Luke McGuane

Luke McGuane
Luke McGuane
Personal information
Full name	Luke McGuane
Date of birth	12 February 1987
Place of birth	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Original team(s)	Broadbeach (QAFL)
Draft	36th overall, 2004 Richmond
Height/Weight	192cm / 90 kg
Position(s)	Key Defender/Forward
Club information
Current club	Brisbane Lions
Number	1
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2005–2013 2014–2015 Total	Richmond Brisbane Lions	105 (39) 007 0(7) 112 (46)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015 season.

Luke McGuane (born 12 February 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

McGuane is a key position player. He was drafted by Richmond with pick 36 in the 2004 national draft. He was recruited from Broadbeach in the (AFL Queensland State League).

In a VFL game in 2007, playing for Coburg, he was struck by a falling goalpost in a bizarre incident.^[1]

McGuane is the cousin of dual Collingwood best and fairest winner Mick McGuane.^[2]

At the end of the 2013 season, he was delisted by Richmond. He then signalled an intention to return to Queensland under former Richmond assistant coach, Justin Leppitsch at the Brisbane Lions. On 4 November 2013, the Brisbane Lions signed McGuane as a delisted free agent.^[3]

He announced his immediate retirement from the AFL in September 2015, citing a knee injury.^[4]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2015 season.

Legend
D	Disposals	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	M	Marks	T	Tackles	H/O	Hit-outs	G	Goals	B	Behinds

Season	Team	#	Games	D	K	H	M	T	H/O	G	B	D	K	H	M	T	H/O	G	B
			Totals									Averages (per game)
2005	Richmond	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	Richmond	38	2	9	5	4	4	0	0	0	1	4.5	2.5	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	Richmond	38	14	158	89	69	53	31	1	0	0	11.3	6.4	4.9	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	Richmond	16	16	185	105	80	81	38	1	0	0	11.6	6.6	5.0	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	Richmond	16	22	295	144	151	127	37	2	2	3	13.4	6.6	6.9	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	Richmond	16	16	197	84	113	62	34	0	2	2	12.3	5.3	7.1	3.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	Richmond	16	14	172	66	106	49	34	0	0	0	12.3	4.8	7.6	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	Richmond	16	9	96	53	43	31	31	13	15	10	10.7	5.9	4.8	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	Richmond	16	12	128	83	45	45	25	13	20	10	10.7	6.9	3.8	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2014	Brisbane Lions	1	3	16	7	9	4	1	0	0	1	5.3	2.3	3.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2015	Brisbane Lions	1	4	45	25	20	14	7	7	7	4	11.3	6.3	5.0	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career			112	1301	661	640	470	238	37	46	31	11.6	5.9	5.7	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

References

1. "Footballer hit by goalpost". PerthNow. 18 May 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
2. Johnson, Lyall (28 November 2004). "Tiger McGuane plays down new family tie". The Sunday Age.
3. Gleeson, Michael (4 November 2013). "Lions snare McGuane". The Age.
4. Whiting, Michael (3 September 2015). "Knee injury forces McGuane to retire". AFL.com.au (Bigpond). Retrieved 3 September 2015.

External links

• Luke McGuane's statistics from AFL Tables
• Luke McGuane's statistics from Footy Wire