Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn : Jai “Duke” Newcombe - 2022 AFLCA Best Young Player, extends to 2026!

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[big footy cyril]

1st I50s - 90 (Daicos 2nd on 60)

1st Goal Assists - 16 (Durdin 2nd on 13)

1st Tackles - 101 (Maginness 2nd on 57)

1st Contested Possessions - 201 (JHF 2nd on 142)

1st Centre Clearances - 33 (JHF 2nd on 19)

1st Clearances - 85 (JHF 2nd on 58)

1st Average Metres Gained - 435pg (Daicos 2nd on 407)

1st Score Involvements - 119 (Nic Martin 2nd on 118)

2nd Disposals - 497 (Daicos 1st with 571)

1st Coaches’ votes Newc - 44 votes, Daicos - 30 votes, SDK - 21 votes

Gotta be close to 1st in broken tackles too, such a valuable skill to break the play open

 

[chopflop]

Wow, pies fans are a different bunch. Made a comment on Facebook and they lynched, had one dm me after I deleted it (wasn't worth the continual comments).

Wow, just wow...

 

[chopflop]

Pretty good company

Year	Winner	Club
2003	Chris Judd	West Coast
2004	Daniel Wells	Kangaroos
2005	Adam Cooney	Western Bulldogs
2006	Ryan Griffen	Western Bulldogs
2007	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood
2008	Joel Selwood	Geelong
2009	Cyril Rioli	Hawthorn
2010	Stephen Hill	Fremantle
2011	Nat Fyfe	Fremantle
2012	Dyson Heppell	Essendon
2013	Jeremy Cameron	Greater Western Sydney
2014	Jaeger O'Meara	Gold Coast
2015	Marcus Bontempelli	Western Bulldogs
2016	Isaac Heeney	Sydney
2017	Clayton Oliver	Melbourne
2018	Tom Stewart	Geelong
2019	Tim Kelly	Geelong
2020	Sam Walsh	Carlton
2021	Noah Anderson	Gold Coast
	Caleb Serong	Fremantle

Can we put this table up next to the rising star winner for each of these years?

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Lock up your kids. No, really!

 

[Holy Rioli]

Do we really want Duke, or any of our players, winning awards? Doesn't it result in bonuses? So isn't that a negative for us in respect of TPP? You pay them more and get nothing in return

Yes, we're currently 13th and TPP not an issue, but taking it to the extreme, when your players win these awards, it doesn't help your club.

If Sicily had an AA bonus attached to his contract, I'd be disappointed if we didn't pay it out even though he didn't make the team.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

Can we put this table up next to the rising star winner for each of these years?

Was wondering that myself...

Year	AFLCA Young Player​	​	Rising Star
2003​	Chris Judd	West Coast	Sam Mitchell	Hawthorn
2004​	Daniel Wells	Kangaroos	Jared Rivers	Melbourne
2005​	Adam Cooney	Western Bulldogs	Brett Deledio	Richmond
2006​	Ryan Griffen	Western Bulldogs	Danyle Pearce	Port Adelaide
2007​	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood	Joel Selwood	Geelong
2008​	Joel Selwood	Geelong	Rhys Palmer	Fremantle
2009​	Cyril Rioli	Hawthorn	Daniel Rich	Brisbane Lions
2010​	Stephen Hill	Fremantle	Daniel Hannebery	Sydney
2011​	Nat Fyfe	Fremantle	Dyson Heppell	Essendon
2012​	Dyson Heppell	Essendon	Daniel Talia	Adelaide
2013​	Jeremy Cameron	Greater Western Sydney	Jaeger O'Meara	Gold Coast
2014​	Jaeger O'Meara	Gold Coast	Lewis Taylor	Brisbane Lions
2015​	Marcus Bontempelli	Western Bulldogs	Jesse Hogan	Melbourne
2016​	Isaac Heeney	Sydney	Callum Mills	Sydney
2017​	Clayton Oliver	Melbourne	Andrew McGrath	Essendon
2018​	Tom Stewart	Geelong	Jaidyn Stephenson	Collingwood
2019​	Tim Kelly	Geelong	Sam Walsh	Carlton
2020​	Sam Walsh	Carlton	Caleb Serong	Fremantle
2021​	Noah Anderson	Gold Coast	Luke Jackson	Melbourne
2021​	Caleb Serong	Fremantle
2022​	Jai Newcombe	Hawthorn	Nick Daicos	Collingwood

I think AFLCA Young Player wins comfortably.

 

[MrPremiership]

If Sicily had an AA bonus attached to his contract, I'd be disappointed if we didn't pay it out even though he didn't make the team.

I'm sure Sicily is getting well looked after

 

[B&GBlood]

Rhyce Palmer. Lololololol

Both awards have recognised good young talent but the coaches have never been completely wrong. Worst selection is Stephen Hill

32

Stephen Hill

Age

33

Ht

183cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.5

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.9

4star

MG

223.5

3star

D

13.5

3star

K

8.8

4star

HB

4.8

3star

M

4.8

4star

T

0.8

1star

MG

223.5

3star

D

11.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

5.8

4star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.8

5star

pretty good worst selection imo.

 

[KermitJagger]

Rhyce Palmer. Lololololol

Both awards have recognised good young talent but the coaches have never been completely wrong. Worst selection is Stephen Hill pretty good worst selection imo.

Was a very good player for a long time and suffered from injuries when he should have been at his peak

 

[HairyO]

Was wondering that myself...

