Nick Blakey

Nick Blakey (born 27 February 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Nick Blakey
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Blakey
Nickname(s) Lizard [1]
Date of birth (2000-02-27) 27 February 2000
Original team(s) East Sydney Bulldogs/UNSW-Easts (Sydney AFL)
Draft No. 10, 2018 national draft
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current club Sydney
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2019– Sydney 100 (32)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of rd 23, 2023.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Blakey was born in Melbourne. His father, John Blakey, was a Fitzroy player and dual premiership midfielder for North Melbourne.

He moved to Brisbane with his family at two years of age, due to his father assistant coaching at Brisbane Lions, before settling in Sydney as a six-year-old when his father joined Sydney Swans coaching panel. He grew up in Sydney’s eastern suburbs and attended Waverley College.[2] Blakey participated in the Auskick program at East Sydney Bulldogs.[3] In his final year of junior football, he scored 18 goals.[4]

Blakey had a choice of three possible clubs, North Melbourne and the Brisbane Lions through the father-son rule, and the Sydney Swans as a member of the Swans' Development Academy. In early 2018, Blakey revealed his preference was to play for the Sydney Swans.[5]

He was recruited by the Sydney Swans with the 10th draft pick in the 2018 AFL Draft matching a bid from Greater Western Sydney.[6]

AFL Career

On June 5th, 2023, Blakey became the first player Contracted until the 2030s with a 7 year contract extension handed to him by the Sydney Swans

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[7]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2019Sydney22 2119141536822150480.90.77.33.210.52.42.3
2020[lower-alpha 1]Sydney22 168131263616236360.50.87.92.310.12.32.3
2021Sydney22 17361387521365280.20.48.14.412.53.81.6
2022Sydney22 2423350118468104500.10.114.64.919.54.32.1
Career 78323676729710642551620.40.59.83.813.63.32.1

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.

Honours and achievements

Individual

References
  1. "Weird footy nicknames: So why do they call Gov 'Brackets'?".
  2. Cramsie, Debbie (15 March 2018). "From Waverley College to the Sydney Swans". The Catholic Weekly. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. AFL Record. Round 2, 2022. pg 44
  4. "Player Profile Nicholas Blakey". sportsTG. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  5. Niall, Jake (1 May 2018). "Swans win battle for potential Kangaroos and Lions father-son Blakey". No. The Age. The Age. The Age. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  6. Sydney Swans Media (22 November 2018). "Pick 10: Nick Blakey". AFL Media. Sydney Swans Media. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  7. "Nick Blakey". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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