Jack Billings

Jack Billings
Personal information
Full name	Jack Billings
Date of birth	(1995-08-18) 18 August 1995
Original team(s)	Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup)
Draft	#3 2013 National Draft
Height/Weight	184 cm / 83 kg
Position(s)	Forward, Midfield
Club information
Current club	St Kilda
Number	15
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2014–	St Kilda	25 (21)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2015 season.
Career highlights
2014 AFL Rising Star nominee

Jack Billings (born 18 August 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Billings played TAC Cup with Oakleigh Chargers and played for Vic Metro in Under 18 Championships. Billings is a two-time Under 18 All-Australian after making the team as an underage player. He was taken by St Kilda with pick #3 in the 2013 National Draft.

AFL career

Billings made his debut in Round 1 of the 2014 AFL season against Melbourne. Billings started as the substitute and only got limited gametime.^[1] After Round 1, Billings was dropped back to VFL for two weeks, during his time in the VFL he kicked 5 goals for the Sandringham Zebras and was selected in the senior side the next week. Billings retained his spot and played his best game of his then short career against Essendon in Round 4. In Round 14, 2014 against the West Coast Eagles Billings dominated in what has to be the best game for the club. Billings kicked 3 goals and had 25 touches; for these efforts he was awarded an AFL Rising Star nomination.

References

↑ Gleeson, Michael (10 March 2014). "St. Kilda names Dunstan and Billings". The Age. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

External links

Jack Billings's profile on the official website of the St Kilda Football Club
Jack Billings's statistics from AFL Tables

St Kilda Football Club – current squad

1 Hickey
2 Carlisle**
3 Steven
4 Templeton
5 Savage
6 Ross
7 Dunstan
8 Acres
9 Lee
10 Freeman
11 Montagna
12 Riewoldt (c)
13 Lonie
14 Geary
15 Billings
16 Newnes
17 Roberton
18 Longer
19 Gilbert
20 Armitage
21 Delaney
22 Gresham
23 Goddard
24 Dempster
25 Fisher
26 Curren
27 Bruce
28 Membrey
29 Webster
30 Murdoch
31 White
32 McCartin
33 O'Kearney*
34 Wright
35 Saunders*
36 McKenzie
37 Rice
38 Coughlan*
39 Shenton
40 Sinclair
41 Minchington
42 Pierce
43 Payne*
44 Weller
45 Holmes*

Coach: Richardson

* denotes rookie listed players

** denotes player(s) serving WADA suspension in 2016

2014 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Dunstan Rd 2: Buckley Rd 3: Kelly Rd 4: McDonald Rd 5: Crouch Rd 6: Aish Rd 7: Langdon Rd 8: Impey Rd 9: Taylor Rd 10: Kolodjashnij Rd 11: Merrett Rd 12: Daniher Rd 13: Bontempelli Rd 14: Billings Rd 15: Cunningham Rd 16: Menzel Rd 17: Hrovat Rd 18: Patton Rd 19: Gardiner Rd 20: Stringer Rd 21: Lloyd Rd 22: Taberner Rd 23: Martin

Italics denote winner

2013 AFL national draft

First round	1. Tom Boyd 2. Josh Kelly 3. Jack Billings 4. Marcus Bontempelli 5. Kade Kolodjashnij 6. Matthew Scharenberg 7. James Aish 8. Luke McDonald (F/S) 9. Christian Salem 10. Nathan Freeman 11. Dom Sheed 12. Ben Lennon 13. Patrick Cripps 14. Cameron McCarthy 15. Zak Jones 16. Darcy Lang 17. Michael Apeness 18. Luke Dunstan 19. Blake Acres 20. Jack Leslie

Second round	21. Jarman Impey 22. Darcy Gardiner 23. Matt Crouch 24. Billy Hartung 25. Daniel McStay 26. Zach Merrett 27. Sean Lemmens 28. Lewis Taylor 29. Rory Lobb 30. Trent Dumont 31. Malcolm Karpany 32. George Hewett 33. Tom Cutler 34. Nick Robertson 35. Toby Nankervis 36. Jarrad Jensen 37. Alex Pearce 38. Dayle Garlett

Third round	39. Cameron Giles 40. Jay Kennedy-Harris 41. Jake Kolodjashnij 42. Matt Fuller 43. Tom Barrass 44. Aliir Aliir 45. Mitchell Harvey 46. Riley Knight 47. Ben Brown 49. Dylan Main 50. Nathan Gordon 51. Nick Holman 52. Darcy Byrne-Jones 54. Josh Walker (RP) 55. Orazio Fantasia 56. James Sicily

Fourth round	57. Jayden Hunt 58. Brady Grey 59. Jonathon Ceglar (RP) 60. Mitch Honeychurch 61. Jamie Bennell (RP) 62. Jonathan Freeman (Academy selection) 63. George Burbury (RP) 64. Lauchlan Dalgleish (RP) 65. Tom Langdon 66. Sam Lloyd 68. Karl Amon 70. Matt Taberner (RP) 71. Will Langford (RP)

Fifth round	74. Jeremy McGovern (RP) 75. Justin Clarke (RP) 76. Kyle Hartigan (RP) 77. Jonathon Marsh 80. Brandon Jack (RP)

Sixth round	82. Mitch Clisby (RP) 83. Tom Curren (RP) 84. Brett Goodes (RP) 85. Simon Tunbridge (RP) 86. Rory Laird (RP) 87. Sam Dwyer (RP) 89. Ed Curnow (RP) 90. Dane Rampe (RP)

Seventh round	92. Adam Oxley (RP) 93. Ricky Petterd (RP) 94. Tom Bell (RP)

Eighth round	95. Zachary Williams (RP)

Ninth round	97. Jake Barrett (NSW Zone)

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