Brendon Lade
| Brendon Lade | |||
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 Lade in April 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brendon Lade | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Kangaroo Island, Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | South Adelaide (SANFL) | ||
| Height | 199 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1997–2009 | Port Adelaide | 234 (182) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2009. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Brendon Lade (born 10 July 1976) is a former
AFL career
Early career (1992–1999)
Lade was born on
Injury (2000–2001)
Lade missed just one game in his first three years, before he suffered a serious
Career high (2004–2009)
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Lade retired at the end of the 2009 season. He and team-mate Peter Burgoyne, the last remaining members of Port Adelaide's inaugural AFL team, both played their final games in Round 22, 2009.
Coaching career (2010–present)
After ending his 234-game AFL career in 2009, Lade immediately joined Richmond Football Club to become the ruck coach, joining former Port Adelaide teammate Damien Hardwick, Richmond's senior coach.[1] He later became the midfield stoppage coach,[2] and held this position until the end of 2016, after which he returned to Port Adelaide as an assistant coach for the 2017 AFL season. At the end of the 2018 season, Lade returned to Melbourne to become the senior assistant coach for St Kilda Football Club after two seasons as an assistant with Port Adelaide. During the 2022 season, Lade temporarily stepped into the senior coaching chair with St Kilda senior coach Brett Ratten missing due to COVID, leading the Saints to a win over Gold Coast in Round 5. At the end of the 2022 season, Lade joined the Western Bulldogs as an assistant coach.[3]
Statistics
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | ||||
| 1997 | Port Adelaide | 20 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 156 | 76 | 232 | 98 | 16 | 171 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 7.8 |
| 1998 | Port Adelaide | 20 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 182 | 97 | 279 | 115 | 28 | 239 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 8.3 | 4.4 | 12.7 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 10.9 |
| 1999 | Port Adelaide | 20 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 167 | 93 | 260 | 100 | 11 | 325 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 8.0 | 4.4 | 12.4 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 15.5 |
| 2000 | Port Adelaide | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 5.5 |
| 2001 | Port Adelaide | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | Port Adelaide | 5 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 57 | 25 | 82 | 33 | 8 | 139 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 9.9 |
| 2003 | Port Adelaide | 5 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 129 | 77 | 206 | 90 | 25 | 272 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 6.8 | 4.1 | 10.8 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 14.3 |
| 2004 | Port Adelaide | 5 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 156 | 120 | 276 | 110 | 41 | 382 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 11.5 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 15.9 |
| 2005 | Port Adelaide | 5 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 160 | 98 | 258 | 112 | 27 | 306 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 6.7 | 4.1 | 10.8 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 12.8 |
| 2006 | Port Adelaide | 5 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 253 | 102 | 355 | 187 | 32 | 436 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 11.5 | 4.6 | 16.1 | 8.5 | 1.5 | 19.8 |
| 2007 | Port Adelaide | 5 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 207 | 102 | 309 | 131 | 37 | 517 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 4.1 | 12.4 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 20.7 |
| 2008 | Port Adelaide | 5 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 121 | 73 | 194 | 91 | 25 | 349 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 11.4 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 20.5 |
| 2009 | Port Adelaide | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 142 | 70 | 212 | 97 | 24 | 395 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 9.6 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 18.0 |
| Career | 234 | 182 | 106 | 1733 | 936 | 2669 | 1167 | 274 | 3542 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 7.4 | 4.0 | 11.4 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 15.1 | ||
References
- ^ "Brendon Lade named as Tigers' ruck coach". Herald Sun. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ "Staff Members". RFC. Richmond Football Club. 2014. Archived from the original on 7 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Lade lands at Bulldogs". Western Bulldogs Football Club. 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Brendon Lade". AFL Tables.
External links
- Brendon Lade's playing statistics from AFL Tables