Jarrad McVeigh

Jarrad McVeigh
Personal information
Full name	Jarrad McVeigh
Date of birth	7 April 1985 (1985-04-07) (age 26)
Original team	Pennant Hills AFC / NSW/ACT Rams
Draft	5th overall, 2002 Sydney Swans
Height/Weight	184cm / 83 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Sydney Swans
Number	3
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2004–	Sydney	168 (122)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .

Jarrad McVeigh (born 7 April 1985) is a New South Wales-born AFL player with the Sydney Swans. He is the younger brother of Essendon's Mark McVeigh.

1 Biography
2 Personal life
3 Season statistics
4 References
5 External links

Biography

Playing in New South Wales with Pennant Hills AFC and the NSW/ACT Rams, in 2001 he was the joint winner of the McLean Medal for best player at the National AFL Under 16 Championships. He was chosen as the overall No. 5 pick in the 2002 AFL Draft.

Recruited by the Sydney Swans McVeigh made his AFL debut, wearing guernsey number 3, in Round 1 of the 2004 season against the Brisbane Lions at The Gabba.

Earning the Swans Most Improved Award from the 2007 season, McVeigh established himself from a tagger to an goal-kicking midfielder. In round 18, 2008 against the Western Bulldogs, he kicked a career-high 6 goals.

At the end of the 2008 season, McVeigh won his first Bob Skilton Medal, as the Swans Best and Fairest posting 578 votes, 10 points in front of runner-up, Brett Kirk, polling the maxiumum 50 votes in the round 18 clash against the Western Bulldogs.

In 2009, McVeigh had a somewhat disappointing year, not quite being able to break the increased tags sent to him after his outstanding 2008 season.

In 2010, McVeigh finished 4th in the Bob Skilton Medal, indicating his season was a great improvement on his previous year. He was also selected on the International Rules squad for the tour to Ireland in October.

In 2011, McVeigh was appointed co-captain of the Sydney Swans alongside Adam Goodes. The tragic death of his new born daughter, Luella, marred his season. The Swans managed to pull off a remarkable victory over Geelong at Skilled Stadium (the first time a visiting side had won at that location in approximately 4 years) and dedicated the win to the McVeigh family and Luella. Despite such a tragedy, McVeigh still managed to finish 10th in the 2011 Skilton Medal.

Personal life

McVeigh is married to Clementine McVeigh. On 25 July 2011 they had their first child, Luella who died barely a month later following serious heart complications.^[1]

In the first match since this tragedy, on 27 August 2011 the Swans caused one of the biggest upsets of the season knocking off Geelong on its home ground, where it had not lost in 1462 days. For Sydney, it was their first win at the venue for more than 12 years. Sydney and Geelong players wore black armbands in the match 'as a mark of respect for their absent co-captain Jarrad McVeigh and his wife Clementine'.^[2]

Essendon's Mark McVeigh, the older brother of Jarrad who had a baby daughter himself earlier this year, paid tribute to Luella by 'blowing a kiss to the heavens' following his team's dramatic seven-point win over Port Adelaide in the same round. Essendon's players also wore black armbands in their match in respect to Mark's niece.^[3]

Season statistics

Year	Team	Number	Games	Kicks	Handballs	Disposals	Marks	Tackles	Goals	Behinds	Accuracy %	Brownlow Medal Votes7
2004	Sydney	3	20	85	60	145	32	26	6	7	46	0
2005	Sydney	3	13	66	54	120	34	28	4	6	40	0
2006	Sydney	3	25	173	79	252	82	71	21	7	75	0
2007	Sydney	3	23	212	106	318	105	52	11	15	42	1
2008	Sydney	3	24	251	216	467	114	75	32	14	70	4
2009	Sydney	3	18	189	190	379	69	56	14	10	58	10
2010	Sydney	3	24	277	240	517	91	85	16	11	59
	Totals		147	1253	945	2198	527	393	104	70	60%	15

References

External links

Jarrad McVeigh's profile on the Official AFL Website of the Sydney Swans Football Club

Sydney Swans – current squad

1 Seaby
2 Shaw
3 McVeigh (c)
4 Hannebery
5 O'Keefe
6 Mitchell
7 Meredith
8 Dennis-Lane
9 Malceski
10 Morton
11 Lamb
12 Kennedy
13 Everitt
14 Bird
15 Jack
16 Rohan
17 Walsh
18 White
19 Armstrong
20 Reid
21 McGlynn
23 Lockyer
24 Bolton
25 Richards
26 Parker
26 Spangher
28 McNeil*
29 Mattner
30 Roberts-Thomson
32 Jetta
33 Moore
34 Johnson
35 Heath*
36 Brown
37 Goodes (c)
38 Pyke
39 Grundy
40 Smith
41 Mumford
42 Lynch*
43 Kruger*
44 Cunningham*
45 Gordon
46 Biggs*

