Jarrad McVeigh

Jarrad McVeigh
Personal information
Full name Jarrad McVeigh
Date of birth (1985-04-07) 7 April 1985
Original team(s) Pennant Hills AFC / NSW/ACT Rams
Draft 5th overall, 2002
Sydney Swans
Height / weight 184cm / 83 kg
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Sydney
Number 3
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2004– Sydney 287 (192)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2010 Australia 2 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2010.
Career highlights

Jarrad McVeigh (born 7 April 1985) is a New South Wales-born Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the younger brother of former Essendon midfielder Mark McVeigh. Since 2011, he has been a co-captain of the Sydney Swans, alongside Adam Goodes (2011–2012) and Kieren Jack 2013 onwards.


Early life

McVeigh was born and raised on the Central Coast in New South Wales. He played his junior football with Pennant Hills AFC and the NSW/ACT Rams. In 2001 he was the joint winner of the McLean Medal for best player at the National AFL Under 16 Championships. He performed well at the AFL Draft camp, recording the highest score in the beep test and the fastest three-kilometre run time.[1] He was recruited by the Sydney Swans with fifth selection in the 2002 AFL Draft.

AFL Career

Sydney (2004 – present)

McVeigh made his AFL debut, wearing guernsey number 3, in Round 1 of the 2004 season against the Brisbane Lions at The Gabba.

Earning the Swans Most Improved Award from the 2007 season, McVeigh established himself from a tagger to a goal-kicking midfielder. In round 18, 2008 against the Western Bulldogs, he kicked a career-high 6 goals.

At the end of the 2008 season, McVeigh won his first Bob Skilton Medal, as the Swans Best and Fairest, posting 578 votes, 10 points in front of runner-up Brett Kirk, polling the maximum 50 votes in the round-18 clash against the Western Bulldogs.[2] In 2009, McVeigh had a less successful year, missing some games due to a hamstring injury, and finishing sixth in the Best and Fairest award.[3]

In 2010, McVeigh finished fourth in the Bob Skilton Medal.[4] He was selected on the International Rules squad for the tour to Ireland in October.

In 2011, McVeigh was appointed co-captain of the Sydney Swans alongside Adam Goodes. The death of his newborn daughter, Luella, marred his season. In his absence, the Swans defeated eventual premiers Geelong at Skilled Stadium (the first time a visiting side had won at that location in four years) in Round 23 and dedicated the win to the McVeigh family and Luella.[5] Despite such a tragedy, he managed to finish 10th in the 2011 Skilton Medal. In 2012, McVeigh captained the Sydney Swans to the 2012 premiership. His strong year was rewarded with a fifth-place finish in the 2012 Bob Skilton Medal. In 2015, McVeigh became only the seventh person to reach 250 games for the Swans in round 7.[6]

Personal life

McVeigh is married to Clementine McVeigh. On 25 July 2011 they had their first child, Luella, who died barely a month later following serious heart complications.[7]

In the first match since this tragedy, on 27 August 2011 the Swans caused one of the biggest upsets of the season knocking off Geelong on its home ground, where it had not lost in 1462 days. For Sydney, it was their first win at the venue for more than 12 years. Sydney and Geelong players wore black armbands in the match 'as a mark of respect for their absent co-captain Jarrad McVeigh and his wife Clementine'. The remarkable victory by the Swans was considered a tribute to McVeigh and his daughter.[8]

Essendon's Mark McVeigh, the older brother of Jarrad who had a baby daughter himself earlier this year, paid tribute to Luella by 'blowing a kiss to the heavens' following his team's dramatic seven-point win over Port Adelaide in the same round. Essendon's players also wore black armbands in their match in respect to Mark's niece.[9]

It was confirmed in February 2012 that Jarrad and his wife Clementine were expecting another baby.[10] The McVeighs' announced a safe arrival of their baby girl Lolita-Luella McVeigh who arrived into the world on 8 July 2012 at 3.17pm weighing in at 3.2 kg.[11]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season[12]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2004 Sydney 3 20 6 7 85 60 145 32 26 0.3 0.4 4.3 3.0 7.3 1.6 1.3
2005 Sydney 3 13 4 6 66 54 120 34 28 0.3 0.5 5.1 4.2 9.2 2.6 2.2
2006 Sydney 3 25 21 7 173 79 252 82 71 0.8 0.3 6.9 3.2 10.1 3.3 2.8
2007 Sydney 3 23 11 15 212 106 318 105 52 0.5 0.7 9.2 4.6 13.8 4.6 2.3
2008 Sydney 3 24 32 14 251 216 467 114 75 1.3 0.6 10.5 9.0 19.5 4.8 3.1
2009 Sydney 3 18 14 10 189 190 379 69 56 0.8 0.6 10.5 10.6 21.1 3.8 3.1
2010 Sydney 3 24 16 11 277 240 517 91 85 0.7 0.5 11.5 10.0 21.5 3.8 3.5
2011 Sydney 3 22 19 11 297 173 470 81 97 0.9 0.5 13.5 7.9 21.4 3.7 4.4
2012 Sydney 3 25 18 13 352 264 616 108 80 0.7 0.5 14.1 10.6 24.6 4.3 3.2
2013 Sydney 3 25 16 7 404 284 688 102 88 0.6 0.3 16.2 11.4 27.5 4.1 3.5
2014 Sydney 3 25 15 9 327 255 582 105 110 0.6 0.4 13.1 10.2 23.3 4.2 4.4
2015 Sydney 3 22 12 5 290 243 533 121 99 0.5 0.2 13.2 11.0 24.2 5.5 4.5
2016 Sydney 3 21 8 6 249 178 427 70 78 0.4 0.3 11.9 8.5 20.3 3.3 3.7
Career 287 192 121 3172 2342 5514 1114 945 0.7 0.4 11.1 8.2 19.2 3.9 3.3

References

  1. ↑ Halloran, Jessica (23 November 2002). "A young hopeful plays football's waiting game".
  2. ↑ Morrissey, Tim (4 October 2008). "Jarrad McVeigh takes best and fairest". The Daily Telegraph.
  3. ↑ "O'Keefe voted Swans' best". 12 Sep 2009.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Paul (1 October 2010). "Jack caps breakout year with Skilton Medal".
  5. ↑ Balym, Todd (29 August 2011). "Jarrad McVeigh under no pressure to return". The Daily Telegraph.
  6. ↑ Curley, Adam (16 May 2015). "Jarrad McVeigh's premiership cup runneth over". BigPond.
  7. ↑ Sydney Swans in mourning after Jarrad McVeigh tragedy
  8. ↑ Swans end Cats' reign – Official AFL Website of the Sydney Swans Football Club
  9. ↑ One from the heart – AFL.com.au
  10. ↑ Jarrad McVeigh talks to Jessica Halloran about baby Luella and a very special gift | thetelegraph.com.au
  11. ↑ Swans co-captain Jarrad McVeigh and wide Clementine's heartbreak soothed with new baby girl Lolita | thetelegraph.com.au
  12. ↑ "Jarrad McVeigh stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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