Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn : Jai “Duke” Newcombe - 2024 Peter Crimmins medalist

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[CHUBBSS]

Gets better and better every game, making some senior mids look pretty poor defensively to

 

[MrPremiership]

Love his effort. Was poor kicking today though.

 

[toomanysquibs]

Love his effort. Was poor kicking today though.

He burnt it a lot early on, but then he had plenty of mates on that front over the course of the game.

Really worked to get back into things, which was more than a lot of guys could say.

Team needs guys who don't fly the white flag when it all gets too hard. Especially while the other younger players are still in their AFL infancy, and won't be able to keep up every week.

Credit to Duke that he kept at it.

 

[Hodgey 15]

He burnt it a lot early on, but then he had plenty of mates on that front over the course of the game.

Really worked to get back into things, which was more than a lot of guys could say.

Team needs guys who don't fly the white flag when it all gets too hard. Especially while the other younger players are still in their AFL infancy, and won't be able to keep up every week.

Credit to Duke that he kept at it.

Love his kicking style among other things.
The kid never fails to impress.

 

[chopflop]

He had a lot of UP which is a great string to add to his bow

 

[toomanysquibs]

He had a lot of UP which is a great string to add to his bow

Definitely not lacking for footy IQ points, probably the best of the inside mids along with Jaeger on that front and a better kick than all of them (without the injury issues that have curtailed Jaeger's natural game).

His DE says different, but Jai is far more punishing by foot than any of them with the way he spots up players long and flat like he did with Gunston last week.

Just a very clever player all round once he gets going.

 

[matey]

Lionheart ……… saw some footage of him at training yesterday bending over near the boundary line dry heaving. Assume it was from pushing himself to the limit.

 

[Bugs1977]

Lionheart ……… saw some footage of him at training yesterday bending over near the boundary line throwing up. Assume it was from pushing himself to the limit.

 

[matey]

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It wasn’t a big one ……. was dry heaving

 

[Simon Crawshay]

I've sad before that Jai reminds me quite a bit of Brad Sewell

Brad Sewell

Age

40

Ht

181cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.1

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

11.5

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

4.5

5star

CL

4.1

5star

No current season stats available

D

9.4

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

4.8

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.2

4star

in his playing style and build.

On the weekend he was one of the few of our players who kept cracking in all day even when the game was well and truely over.

This is another similarity with Sewell, Brad was often our best player on the days we were beaten.

It's a great trait, shows that Jai has a thirst for the contest no matter the game situation.

 

[WWSD]

Newcombe has already had 5 scoring shots from just four games so far this year. A good indiction that he’s added another element to his game.

 

[Fulgent]

Lionheart ……… saw some footage of him at training yesterday bending over near the boundary line dry heaving. Assume it was from pushing himself to the limit.

Maybe he'd just seen a review of the St Kilda game. Watching it made me spew.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Lionheart ……… saw some footage of him at training yesterday bending over near the boundary line dry heaving. Assume it was from pushing himself to the limit.

He’d copped a wack in one of the drills. Had a bit of claret on the snoz.

 

[toomanysquibs]

Newcombe has already had 5 scoring shots from just four games so far this year. A good indiction that he’s added another element to his game.

He had that in the VFL too, I keep saying he's the kind of guy that moves up a level and doesn't really change in output despite the fact he had come straight from the ammo bush league.

Some nice long goals in his VFL highlights that were around pre-midseason draft.

 

[MrPremiership]

Newcombe surely gets rising star? 31 disposals, 3 tackles, 6 inside 50s, 2 clearances, 5 score involvements

 

[Smooth Banana]

Newcombe surely gets rising star? 31 disposals, 3 tackles, 6 inside 50s, 2 clearances, 5 score involvements

BOG

 

[Smooth Banana]

This guy is premium

 

[MrPremiership]

Should have given him a longer contract.

3 years seems a bit light....

9 year extension?

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Newcombe surely gets rising star? 31 disposals, 3 tackles, 6 inside 50s, 2 clearances, 5 score involvements

Played too many games last year?

He was outstanding today.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Played too many games last year?

He was outstanding today.

Nope, he's eligible.

 

[MrPremiership]

Played too many games last year?

He was outstanding today.

Only played 7 games last year

Still only 20 so passes the age requirements


Was truly outstanding today. If his name was P. Cripps he would be getting lauded up the wahoo

 

[PenAndPaper]

Played too many games last year?

He was outstanding today.

Nope, cause I may have chucked some $ on him to win it before the season

 

[SSSSSS]

Had some Petracca-esque numbers today. 32 touches with 654 metres gained.

 

[CHUBBSS]

His a genuine star, that first play set the tone for the whole match

 

[rei154]

31 disposals, 3 tackles, 6 inside 50s, 2 clearances, 5 score involvements, 654 metres gained.

Genuinely elite game from Nuke today- had a few tired kicks in there but by and large when he has the pill we look good.