Lachie Neale

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Lachie Neale
Personal information
Full name	Lachlan Neale
Date of birth	(1993-05-24) 24 May 1993
Original team	Glenelg (SANFL)
Draft	#58, 2011 National Draft, Fremantle
Height/Weight	177 cm / 77 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Fremantle
Number	27
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2012–	Fremantle	23 (12)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2013 season.

Lachlan "Lachie" Neale (born 24 May 1993) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a small quick player who was a high possession winner at junior level.^[1]

Football career

Originally from Kybybolite, a very small town in south-eastern South Australia, he moved to Adelaide to attend St Peter's College, Adelaide.^[2] He played for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), including seven games in the league side before returning to the Under-18 team for the Grand Final. Despite Glenelg losing to Port Adelaide, he gathered 40 possessions and was awarded the Alan Stewart Medal as the best player in the game.^[2] He represented South Australia at the 2011 AFL National Under 18 Championships.^[3]

He was drafted to Fremantle with their fourth selection (number 58 overall) in the 2011 AFL Draft.^[4] Neale's close friend and former teammate from Kybybolite Junior Football Club, Alex Forster, was also drafted by Fremantle with their previous selection in the same draft.^[5] They join Melbourne co-captain Jack Trengove as ex-Kybybolite players on AFL lists.^[6]

Neale played very well during the 2012 NAB Cup preseason games and was predicted to make his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2012 AFL season,^[7] but hurt his ankle against Port Adelaide at Victor Harbor, South Australia.^[4]

After playing two games for Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), Neale made his debut in round 4 of the 2012 AFL season against St Kilda at Etihad Stadium^[4]^[8] as the substitute. He was activated during the third quarter, replacing Nick Suban.^[9]

References

↑ Dream Team builder: Lachie Neale
↑ 2.0 2.1 Capel, Andrew (2 November 2011). "Neale walking tall for draft". The Advertiser. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
↑ South-east players help SA under 18s win
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Butler, Steve (20 April 2012). "Freo teen Neale's baptism of fire". The West Australian.
↑ Turner, Matt (24 November 2011). "Mates Forster, Neale go to Freo". The Messenger (AdelaideNow).
↑ Duffield, Mark (29 November 2011). "New Docker motivated by father's lost VFL chance". The West Australian. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
↑ O'Donoghue, Craig (6 March 2012). "Neale firms for Dockers' opener". The West Australian.
↑ Miller, Dale (19 April 2012). "Lyon keeps lid on homecoming hopes". The West Australian.
↑ Freo roar in Lyon's den

External links

Lachie Neale's profile on the official website of the Fremantle Football Club
Lachie Neale's statistics from AFL Tables
WAFL Statistics

Fremantle Football Club – current squad

1 Ballantyne
2 Morabito
3 Dawson
4 Sylvia
5 Ibbotson
6 D. Pearce
7 Fyfe
8 Suban
9 de Boer
10 Walters
11 Sheridan
12 Griffin
13 Mzungu
14 Simpson
15 Crowley
16 Mundy
17 Crozier
18 McPharlin
19 Gumbleton
20 Taberner
21 Barlow
22 Smith
23 Mayne
24 Duffy
25 A. Pearce
26 Bradley
27 Neale
28 Grey
29 Pavlich (c)
30 Clarke
31 Sandilands
32 Hill
33 Sutcliffe
34 Spurr
35 Apeness
36 Silvagni
37 Johnson
38 Hannath
39 Menegola*
40 Moller*
41 Duffield
42 Wood*
43 Vandeleur*
44 Ballard*
46 C. Pearce

Coach: Lyon

* denote Rookie Listed players

v t e 2011 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Jonathon Patton 2. Stephen Coniglio 3. Dom Tyson 4. Will Hoskin-Elliott 5. Matthew Buntine 6. Chad Wingard 7. Nick Haynes 8. Billy Longer 9. Adam Tomlinson 10. Liam Sumner 11. Toby Greene 12. Sam Docherty 13. Taylor Adams 14. Devon Smith 15. Brandon Ellis 16. Tom Sheridan 17. Clay Smith 18. Brad McKenzie 19. Elliott Kavanagh 20. Hayden Crozier 21. Tom Mitchell (F/S) 22. Josh Bootsma 23. Murray Newman 24. Henry Schade 25. Sebastian Ross 26. Todd Elton 27. Sam Kerridge (PP) 28. Fraser McInnes (PP) 29. Alex Forster (PP) 30. Elliot Yeo (Comp)

Second round	31. Jackson Merrett 32. Joel Hamling 33. Bradley Hill 34. Shane Kersten 35. Daniel Markworth 36. Rory Taggert 37. Jack Newnes 38. Jordan Kelly 39. Michael Talia 40. Tom Curran 41. Mitch Grigg 42. Jimmy Webster 43. Jordan Lockyer 44. Sam Rowe 45. Brendon Ah Chee 46. Nicholas Joyce 47. Patrick Wearden 48. Jordan Murdoch

Third round	49. Daniel Pearce 50. Jackson Paine 51. Nathan Blee 52. Josh Tynan 53. Alex Woodward 54. James Sellar 55. Matthew Arnot 56. Tom Downie 57. Tory Dickson 58. Lachie Neale 59. Nick O'Brien 60. Jay Lever 61. Alex Brown 62. Dylan Buckley (F/S) 63. Ashton Hams (RP) 64. Cameron Ellis-Yolmen 65. Corey Gault 66. Lincoln McCarthy

Fourth round	67. Jarrod Witts 68. Beau Wilkes 69. Mitchell Golby (RP) 70. Luke Dahlhaus (RP) 71. Cameron Sutcliffe 73. Matthew Panos (RP) 74. Luke Delaney (RP) 75. Stewart Crameri (RP) 76. Jason Blake 77. Luke Breust (RP) 78. Orren Stephenson

Fifth round	79. Setanta Ó hAilpín 80. Alik Magin (RP) 82. Matthew Wright (RP) 83. Nick Lower (RP) 84. Cameron Pedersen (RP) 85. Nathan Gordon (RP) 86. Jed Bews (F/S)

Sixth round	87. James McDonald 88. Alex Sexton 89. Aidan Riley (RP)

Seventh round	91. Jackson Allen

Persondata
Name	Neale, Lachlan
Alternative names	Neale, Lachie
Short description	Australian footballer
Date of birth	24 May 1993
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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