Lachie Weller
| Lachie Weller | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Weller playing for Gold Coast in August 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lachie Weller | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1996 | ||
| Original team(s) |
Broadbeach Cats/Burnie Dockers | ||
| Draft | No. 13, 2014 national draft | ||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Gold Coast | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2015–2017 | Fremantle | 47 (17) | |
| 2018– | Gold Coast | 89 (28) | |
| Total | 136 (45) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2020 | All Stars | 1 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Lachlan Weller (born 23 February 1996) is a professional
Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club
from 2015 to 2017.
Personal life
Originally from
Gold Coast Suns Academy, but did not qualify as a priority selection due to not fulfilling the length of residence requirements.[1] During this time, he completed his schooling commitments at All Saints Anglican School on the Gold Coast and played junior football for Broadbeach as well as Southport.[2] He was drafted by Fremantle with their first selection, number 13 overall, in the 2014 AFL draft.[3]
AFL career
After playing well for
Gold Coast, subsequently being traded, along with pick 41 in the 2017 AFL draft for pick 2.[5]
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of round 3, 2022[6]
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Tackles |
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Marks
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2015 | Fremantle | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 10.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2016 | Fremantle | 14 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 171 | 169 | 340 | 55 | 72 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 15.4 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2 |
| 2017 | Fremantle | 14 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 258 | 184 | 441 | 89 | 53 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 11.7 | 8.4 | 20.1 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 2018 | Gold Coast | 14 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 258 | 175 | 433 | 93 | 57 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 11.7 | 8.0 | 19.7 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 2019 | Gold Coast | 14 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 227 | 148 | 375 | 81 | 47 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 13.4 | 8.7 | 22.1 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 0 |
| 2020[a] | Gold Coast | 14 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 161 | 125 | 286 | 39 | 48 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.5 | 7.4 | 16.8 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1 |
| 2021 | Gold Coast | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 137 | 104 | 241 | 71 | 45 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 10.5 | 8.0 | 18.5 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 0 |
| 2022 | Gold Coast | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 7.5 | 20.5 | 4.0 | 0.0 | TBA |
| Career | 118 | 42 | 33 | 1251 | 938 | 2189 | 443 | 328 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 10.6 | 7.9 | 18.6 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 6 | ||
Notes
- ^ 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.
References
- ^ Twomey, Callum (29 October 2014). "29 days to the draft: Meet Lachie Weller".
- ^ Twomey, Callum (11 November 2014). "Model prospect: Lachie Weller steps up on the footy ground and steps out for the cameras".
- ^ Quartermaine, Braden (27 November 2014). "Fremantle Dockers spring draft surprise by taking Lachie Weller, while West Coast Eagles snare Liam Duggan". PerthNow.
- ^ Duffield, Mark (31 July 2015). "Freo select teens in squad to face Giants". The West Australian.
- ^ Rynne, Nick (16 October 2017). "Docker Weller requests move to Suns". PerthNow. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "Lachie Weller". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lachie Weller.
- Lachie Weller's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Lachie Weller's profile on the official website of the Gold Coast Football Club
- WAFL statistics