Luke Ablett

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Luke Ablett

Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-11-22) 22 November 1982
Original team	Drouin/Gippsland Power (TAC Cup)
Debut	Round 13, 30 June 2002, Sydney v. Fremantle, at SCG
Height/Weight	182 cm / 89 kg
Playing career¹
Sydney (2002–2009) 133 games, 39 goals
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2009 season.
Career highlights
Sydney Swans premiership side 2005

Luke Ablett (born 22 November 1982) was an Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans of the AFL. He is the son of former Hawthorn player Kevin Ablett, who was less well known than his older brother and fellow Hawthorn player Geoff Ablett and younger brother, the legendary Geelong player Gary Ablett. He is also the cousin of current Gold Coast player, Gary Ablett Jr.

Having played for local club Drouin and the Gippsland Under 18s side, Ablett was drafted by Sydney in the second round of the 2000 National Draft and made his debut in Round 13 of the 2002 season against Fremantle. After playing four games in both that season and the next, including two matches in the 2003 finals series, he secured a regular place in the team in 2004. Despite originally feeling some pressure due to being an Ablett, he made a role for himself on his own merits as a midfielder and run-with player. In 2005 he missed only one game and steadily improved, his average possessions nearly doubling the previous year's figures. Ablett was a member of the Swans' 2005 grand final winning team, despite kicking straight to West Coast player Ben Cousins at a crucial moment, threatening to lose the game for Sydney. Being part of the premiership team had him following in the footsteps of his uncle Geoff, a two time premiership player for Hawthorn in the 1970s. Ablett now plays for the Fitzroy Football Club in Melbourne.

Ablett was delisted by Sydney on 13 November 2009. He is currently playing football at an amateur level for Fitzroy in the VAFA.

External links

Sydney Swans site player profile
"Name game now history, Ablett finds". The Age. 1 April 2005.
"The 'other' Ablett finds his own space". The Age. 9 September 2005.

v t e Sydney Swans 2005 AFL Premiers

Sydney Swans 8.10 (58) defeated West Coast Eagles 7.12 (54), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 1. Hall 2. Davis 4. Mathews 5. O'Keefe 6. C. Bolton 10. Williams 12. Fosdike 13. Schneider 16. Jolly 17. Kennelly 19. O'Loughlin 20. Ablett 21. Barry 24. J. Bolton 26. Dempster 27. Ball 28. Crouch 30. Roberts-Thomson 31. Kirk 32. Buchanan 37. Goodes 42. Bevan

Coach: Roos

v t e 2000 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Nick Riewoldt (PP) 2. Justin Koschitzke 3. Alan Didak 4. Luke Livingston 5. Andrew McDougall 6. Dylan Smith 7. Laurence Angwin 8. Daniel Motlop 9. Kayne Pettifer 10. Jordan McMahon 11. Trent Sporn 12. Shaun Burgoyne 13. Ashley McGrath 14. Daniel Harris 15. Simon Wiggins 16. Scott Thompson 17. James Davies

Second round	18. Daniel Kerr 19. Jason Cloke (F/S) 20. Kane Cornes 21. Nick Ries 22. Richard Hadley 23. Drew Petrie 24. Luke Ablett 25. Mark Coughlan 26. Shane Birss 27. Ted Richards 28. Steven Greene (F/S) 29. Jamie Charman 30. Sav Rocca 31. Blake Campbell 32. Sam Hunt

Third round	33. Martin Pike 34. Ryan Lonie 35. Allen Murray 36. Jeremy Humm 37. Guy Richards 38. Michael Handby 39. Adam McPhee 40. Chris Hyde 41. Andrew Krakouer 42. Daniel Pratt 43. Mark Williams 44. Josh Hunt 45. Trent Carroll 46. Sean O'Keeffe 47. Jordan Bannister 48. Matthew Smith

Fourth round	49. Shane Wakelin 50. Domenic Cassisi 51. Dion Woods 52. Amon Buchanan 53. Hayden Skipworth 54. Jarrad Sundqvist 55. Chris Newman 56. Daniel Cross 57. Steven Sziller 58. Nathan Lonie 59. Luke Hammond 60. Corey Jones 61. Callan Beasy 62. Daniel Breese 63. Marc Bullen

Fifth round	64. Mark Gale 66. Scott Thornton 67. Graham Johncock 70. Wayde Skipper 71. Daniel Lowther 73. Ross Funcke 74. Michael Davis

Sixth round	75. Robert Powell 79. Hamish Simpson 80. Mitchell Craig

Seventh round	82. Daniel Wulf

Persondata
Name	Ablett, Luke
Alternative names
Short description	Australian footballer
Date of birth	22 November 1982
Place of birth
Date of death
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