Jay Nash

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Jay Nash
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Personal information
Birth December 21, 1985 (1985-12-21) (age 22), South Australia
Recruited from South Australia
Height and weight 188 cm / 84 kg
Playing career¹
Debut Round 16, July 15, 2005, Essendon vs. Collingwood, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Team(s) Essendon (2005-)

20 games, 5 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season
Career highlights

Jay Nash (born 21 December 1985) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

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[edit] Early career

Is a Defender for Essendon but his beginnings were in South Australia, where he played for the Central District club.

He was in the 2003 Draft, selection 28.

Arriving at Windy Hill he played in the Bendigo Bombers.

[edit] AFL Debut

Wearing the No. 38 Guernsey, Nash's debut was unexpected to both he and fans.

It Essendons Round 16 win Collingwood in 2005 and a crowd of over 52,000 had gathered at the MCG, star defender Andrew Welsh was unable to take his place on the field. Nash was called in to replace him only hours before the match was scheduled to begin and he was lined up against Collingwood's champion and captain Nathan Buckley who polled the 3 Brownlow Medal votes in that game.

[edit] 2006 season

His season has looked promising and his confidence in the game growing, playing in 7 games and kicking a single goal.

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