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When Jack Darling
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Jack Darling
- Age
- 32
- Ht
- 191cm
- Wt
- 95kg
- Pos.
- Fwd
Career
Season
Last 5
- D
- 12.1
- 3star
- K
- 7.9
- 3star
- HB
- 4.2
- 3star
- M
- 5.0
- 5star
- T
- 3.0
- 5star
- G
- 1.9
- 5star
- D
- 8.0
- 2star
- K
- 4.3
- 2star
- HB
- 3.7
- 3star
- M
- 2.7
- 3star
- T
- 2.4
- 3star
- G
- 1.3
- 5star
- D
- 14.6
- 4star
- K
- 7.6
- 3star
- HB
- 7.0
- 5star
- M
- 6.0
- 5star
- T
- 4.0
- 5star
- G
- 1.4
- 5star
PLAYERCARDEND
Even before his vaccination issue earlier this year he was one of our most maligned and misunderstood players. Equally capable of tearing a game apart in 15 minutes of brilliance as he was of brain farts of monumental stupidity. Made the difficult look simple and the simple impossibly difficult
His 2018 GF was a snapshot of his career in many ways. A quiet first half before springing to life in a dominant 3rd quarter that was pivotal in turning the game in our favour. Then when presented with an opportunity to make himself a genuine hero by sealing the win beyond doubt he dropped a simple chest mark
In another contradiction, whilst often inconsistent within games at a bipolar level over his career he’s been remarkably consistent. And durable
He’s played more than 20 games in all but one full season (15 games in 2015). By my count he’s played all but 20 games since arriving at the club for the 2011 season
Excluding his debut year (1.04) and this year (1.31) he’s averaged between 1.67 (2020) and 2.46 (2019 - his AA year) goals per game.
Currently sits 3rd all time on goals kicked for the club with 467 and given he’s contracted until 2024 there’s every chance he will overtake Peter Sumich (514) before he hangs up his boots
For a KPF he’s also 6th all time for tackles showing his effectiveness at providing forward half pressure
It’s a massive achievement for a player who at 191cm is ridiculously undersized for a KPF that should be celebrated by fans with the respect he deserves, something which has not always been forthcoming during his career
Thank you Jack and good luck on Sunday
* For the record we are 6-3 in 250th milestone games but 7 of those were at home. Our two away 250th games we’ve lost, one of which was Guy McKenna’s at the MCG against Richmond in 1999
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