Jack Newnes (Australian footballer)

Jack Newnes is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for St Kilda.

Jack Newnes
Newnes playing for St Kilda in April 2019
Personal information
Full name	Jack Newnes
Nickname(s)	Jacky
Date of birth	(1993-02-24) 24 February 1993
Original team(s)	Northern Knights (TAC Cup)
Draft	37, 2011 National Draft, St Kilda
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Carlton
Number	32
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2012–2019	St Kilda	155 (55)
2020–	Carlton	17 (13)
Total		169 (66)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 15, 2020.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

As a youth, Newnes played for Ivanhoe Junior Football Club in the Yarra Junior Football League,[1] and for the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup. He was recruited to the AFL with pick 37 in the 2011 National Draft by the St Kilda Football Club.

Newnes made his debut in Round 2 of the 2012 season against the Gold Coast Suns. [2][3] After seven games in his debut season, Newnes became a mainstay of the senior team for the rest of his time at St Kilda. He played a club equal-record 123 consecutive senior games from 2014 until 2019,[4] and was a member of the club's leadership group for four seasons from 2015 until 2018. He played primarily as a wingman or utility flanker, noted for his effective link play and accurate field kicking.[5] Despite still playing 20 out of 22 games in the season, Newnes was delisted at the conclusion of the 2019 AFL season.[6]

Newnes then joined Carlton, signing as a delisted free agent, from the 2020.[7] He became a mainstay of the Carlton team in the pandemic-interrupted season, playing all seventeen games. In Round 12, 2020, he famously kicked a goal after the siren to win the game by four points against Fremantle at Optus Stadium: the high difficulty kick, which came from outside right boundary line at the 50-metre arc and required him to shoo away a cameraman and move camera cables out of his run-up, was one of three finalists for Goal of the Year.[8]