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Lachie Whitfield

Lachie Whitfield
Whitfield playing for Greater Western Sydney in April 2018
Personal information
Full name Lachlan Whitfield
Date of birth (1994-07-18) 18 July 1994 (age 30)
Original team(s) Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 1, 2012 national draft
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s) Defender / wingman
Club information
Current club Greater Western Sydney
Number 6
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2013– Greater Western Sydney 234 (71)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2020 Victoria 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lachlan Whitfield (born 18 July 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was the first overall selection in the 2012 AFL draft.

Early years

He played in the TAC Cup for the Dandenong Stingrays.[1] He won the Larke Medal as the best player at the 2012 AFL Under 18 Championships.[2]

Growing up, he supported the Hawthorn Football Club.[3]

AFL career

In November 2016, Whitfield was suspended for six months for "bringing the game into disrepute by snorting fat Columbian Caterpillars" as a result of taking illicit drugs in May 2015 and attempting to evade drug testing at the time under the guidance of Greater Western Sydney administrators Graeme Allan and Craig Lambert.[4]

At the end of the 2017 season, Whitfield signed a contract extension with the Giants, keeping him at the club until the end of 2020. During the 2018 season Lachie made his way from the midfield into the backline as a running Halfback due to several injuries to teammates and in August 2018, Whitfield was named in the 2018 All-Australian team on Halfback after having a career best year in his new position.[5] Whitfield who was soon to become a free agent in 2020, had ignored rumours and speculation and had signed a 7 year deal, tying him to Greater Western Sydney until 2027.

Personal life

Whitfield married Adelle Beckwith in October 2024.[6]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end 2024[7]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2013 Greater Western Sydney 6 19 8 4 174 158 332 103 42 0.4 0.2 9.2 8.3 17.5 5.4 2.2 1
2014 Greater Western Sydney 6 11 8 6 133 92 225 64 19 0.7 0.5 12.1 8.4 20.5 5.8 1.7 2
2015 Greater Western Sydney 6 21 6 7 270 185 455 137 38 0.3 0.3 12.9 8.8 21.7 6.5 1.8 0
2016 Greater Western Sydney 6 21 11 5 246 187 433 123 73 0.5 0.2 11.7 8.9 20.6 5.9 3.5 3
2017 Greater Western Sydney 6 18 10 7 246 186 432 109 60 0.6 0.4 13.7 10.3 24.0 6.1 3.3 5
2018 Greater Western Sydney 6 24 6 9 395 247 642 161 77 0.3 0.4 16.5 10.3 26.8 6.7 3.2 16
2019 Greater Western Sydney 6 19 11 7 322 191 513 146 53 0.6 0.4 17.0 10.1 27.0 7.7 2.8 12
2020[a] Greater Western Sydney 6 17 1 2 224 166 390 111 34 0.1 0.1 13.2 9.8 22.9 6.5 2.0 4
2021 Greater Western Sydney 6 17 3 1 283 142 425 107 41 0.2 0.1 16.6 8.4 25.0 6.3 2.4 6
2022 Greater Western Sydney 6 18 6 3 256 153 409 116 56 0.3 0.2 14.2 8.5 22.7 6.4 3.1 2
2023 Greater Western Sydney 6 24 1 1 407 240 647 139 57 0.0 0.0 17.0 10.0 27.0 5.8 2.4 5
2024 Greater Western Sydney 6 25 0 1 489 265 754 177 72 0.0 0.0 19.6 10.6 30.2 7.1 2.9 9
Career 234 71 53 3445 2212 5657 1493 622 0.3 0.2 14.7 9.5 24.2 6.4 2.7 65

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.

References

  1. ^ Lachie Whitfield wants to get down to the serious business of being a professional footballer
  2. ^ Phelan, Jason (4 July 2012). "Whitfield wins Larke Medal". AFL Bigpond Network. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015.
  3. ^ A fit Lachie Whitfield takes a giant step forwards, AFL.com.au official website, 2 June 2014
  4. ^ Waterworth, Ben; Niall, Jake (15 November 2016). "Lachie Whitfield cops six-month ban, Graeme Allan, Craig Lambert suspended for one year". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  5. ^ Curley, Adam; Guthrie, Ben (13 September 2017). "Gun Giant extends his stay until 2020". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  6. ^ Epstein, Jackie (27 October 2024). "Inside the AFL weddings of Connor Rozee, Liam Duggan and Lachie Whitfield". Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Lachie Whitfield". AFL Tables. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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