Jack Macrae

Jackson Macrae (born 3 August 1994) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Jack Macrae
Macrae playing for the Western Bulldogs in March 2017
Personal information
Full name Jackson Macrae
Date of birth (1994-08-03) 3 August 1994
Original team(s) Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup), Carey Baptist Grammar School (APS)
Draft No. 6, 2012 Draft (Western Bulldogs)
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 85 kg (13 st 5 lb; 187 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Western Bulldogs
Number 11
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2013– Western Bulldogs 141 (34)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2019.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He was recruited to the Bulldogs from the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup with the sixth selection in the 2012 AFL Draft.[1] He made his debut for the Bulldogs in Round 4 of the 2013 AFL season against Adelaide.[2]

Macrae attended secondary school at Carey Baptist Grammar School.[3] He played junior football for the Kew Rovers in the Yarra Junior Football League.[4]

AFL career

2013

Macrae was awarded the round 8 nomination for the 2013 AFL Rising Star after a 26 possession game against Gold Coast.[5]

2014: Breakout Year

Macrae's 2014 season was one of the best seasons by a second-year player in history, becoming the youngest player to record 40 or more disposals in a game. Macrae recorded 30 or more disposals 9 times and recorded 25 or more disposals 15 times.[6] In Round 17 against the Gold Coast Suns Macrae gathered 43 disposals while kicking 2 goals in the win. Macrae averaged 26.8 disposals (14.4 Kicks, 12.4 Handballs) his stellar season resulted him in finishing runner up in the Western Bulldogs Best & Fairest (Charlie Sutton Medal).[7]

2016: Premiership Glory

Macrae enjoyed another consistent season in 2016 until he tore a hamstring tendon against Geelong in Round 19.[8] In a battle against time to be fit for the finals, both he and teammate Tom Liberatore underwent an intensive rehabilitation program. Both players benefited from the newly-introduced AFL pre-finals bye which gave them extra time to be deemed fit enough for selection in the Elimination Final against West Coast. Macrae and Liberatore were just two of five changes Beveridge made to the team[9] and the risk paid off, with the Bulldogs upsetting the highly-fancied Eagles by 47 points. Macrae would go on to become one of the Bulldogs' key players in their amazing finals campaign. Against Hawthorn in the semi-final, he racked up 39 possessions and was influential in the Bulldogs' second-half demolition of a team they had previously never beaten in finals. In the thrilling preliminary final against Greater Western Sydney, Macrae showed nerves of steel to kick a set shot goal deep into the final quarter to give the Bulldogs a six-point win, and then in the Grand Final, he was again among the Bulldogs' best with 33 disposals.

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season [10]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
‡ Led the league after finals only
# Played in that season's premiership team
AFL playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2013 Western Bulldogs 11133110013323335350.20.17.710.217.92.72.70
2014 Western Bulldogs 112195302260562119860.40.214.412.426.85.74.110
2015 Western Bulldogs 112156287267554971170.20.313.712.726.44.65.611
2016# Western Bulldogs 112224271336607104960.10.212.315.327.64.74.41
2017 Western Bulldogs 1122252603456051001270.10.211.815.727.54.55.88
2018 Western Bulldogs 1119852993246231101020.40.315.717.132.85.85.414
2019 Western Bulldogs 1123523424257671011200.20.114.918.5‡33.44.45.222
2020[lower-alpha 1] Western Bulldogs 111833206‡26947550710.20.211.415.026.42.83.915
Career 159 37 31 2067 2359 4426 716 754 0.2 0.2 13.0 14.8 27.8 4.5 4.7 66

Notes

  1. The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

AFL

TAC Cup

References
  1. Windley, Matt (28 November 2012). "Western Bulldogs recruit Jackson Macrae a real pup and comer". Herald Sun.
  2. "Stringer and Macrae to debut". 19 April 2013.
  3. Preiss, Benjamin (26 November 2012). "Carey and Ballarat schoolboys dominate AFL draft". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  4. "YJFL Current AFL players". Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  5. Catch me if you can, says Rising Star Macrae
  6. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/marcus-bontempelli-to-ask-teammate-jack-macrae-for-tips-on-beating-secondyear-blues/story-fni5fazt-1227050094547
  7. http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/player-profile/jackson-macrae
  8. Niall, Jake. "The story behind Tom Liberatore's remarkable recovery to play in 2016 AFL premiership for the Bulldogs". Fox Sports. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  9. Gardiner, Gilbert; Landsberger, Sam (6 September 2016). "Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge could make five changes to his side to take on West Coast". Herald Sun.
  10. "Jack Macrae Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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