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Nick Blakey

Nick Blakey
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Blakey
Nickname(s) Lizard,[1] Liz
Date of birth (2000-02-27) 27 February 2000 (age 24)
Original team(s) East Sydney Bulldogs/UNSW-Easts (AFL Sydney)/Sydney Swans Academy
Draft No. 10, 2018 national draft
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current club Sydney
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2019– Sydney 105 (33)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 2, 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Nick Blakey (born 27 February 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

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Blakey was born in Melbourne. His father, John Blakey, was a Fitzroy player and dual premiership midfielder for North Melbourne.

He moved to Brisbane with his family at two years of age, due to his father assistant coaching at Brisbane Lions, before settling in Sydney as a six-year-old when his father joined Sydney Swans coaching panel. He grew up in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs and attended Waverley College.[2] Blakey participated in the Auskick program at East Sydney Bulldogs.[3] In his final year of junior football, he scored 18 goals.[4]

Blakey had a choice of three possible clubs, North Melbourne and the Brisbane Lions through the father-son rule, and the Sydney Swans as a member of the Swans' Development Academy. In early 2018, Blakey revealed his preference was to play for the Sydney Swans.[5]

He was recruited by the Sydney Swans with the 10th draft pick in the 2018 AFL Draft matching a bid from Greater Western Sydney.[6] Blakey received a 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination in round 14 of the 2019 AFL season, for his two goal effort against Hawthorn.[7]

AFL career

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On 5 June 2023, Blakey became the first player contracted until the 2030s with a seven year contract extension handed to him by the Sydney Swans.

Statistics

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Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[8]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2019 Sydney 22 21 19 14 153 68 221 50 48 0.9 0.7 7.3 3.2 10.5 2.4 2.3
2020[a] Sydney 22 16 8 13 126 36 162 36 36 0.5 0.8 7.9 2.3 10.1 2.3 2.3
2021 Sydney 22 17 3 6 138 75 213 65 28 0.2 0.4 8.1 4.4 12.5 3.8 1.6
2022 Sydney 22 24 2 3 350 118 468 104 50 0.1 0.1 14.6 4.9 19.5 4.3 2.1
Career 78 32 36 767 297 1064 255 162 0.4 0.5 9.8 3.8 13.6 3.3 2.1

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

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Team

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Weird footy nicknames: So why do they call Gov 'Brackets'?". afl.com.au. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  2. ^ Cramsie, Debbie (15 March 2018). "From Waverley College to the Sydney Swans". The Catholic Weekly. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ^ AFL Record. Round 2, 2022. p. 44
  4. ^ "Player Profile Nicholas Blakey". sportsTG. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  5. ^ Niall, Jake (1 May 2018). "Swans win battle for potential Kangaroos and Lions father-son Blakey". The Age. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  6. ^ Sydney Swans Media (22 November 2018). "Pick 10: Nick Blakey". AFL Media. Sydney Swans Media. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  7. ^ Rugari, Vince. "Sydney rookie Blakey awarded Rising Star nomination". The Age. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Nick Blakey". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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