Jack Ginnivan

Jack Ginnivan (born 9 December 2002) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Jack Ginnivan
Ginnivan playing for Collingwood's VFL team in July 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-12-09) 9 December 2002
Place of birth Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s) Bendigo Pioneers (NAB League)
Draft No. 13, 2021 rookie draft
Debut Round 19, 2021, Collingwood vs. Port Adelaide, at Marvel Stadium
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 33
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2021– Collingwood 33 (52)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 9, 2023.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life and state football

Ginnivan started playing Australian rules football at the age of six, following Hawthorn winning the 2008 AFL Grand Final. As a youth, he played for the Newstead Football Club in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League and at the age of 11, kicked his 100th goal for the club.[1] Later, he played junior football for Strathfieldsaye Storm in the Bendigo Football Netball League, helping them win a premiership in 2019.[2] In 2020, Ginnivan played for Bendigo Pioneers in the NAB League and was selected for the Vic Country team.[3] Ginnivan studied at Bendigo Senior Secondary College and grew up supporting Hawthorn.[4]

AFL career

2021: Debut season

Ginnivan was drafted by Collingwood with their first pick of the 2021 rookie draft, which was the 13th pick overall.[5] After kicking 11 goals over three matches in the Victorian Football League (VFL), including several four-goal games,[6] Ginnivan made his AFL debut against Port Adelaide in the nineteenth round of the 2021 AFL season, at Marvel Stadium.[7] He played in the last five games of the season, kicking six goals.[8]

2022: Breakout season as a youngster

In the 2022 Anzac Day match, in just his tenth career game, Ginnivan kicked five goals and won the Anzac Medal as best on ground,[9] as well as the Rising Star nomination for round 6.[10] As his second season progressed, he quickly became a high profile and controversial player, after gaining a reputation among media and rival spectators for ducking or shrugging into high tackles to win free kicks,[11] and later admitting to doing so deliberately and even practising the technique in an unusually frank interview.[12]

Ginnivan was booed by rival fans for much of the end of his second season – including an infamous incident when Sydney fans booed him after he had left the game with injury, drawing considerable scorn towards those fans in the media.[13]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[14]

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
2021Collingwood33 563387451841.20.67.61.49.03.60.80
2022Collingwood33 2340191616222362341.70.87.02.79.72.71.53
Career 2846221996926880381.60.87.12.59.62.91.43

Honours and achievements

Individual

References
  1. Landy, Samantha (16 August 2014). "Newstead forward Jack Ginnivan slots nine goals to make it 101 for the year and chase dad's record". Herald Sun.
  2. "Storm caps unbeaten run to reserves premiership". AFL Central Victoria. 23 September 2019.
  3. Alvaro, Michael (15 May 2020). "AFL Draft Watch: Jack Ginnivan (Bendigo Pioneers/Vic Country)". Aussie Rules Draft Central.
  4. "Student profile: Jack Ginnivan". Bendigo Senior Secondary College. 30 October 2020.
  5. "Rookie Draft: Ginnivan becomes a Magpie". Collingwood. Telstra. 10 December 2020.
  6. "Magpie to make debut". Castlemaine Mail. 23 July 2021.
  7. Colangelo, Anthony (21 July 2021). "Pies to debut two in clash with Port Adelaide". The Age.
  8. Williams, Peter (25 August 2021). "2020 AFL Draft standouts: North Melbourne & Collingwood". Aussie Rules Draft Central. Talented forward Jack Ginnivan also grabbed his opportunity late in the season, coming in and playing the last five games of the year and slotting six goals, including three against Hawthorn.
  9. Hope, Shayne (25 April 2022). "Ginnivan shines in Pies' AFL win over Dons". The West Australian. Teen sensation Jack Ginnivan has slotted a career-best five goals to help lift Collingwood to an 11-point win over Essendon in an enthralling Anzac Day encounter.
  10. "Ginnivan a Rising Star". 26 April 2022. Collingwood forward Jack Ginnivan has won the round six Rising Star nomination for his five-goal haul on ANZAC Day.
  11. Ben Waterworth (6 June 2022). "Leigh Montagna's warning for Jack Ginnivan as young Pie's 'skill' polarises AFL world". Fox Sports. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  12. Ben Sutton (13 July 2022). "'It's a great way to kick a goal': Polarising Pie Jack Ginnivan on playing for free kicks". 7 News. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  13. Sam Goodwin (15 August 2022). "AFL world in uproar over 'disgusting' scenes in Collingwood loss". Yahoo Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  14. "Jack Ginnivan - player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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