Lachie Jones

Lachie Jones
Jones in April 2021
Personal information
Full name Lachlan Jones
Date of birth (2002-04-09) 9 April 2002 (age 22)
Original team(s) Woodville-West Torrens, SANFL
Draft No. 16, 2020 national draft
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 34
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2021– Port Adelaide 21 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 1, 2023.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lachlan "Lachie" Jones is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Jones played in Woodville-West Torrens' SANFL premiership side in 2020.[1]

An Indigenous Australian with Yanyuwa ancestry,[2] Jones was a member of Port Adelaide's Next Generation Academy. Hewas raised in Bute, on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula.[1] He was selected at Pick 16 at the 2020 AFL Draft; Port Adelaide matched a bid by Collingwood.

He made his AFL debut in Round 4 of the 2021 AFL season against Richmond at Adelaide Oval.

Jones received a 2022 AFL Rising Star nomination in round 15 of the 2022 AFL season against Gold Coast, collecting sixteen disposals and kicking a goal during the two point win.[3]

  1. ^ a b Harvey, Taylor (11 December 2020). "Wendy Pilgrim delighted to see Port Adelaide draft grandson Lachie Jones". Border Chronicle. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ AFL Players Association Indigenous Player Map 2024
  3. ^ Founte, Loukas (6 May 2024). "Jones a Rising Star". portadelaidefc.com. Retrieved 6 May 2024.