Brett Ratten for the 2013 AFL Home and Away season, Henderson started the season as a backman and showed promising signs, keeping the West Coast Eagles' Josh Kennedy goalless in Round 4.

At the end of the 2013 Toyota AFL season, Henderson finished 3rd in Carlton's best in fairest (John Nicholls Medal), after winner Kade Simpson and Andrew Walker.

In the 2014 Home and Away season, Henderson proved to be utilised as a forward where though his season was derailed by an injury during the last 6 weeks kicking 28 goals in 17 matches proved to be his best goal to game ratio along with 5.2 marks a game.

In August 2015, Henderson requested a trade from the club at the end of the season,^[4] he expressed his desire to play the remaining three matches of the season, but was ruled out by Carlton due to his desire to leave the club.^[5] In October, Henderson was traded to the Geelong Football Club.^[6]

References

↑ Martin, Ben (29 Jul 2011). "Blue starring in new role". Colac Herald. Retrieved 21 Dec 2011.
↑ Filippo, Cristian (2 March 2012). "Bringing Carlton to the Fore". The BigFooty News.
↑ Henderson's season over
↑ Bowen, Nick (20 August 2015). "Henderson requests a trade, won't play again this year". AFL.com.au (Bigpond). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
↑ Wood, Lauren; Salemme, Kate (20 August 2015). "Lachie Henderson requests trade from Carlton, won’t play again this season". Herald Sun (News Corp Australia). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
↑ McNicol, Adam (14 October 2015). "Cats seal Henderson deal". geelongcats.com.au (Bigpond). Retrieved 14 October 2015.

External links

Lachie Henderson's profile on the official website of the Geelong Football Club
Lachie Henderson's statistics from AFL Tables

Geelong Football Club – current squad

1 Stanley
2 Smedts
3 Bartel
4 Mackie
5 Cockatoo
6 McCarthy
7 Taylor (vc)
8 Kolodjashnij
9 Smith
10 Menzel
11 Lang
12 Buzza
13 Lonergan
14 J. Selwood (c)
15 Hayball
16 S. Selwood
17 Cornell*
18 Cowan
19 Clark
20 Gardner
21 Murdoch
22 Duncan
23 Caddy
24 Bews
25 Henderson
26 Hawkins
27 Menegola
28 Gregson
29 Guthrie
30 Vardy
31 Cunico
32 Motlop
33 Horlin-Smith
34 Parsons*
35 Dangerfield
36 Ruggles*
37 Luxford
38 Read*
39 Kersten
40 Thurlow
42 Lucey*
43 Bates*
44 Enright
45 Delaney*
46 Blicavs

Coach: Scott

* denotes rookie listed players

2007 AFL national draft

First round	1. Matthew Kreuzer 2. Trent Cotchin 3. Chris Masten 4. Cale Morton 5. Jarrad Grant 6. David Myers 7. Rhys Palmer 8. Lachie Henderson 9. Ben McEvoy 10. Patrick Dangerfield 11. Patrick Veszpremi 12. Cyril Rioli 13. Brad Ebert 14. Jack Grimes 15. Robbie Tarrant 16. Matthew Lobbe 17. Harry Taylor 18. Alex Rance (PP)

Second round	19. Callan Ward 20. Tony Notte 21. Addam Maric 22. Scott Selwood 23. Tayte Pears 24. Clayton Hinkley 25. Tom Collier 26. Brett Meredith 27. Andy Otten 28. Marlon Motlop 29. Brendan Whitecross 30. Jarrhan Jacky 31. John McCarthy 32. Levi Greenwood 33. Matthew Westhoff 34. Dawson Simpson

Third round	35. Sam Reid 36. Steven Browne 37. Scott Thompson 38. Myke Cook 39. Darcy Daniher (F/S) 40. Chris Mayne 41. James Polkinghorne 42. Jack Steven 43. Easton Wood 44. Scott Simpson 45. Stuart Dew 46. Dennis Armfield 47. Toby Thoolen 48. Jarrad Boumann 49. Mitch Farmer 50. Dan McKenna

Fourth round	51. Dean Putt 52. Bradd Dalziell 53. Kyle Cheney 54. Cale Hooker 55. Mark Johnson 56. Matt Austin 57. Fraser Gehrig 58. Tony Armstrong 59. Craig Bird 60. Adam Donohue (F/S) 61. Jaxson Barham (F/S) 62. Josh Smith 63. Guy O'Keefe

Fifth round	66. Tom McNamara 69. Kepler Bradley 70. Eljay Connors 71. Aaron Kite 72. Blake Grima

Sixth round	75. Taylor Walker (NSWSP)

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