Year	AFLCA Young Player​	​	Rising Star
2003​	Chris Judd	West Coast	Sam Mitchell	Hawthorn
2004​	Daniel Wells	Kangaroos	Jared Rivers	Melbourne
2005​	Adam Cooney	Western Bulldogs	Brett Deledio	Richmond
2006​	Ryan Griffen	Western Bulldogs	Danyle Pearce	Port Adelaide
2007​	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood	Joel Selwood	Geelong
2008​	Joel Selwood	Geelong	Rhys Palmer	Fremantle
2009​	Cyril Rioli	Hawthorn	Daniel Rich	Brisbane Lions
2010​	Stephen Hill	Fremantle	Daniel Hannebery	Sydney
2011​	Nat Fyfe	Fremantle	Dyson Heppell	Essendon
2012​	Dyson Heppell	Essendon	Daniel Talia	Adelaide
2013​	Jeremy Cameron	Greater Western Sydney	Jaeger O'Meara	Gold Coast
2014​	Jaeger O'Meara	Gold Coast	Lewis Taylor	Brisbane Lions
2015​	Marcus Bontempelli	Western Bulldogs	Jesse Hogan	Melbourne
2016​	Isaac Heeney	Sydney	Callum Mills	Sydney
2017​	Clayton Oliver	Melbourne	Andrew McGrath	Essendon
2018​	Tom Stewart	Geelong	Jaidyn Stephenson	Collingwood
2019​	Tim Kelly	Geelong	Sam Walsh	Carlton
2020​	Sam Walsh	Carlton	Caleb Serong	Fremantle
2021​	Noah Anderson	Gold Coast	Luke Jackson	Melbourne
2021​	Caleb Serong	Fremantle
2022​	Jai Newcombe	Hawthorn	Nick Daicos	Collingwood

I think AFLCA Young Player wins comfortably.

AFLCA Young Player can have played 2 full seasons and be any age. Rising Star is restricted to 10 games previous year and must be 21 or under.

The interesting ones are winning RS one year, Young Player next year. Selwood, Heppell, O'Meara and Walsh did it.

Daicos has a good chance of winning AFLCA Young Player next year as he got around 30 coach votes this year. Newcombe got 44 this year but will be in his 3rd season next year.

 

[Toasted]

Pretty good company

Year	Winner	Club
2003	Chris Judd	West Coast
2004	Daniel Wells	Kangaroos
2005	Adam Cooney	Western Bulldogs
2006	Ryan Griffen	Western Bulldogs
2007	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood
2008	Joel Selwood	Geelong
2009	Cyril Rioli	Hawthorn
2010	Stephen Hill	Fremantle
2011	Nat Fyfe	Fremantle
2012	Dyson Heppell	Essendon
2013	Jeremy Cameron	Greater Western Sydney
2014	Jaeger O'Meara	Gold Coast
2015	Marcus Bontempelli	Western Bulldogs
2016	Isaac Heeney	Sydney
2017	Clayton Oliver	Melbourne
2018	Tom Stewart	Geelong
2019	Tim Kelly	Geelong
2020	Sam Walsh	Carlton
2021	Noah Anderson	Gold Coast
	Caleb Serong	Fremantle

Doesn’t look like the coaches miss many

 

[Xtreme]

He could have tied his hair back or trimmed those side burns (Simpson's reference) or something!!!

His hair looks neater when he's in football mode!!!

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[cryptor]

Has come across as pretty shy in front of the corporate and media cameras. But this shows that when he's comfortable around his mates he's actually a pretty goofy character (4:48 especially). He and Denver very much characters and what you see is what you get kind of blokes. I reckon they'd both be very fun to sit down and have some beers and talk s**t with for a few hours.

 

[Kanga Commando]

Facebook comment sections are the dregs of society.

Pies supporters even lower.... Mind you, I stopped following the Hawks FB page for similar reasons...

 

[KermitJagger]

He could have tied his hair back or trimmed those side burns (Simpson's reference) or something!!!

His hair looks neater when he's in football mode!!!

Tarocash suit, no belt... no doubting the country cred of this young lad! By some miracle the top button is still done up.

 

[CHUBBSS]

At 5mins the 60m casual roost… need to see it more in game.

Love the exchange between him and Newman, what’s this for? That’s a great question

 

[Bugs1977]

At 5mins the 60m casual roost… need to see it more in game.

Love the exchange between him and Newman, what’s this for? That’s a great question

Straight through the middle 5 rows back mind you

 

[hebog]

He could have tied his hair back or trimmed those side burns (Simpson's reference) or something!!!

His hair looks neater when he's in football mode!!!

Nothing wrong with his hair.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Jai Newcombe  ​

“Jai is a really self-driven athlete so it’s no surprise that he improved so much because he put so much in. He produced a year that he should really be proud of. He comes in every week and is one of the first of the guys to do his review. He really actions areas that he feels he needs to work on, so that is a great strength of his. But I know he won’t be satisfied, he’ll want to get better, and he’ll know there is no finish line with that. The drive burns deep within him, he has a constant want to improve and get better.” Robert Harvey.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Imagine being told all that from Robert Harvey.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Honestly couldn't have two better midfielders to take pointers from that Mitchell and Harvey. Now we just need Hodgey back to teach him how to throw that weight around.

 

[TheFourPillars]

If by some luck we do get Wardlaw we won't need hodgey

 

[KermitJagger]

Jai Newcombe  ​

“Jai is a really self-driven athlete so it’s no surprise that he improved so much because he put so much in. He produced a year that he should really be proud of. He comes in every week and is one of the first of the guys to do his review. He really actions areas that he feels he needs to work on, so that is a great strength of his. But I know he won’t be satisfied, he’ll want to get better, and he’ll know there is no finish line with that. The drive burns deep within him, he has a constant want to improve and get better.” Robert Harvey.

Harvey's reviews have me feeling more positive about our midfield than Newman's had me feeling about our defence, which is bizarre considering the relative output of both groups.