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 78 (32)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Blakey was born in Melbourne to father John Blakey (Fitzroy and North Melbourne dual AFL Premiership midfielder).

He moved to Brisbane with his family at two years of age before settling in Sydney as a six-year-old.

Blakey participated in the Auskick program at East Sydney Bulldogs.[2] and began playing junior football with the club in 2011 at the age of 11 at under 11 level, scoring 19 goals in his first season. In 2012 Nick was moved up into division 1 for under 13s where he kicked 20 more goals. Throughout the 2013 season Nick continued to play in division 1 in under 13s however only scored 6 goals for the whole season. Also during 2013 Nick played Under 14s for East Sydney Bulldogs, he was still playing in division 1 at this time and scored 16 goals. In 2014 Nick started under 15s while still continuing to play under 14s, he played both in division 1, scoring 5 goals in under 14s and 27 goals in under 15s. In Nick's final year of junior football, he played under 17s in 2015 at the age of 15. He scored 18 goals.[3]

Blakey had a choice of three possible clubs, North Melbourne and 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.[4]

He was recruited by the Sydney Swans with the 10th draft pick in the 2018 AFL Draft matching a bid from Greater Western Sydney.[5]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[6]

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. AFL Record. Round 2, 2022. pg 44
  3. "Player Profile Nicholas Blakey". sportsTG. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. Sydney Swans Media (22 November 2018). "Pick 10: Nick Blakey". AFL Media. Sydney Swans Media. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  6. "Nick Blakey". AFL Tables. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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