Neville Jetta

Neville Jetta (born 12 February 1990) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Neville Jetta
Jetta with Melbourne in July 2019
Personal information
Full name Neville Jetta
Date of birth (1990-02-12) 12 February 1990
Place of birth Bunbury, WA
Original team(s) Swan Districts (WAFL)
Draft No. 51, 2008 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2009, Melbourne
vs. North Melbourne, at MCG
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current club Melbourne
Number 39
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2009– Melbourne 154 (24)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2017 Australia 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2020.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jetta was drafted by Melbourne with the 51st selection in the 2008 national draft. He had previously been playing with Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). In September 2008 he was awarded the Mel Whinnen Medal for being the best player in the Swans colts grand final win.[1]

Both Jetta and fellow Melbourne draftee Jamie Bennell come from Bunbury and attended the same primary school. Jetta is the cousin of Lewis Jetta of the West Coast Eagles and also a distant cousin of Leroy Jetta, who played for Essendon.[2]

Jetta and Bennell were both named to make their AFL debuts together in the opening round of the 2009 AFL season.[3]

During the 2013 AFL season, Jetta fell out of favour at the Demons, playing only five games due to form and being unable to find a permanent position. This led to Jetta being delisted at the season's end. Due to the appointment of Paul Roos as senior coach, Jetta was provided with another chance and was redrafted as a rookie for the 2014 AFL season.

During the 2014 AFL season, Jetta was promoted to the senior list due to injuries to Jesse Hogan and Mitch Clark. Jetta cemented a spot in Melbourne's back six where he arguably played the best football of his career playing as a small defender, successfully negating small forwards such as Eddie Betts, Chad Wingard and Luke Dahlhaus.

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season[4]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2009 Melbourne 3915781156417943390.50.57.74.311.92.92.6
2010 Melbourne 3966147368315261.00.27.86.013.82.54.3
2011 Melbourne 39953566412034420.60.36.27.113.33.84.7
2012 Melbourne 3961039216021150.20.06.53.510.03.52.5
2013 Melbourne 395012618449200.00.25.23.68.81.84.0
2014 Melbourne 39161010010820850600.10.06.36.813.03.13.8
2015 Melbourne 3916107611619243410.10.04.77.312.02.72.6
2016 Melbourne 39210316317233578630.00.17.88.216.03.73.0
2017 Melbourne 39223015116431594680.10.06.97.514.44.33.1
2018 Melbourne 39250114215529775790.00.05.76.211.93.03.2
2019 Melbourne 3970039367519200.00.05.65.110.72.72.9
2020[lower-alpha 1] Melbourne 39600142337680.00.02.33.86.21.01.3
Career 154 24 17 968 977 1945 487 480 0.2 0.1 6.3 6.3 12.6 3.2 3.1

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.

Personal life

Jetta has a daughter and a son. He married his partner Samantha on 20 October 2013.[5]

References
  1. "Whinnen Medalists". Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. McFarlane, Glenn; Dees swoop on Nick Naitanui's mates; 30 November 2008
  3. Matthews, Bruce (27 March 2009); Kick it to me, Jamie Bennell
  4. "Neville Jetta". AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  5. Melbourne Demon marries in glam vintage wedding at Red Scooter
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