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

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[MrPremiership]

The Box Hill Hawks have played 6 VFL games to date. I assume you are including practice matches etc

5 praccy matches. From a fitness perspective, they count

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[streetspirit]

 

[rdhopkins2]

Continue his career like this and he’ll be the Grand Old Duke of Hawthorn. Solid start. Execution will come with exposure and experience.

 

[marklar]

Bandwagon seats are open, get onboard!

 

[bumsonseats]

Continue his career like this and he’ll be the Grand Old Duke of Hawthorn. Solid start. Execution will come with exposure and experience.

Plenty to like about his game tonight......not bad considering he has only been at the club for 8 days

 

[hawkmang]

What a great debut! Kid looks like a proper wrecking ball, a real Ben Cunnington type. 14 tackles

 

[HawksILove]

Rising star jai Newcombe

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[Max Powers]

 

[Slysh]

I am in love… It might not be the most
dominant debut i have seen but it might be my favourite

 

[Hodginator]

Can some turn all his tackles into one gif?

 

[halfback dasher]

So Swans were right !

 

[killerspud]

We need to organise a pilgrimage yo Poowong in honour of our new star

 

[Pessimistic]

So the answer to too many inside players is to go out and get another one

 

[killerspud]

We need to organise a pilgrimage to Poowong in honour of our new star

 

[Crankyhawk]

He looks like Inigo Montoya.

Opposition midfielder...prepare to die!

Seemed to be how he played.
Great debut game.

 

[Crankyhawk]

Do you think he'll be allowed to though?

Instructions are clearly to handball side/back to create space & get the ball into the hands of a kicker who has time to execute.

Obviously this strategy has been redundant since the 6-6-6 rule stopped us creating the outlet kicker (7th defender), but we're 100% committed to continuing it anyway. I'm not sure Duke will have license to play like it's 2021 when the rest are made to play like it's 2015.

Brought the game plan into 2021

 

[PenAndPaper]

 

[CHUBBSS]

He makes everyone around him look better, skills are elite and went at 75% - thought it could of been higher to.

unreal pickup! And looks like a real lad, footy clubs need these players and few more wouldn’t go astray. He will get a fair bit more of the ball once players start looking for him…

 

[Argy]

But was he worth a four year deal?

 

[Flukey!]

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Some of those tackles tonight....

I had honestly forgotten what a difference a hard tackling mid makes to a team

So many shades of Brad Sewell in the wy he played tonight

 

[bumsonseats]

Rising star jai Newcombe

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I'll buy that for a dollar

 

[GOHORCS]

That will do pig.

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[cryptor]

Hope he said good-byes to all his BHH teammates. I don't think he'll be playing with many of them again.