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

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[MrPremiership]

He spent a lot of time on the bench so I think the 20 - 25 possessions will come naturally when his midfield time (or even on-field time) is increased.

78% time on ground is pretty good. Mitchell was 85%.

Natural development will get him there.

 

[Rocket72]

78% time on ground is pretty good. Mitchell was 85%.

Natural development will get him there.

There you go again spoiling my point with facts. ;-)

Seriously though, I saw him on the bench a lot, think I must have been keeping an eye out for it because I have way over estimated the time he spent there.

 

[Flukey!]

 

[Big Hotdog]

How many good stories can a club have?
What a club.
What a debut.

On Nokia 6.1 using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Hodgey09]

just * yes to this. That is the hawthorn way we all know, love and have badly missed. Could watch this all day.

 

[TylerDurden]

Cant wait to see what kind of pressure he can put on Merrett and Parish this week. Could really help us snag the win, if they're not walking it out of the centre like they can.

 

[Slysh]

Great video, great access, great player!

 

[MrPremiership]

Give him a longer contract!

 

[Manila_Hawk]

Future captain !

 

[SSSSSS]

Cant wait to see what kind of pressure he can put on Merrett and Parish this week. Could really help us snag the win, if they're not walking it out of the centre like they can.

Would love to see him go head to head with Parish.

 

[BlackHawk72]

Jai and Bramble if fit will be debuting in the next 1-3 weeks.

 

[CHUBBSS]

Interesting Bramble said he was looking forward to playing with Jai in the AFL for his first game, just shows how well regarded he is on and off the field! Have a ripper here

 

[Slick]

Good little article about Jai and his rise to fame and becoming an AFL footballer

Jai ‘Nuking’ expectations one tackle at a time

It took Jai Newcombe just one match to engrave his name into the history books.

www.aflplayers.com.au

 

[Piggy2008]

14 tackles on debut, thats probably guarranteed you selection, we need them to be good because these are our future players

 

[cryptor]

14 tackles on debut, thats probably guarranteed you selection, we need them to be good because these are our future players

The crazy thing is even if he got half as many with 7 tackles he'd still have got equal team high and been one off match high (JPK had 8).

Even with just that we'd still be talking about how it was an awesome debut and he's obviously a tackling machine.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Interesting Bramble said he was looking forward to playing with Jai in the AFL for his first game, just shows how well regarded he is on and off the field! Have a ripper here

I'm not surprised Bramble has said that.

I reckon anyone that's played club football can relate - you just love to play with players that play the game like Jai does.

 

[CHUBBSS]

Good little article about Jai and his rise to fame and becoming an AFL footballer

Jai ‘Nuking’ expectations one tackle at a time

It took Jai Newcombe just one match to engrave his name into the history books.

www.aflplayers.com.au

This kid is an animal, he played two matches of footy in a row… he is an absolute work horse. I don’t think we have even scratched the surface yet once he gets some full pre seasons in.

Im pumped to watch him torch the bombers.

“Poowong seniors, he regularly offered to double-up and play another game in the under 18s on the same weekend

 

[The Chad and I]

Let's see how he goes on a bigger ground.
SCG is perfect for an inside mid who loves to tackle.

 

[mustang]

This kid is an animal, he played two matches of footy in a row… he is an absolute work horse. I don’t think we have even scratched the surface yet once he gets some full pre seasons in.

Im pumped to watch him torch the bombers.

“Poowong seniors, he regularly offered to double-up and play another game in the under 18s on the same weekend

It’s kind of like how Isaac Smith’s rise through to AFL system but with North Ballarat instead.

 

[TylerDurden]

Let's see how he goes on a bigger ground.
SCG is perfect for an inside mid who loves to tackle.

May get more space to showcase his footskills.

 

[The Chad and I]

May get more space to showcase his footskills.

didn't work out that way...

 

[SSSSSS]

Dog day for our entire midfield who were comprehensively spanked. Doesn't help when the oppo ruckman has a free reign. Still got stuck in and did some great defensive things. Needs to find the ball more.

 

[daniel23]

Got caught ball watching a fair bit and spent the game mostly flat footed in the contest so was always a couple steps behind his player. He also probably learnt the midfield structures a bit better being at the club an extra week which isn't a good thing .

 

[TylerDurden]

He's not up to the speed of the game yet, which is fair enough. You have way more time at VFL level. Got caught once too. Keep getting games into him, and a big pre season. There's a ton to work with here.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Does a lot of grunt work, it'll be interesting to see if he can be enough of a ball winner to become a permanent midfield fixture in the future.