Coach: Longmire

* denotes Rookie Listed players

Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1897–1898: Fraser • 1899: Adamson • 1900: Windley • 1901: Trim • 1902: Windley • 1903: Fogarty • 1904–1905: McGee • 1906: Howson • 1907–1908: Dolphin • 1909: Ricketts • 1910–1911: Thomas • 1912: Ricketts • 1913: H. Kelly • 1914–1915; 1917:* Belcher • 1918–1919: Caldwell • 1920: Belcher • 1921: Willis • 1922: Tandy • 1923–1925: P. Scanlan • 1926–1927: Pannam • 1928: J. Scanlan • 1929: Stanbridge • 1930–1931: J. Scanlan • 1932: Leonard • 1933–1936: Bisset • 1937: Nash • 1938–1945: Matthews • 1946–1948: Graham • 1949: Lucas • 1950–1952: Lane • 1953–1954: Clegg • 1955: Gunn • 1956: Gillett • 1957–1960: Clegg • 1961–1971: Skilton • 1972: Rantall • 1973–1976: Bedford • 1977–1979: Quade • 1980–1983: Round • 1984: Round/Browning • 1985: Browning • 1986–1992: Carroll • 1993–2002: P. Kelly • 2003–2005: Maxfield • 2006–2007: Hall/Kirk/Barry • 2008: Hall/Barry/Bolton • 2009–2010: Bolton/Goodes/Kirk • 2011: Goodes/McVeigh

*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War I

Bob Skilton Medal • Sydney Swans Best and Fairest Winners

1927: McKay • 1928: Stanbridge • 1929: Wheelahan • 1930: Hillis • 1931: Thomas • 1932: Faul • 1933: Clarke • 1934: Brain • 1935: Hillis • 1936: Matthews • 1937: Matthews • 1938: Thomas • 1939: Matthews • 1940: Matthews • 1941: Ritchie • 1942: Cleary • 1943: Matthews • 1944: Cleary • 1945: Graham • 1946: W. Williams • 1947: W. Williams • 1948: Clegg • 1949: Clegg • 1950: W. Williams • 1951: Clegg • 1952: Schaefer • 1953: Taylor • 1954: Lane • 1955: Gillett • 1956: Dorgan • 1957: Taylor • 1958: Skilton • 1959: Skilton • 1960: Johnson • 1961: Skilton • 1962: Skilton • 1963: Skilton • 1964: Skilton • 1965: Skilton • 1966: Papley • 1967: Skilton • 1968: Skilton • 1969: Bedford • 1970: Bedford • 1971: Bedford • 1972: Cook • 1973: Bedford • 1974: Goss • 1975: Bedford • 1976: Quade • 1977: Teasdale • 1978: Murphy • 1979: Round • 1980: Ackerly • 1981: Round • 1982: Ackerly • 1983: Browning • 1984: Evans • 1985: Wright • 1986: Healy • 1987: Healy • 1988: Healy • 1989: Bayes • 1990: Wright • 1991: Mitchell • 1992: Kelly • 1993: Kelly • 1994: Cresswell • 1995: Lockett • 1996: Kelly • 1997: Kelly • 1998: O'Loughlin • 1999: Schwass • 2000: Schuable • 2001: P. Williams • 2002: P. Williams • 2003: Goodes • 2004: Hall • 2005: Kirk • 2006: Goodes • 2007: Kirk • 2008: McVeigh • 2009: O'Keefe • 2010: Jack • 2011: Goodes

Australian squad – 2010 International Rules Series

Captain: Goodes \| Banfield \| Betts \| Boyd \| Cross \| Dangerfield \| Duffield \| Fletcher \| Frawley \| Gibbs \| Gilbert \| Goldsack \| Green \| Ibbotson \| Jack \| McVeigh \| Montagna \| Riewoldt \| Simpson \| Swan \| Varcoe \| Wojcinski \| Picken \| Coach: Malthouse

2002 AFL Draft

First round	1. Brendon Goddard • 2. Daniel Wells • 3. Jared Brennan • 4. Tim Walsh • 5. Jarrad McVeigh • 6. Steven Salopek • 7. Andrew Mackie • 8. Luke Brennan • 9. Hamish McIntosh • 10. Jason Laycock • 11. Jason Winderlich • 12. Jay Schulz • 13. Byron Schammer • 14. Daniel Bell • 15. Nick Smith • 16. Stephen Gilham • 17. Cameron Faulkner • 18. Kris Shore • 19. Troy Selwood • 20. Will Minson • 21. Bo Nixon

Second round	22. Matthew Ferguson • 23. Tom Lonergan • 24. Paul Johnson • 25. Callum Urch • 26. Jared Rivers • 27. Darren Walsh • 28. Tristan Cartledge • 29. Luke Shackleton • 30. Daniel Merrett • 31. Joel Perry • 32. Luke Jericho • 33. Brad Murphy • 34. Sean Dempster (F/S) • 35. Scott Bassett • 36. Tim Callan (F/S) • 37. Brent Staker • 38. Blake Grima • 39. Gary Moorcroft • 40. Jobe Watson (F/S) • 41. Tim Fleming • 42. Brett Ebert (F/S) • 43. Cameron Cloke • 44. Anthony Corrie

Third round	45. Kade Simpson • 46. Leigh Fisher • 47. Bill Nicholls • 48. Greg Edgcumbe • 49. Cameron Wight • 50. Josh Thewlis • 51. Tim Boyle • 53. Adam Selwood • 54. Cameron Hunter • 55. Ryan Crowley • 56. Robert Shirley • 57. Wade Champion • 58. David King

Fourth round	60. Cameron Croad • 62. Daniel Sipthorp • 63. Brett Doswell • 64. Nick Malceski • 65. Lochlan Veale • 66. Ryan Ferguson • 67. Steven Alessio • 68. James Begley • 70. Matthew Lokan

Fifth round	72. Brad Fisher

Sixth round	79. Karl Norman

Seventh round	84. Mick Martyn

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Name	Macveigh, Jarrad
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