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

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[CHUBBSS]

 

[hawker30]

 

[Brishawk]

Really reminds me of Brad Sewell. Better skills though but similar tenacity. We need that in the side.

 

[Slysh]

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Would be nice if he could be half the player, that would see him averaging what?

30 disposals and 3 goals a game?

 

[jr4jane2004]

Very excited with this pick, hopefully we will finally get some midfield clearances for our forwards. Has good defensive traits and can kick outside 50 goals on the run.

 

[Big Booty]

Much to like about this kid.
Kicking action reminds me of Ben Allan. If he is as good as Allan we will be laughing. Allan was one of the most skillful players I have seen don the brown n gold

 

[TylerDurden]

Welcome Jai. See you in our side v the Swans!

 

[MasterSamurai]

I don't wanna get over excited by highlights but that first goal on the run from 50 where he pins the ears back goes for goal is something we haven't seen any of our mids do with the exception of İssie for the last few years often enough,, if he can bring that into the seniors then we have a beauty!
Our mids get the ball enough but are NOT dangerous frwd of centre.
Welcome to the Mighty Hawks young man.

 

[Baz_hawk]

Just what we needed. Hopefully gets to see some senior games in the next month.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Really reminds me of Brad Sewell. Better skills though but similar tenacity. We need that in the side.

Used to love watching Sewell do his stuff

He is definetly a similar build to Brad, hope he can offer the club as much as Sewell did

 

[The hands of stone]

Great selection , has a lot of attributes we are really missing and desperately need.
Looks to have decent scope to improve too .

On a winner here .

 

[WWSD]

VFL

Round 1: 18 disposals - 4 marks - 5 tackles - 6 inside 50s
Round 2: 22 disposals - 5 marks - 11 tackles
Round 3: 20 disposals - 4 marks - 8 tackles - 7 inside 50s - 1 goal
Round 4: 26 disposals - 7 marks - 5 tackles
Round 5: 18 disposals - 5 marks - 9 tackles - 2 goals
Round 6: 26 disposals - 4 marks - 8 tackles - 6 inside 50s

 

[CHUBBSS]

VFL

Round 1: 18 disposals - 4 marks - 5 tackles - 6 inside 50s
Round 2: 22 disposals - 5 marks - 11 tackles
Round 3: 20 disposals - 4 marks - 8 tackles - 7 inside 50s - 1 goal
Round 4: 26 disposals - 7 marks - 5 tackles
Round 5: 18 disposals - 5 marks - 9 tackles - 2 goals
Round 6: 26 disposals - 4 marks - 8 tackles - 6 inside 50s

And those are just the tackles recorded, he is a machine! Seriously impressive statline for someone travelling 2 hours each way to training twice a week and then backing it up on game day

... in his first year after missing last years footy...

 

[Simon Crawshay]

So did we offer him a 4 year deal as reported in the press?

If so the club must have a lot of confidence in his ability to make it.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

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Maybe lets just stick with the Brad Sewell comparisons for now!

 

[SuperSic]

Reminds me of Jack Steele in the way he plays. I love Jack Steele as a player so if Jai can become anywhere near that type of player then we've nailed one here.

 

[chopflop]

It's a pretty sad indictment on our list that he would be the best midfield prospect we have on the list U21. Need to go and get some class at this year's draft but this guy could be a great find as someone who can beast it out of packs to the runners off HB. Do yourself a favour and checkout the highlights video put out by HFC... There is a play against carlton, where he picks it up at the stoppage, is getting tackled front and back and flicks a handball pretty much over his head to a BHH player on the fat side of the stoppage. The vision and execution screamed A grade. I think this is what smitchell was keen to work with

 

[Dewnior]

It's a pretty sad indictment on our list that he would be the best midfield prospect we have on the list U21.

Pretty sure Day is ahead of him, but super excited about Jai's addition to the team

 

[chopflop]

Just quietly. Shame on the HFC media team. That's a horrible excuse for a pun!!!!

So many options

Jainormous get for HFC
Everyone welcome the newcomber!
so excited my hips are jairating
Have you seen the dukes on our newest recruit?
A jaint get for the hawks
....

 

[chopflop]

Pretty sure Day is ahead of him, but super excited about Jai's addition to the team

Recruited as a HBF... Plays HBF. Might play mid one day but can't call him that just yet. Pure mid U21- jai ahead of downie, finn.... Do we have any others lol?

 

[The_Axeman]

So many options

Jainormous get for HFC
Everyone welcome the newcomber!
so excited my hips are jairating
Have you seen the dukes on our newest recruit?
A jaint get for the hawks
....

Gave you a like for sheer effort.

 

[SuperSic]

It's a pretty sad indictment on our list that he would be the best midfield prospect we have on the list U21. Need to go and get some class at this year's draft but this guy could be a great find as someone who can beast it out of packs to the runners off HB. Do yourself a favour and checkout the highlights video put out by HFC... There is a play against carlton, where he picks it up at the stoppage, is getting tackled front and back and flicks a handball pretty much over his head to a BHH player on the fat side of the stoppage. The vision and execution screamed A grade. I think this is what smitchell was keen to work with

Yeah great point, he looks like he has really good game awareness and vision. There’s a centre bounce in the Carlton game where he has an opponent holding his arm so instead of taking posession of the ball and getting tackled he identifies a wedge of space and knocks the ball into that space so that he can separate from his opponent before gathering the ball for a centre clearance. It just screamed of footy IQ.

 

[Howe Amazing]

Let’s hope Hawks put him straight in and in the middle

 

[almuz]

Great selection , has a lot of attributes we are really missing and desperately need.
Looks to have decent scope to improve too .

On a winner here .

For sure. If he was missing the rep teams growing up, could mean he hasn’t gotten as much quality coaching as others his age and he still tore it up in the VFL. Lots to like here

 

[Dipper]

I've already opened a book on how long it takes Clarko to conflate his name with Jeka's and create some kind of tennis glory era painful dad joke pun.

With him as the cockroach it's inevitable.

The spread is very much sitting bang on the dolly of his very next press conference.

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