Nakia Cockatoo

Nakia Cockatoo
Personal information
Full name	Nakia Cockatoo
Date of birth	(1996-10-23) 23 October 1996
Original team(s)	NT Thunder
Draft	No. 10, 2014 AFL Draft
Height / weight	185cm / 82kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Geelong
Number	5
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2015–	Geelong	21 (14)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.

Nakia Cockatoo (born 23 October 1996) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Cockatoo was drafted with pick 10 in the 2014 AFL Draft,^[1] and made his debut in the first round of the 2015 AFL season against Hawthorn.^[2]

Early life

As a junior, Cockatoo played for Southern Districts in the NTFL and NT Thunder in the NEAFL.^[3]

References

↑ Auciello, Michael (27 November 2014). "AFL Draft: Geelong Cats pick up four young guns". Geelong Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
↑ McNicol, Adam (4 April 2015). "Final Cats side v Hawks". geelongcats.com.au. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
↑ Schubert, Steven (28 November 2014). "Nakia Cockatoo from NT Thunder snapped up by Geelong Cats in AFL draft". ABC Online. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

External links

Nakia Cockatoo's profile on the official website of the Geelong Football Club
Nakia Cockatoo's statistics from AFL Tables

Geelong Football Club – current squad

1 Stanley
2 Tuohy
3 Parfitt
4 Mackie
5 Cockatoo
6 McCarthy
7 Taylor (vc)
8 Kolodjashnij
9 Smith
10 Menzel
11 Lang
12 Buzza
13 Lonergan
14 J. Selwood (c)
15 Hayball
16 S. Selwood
17 Ratugolea
18 Cowan
19 Narkle
20 Gardner
21 Murdoch
22 Duncan
23 Black
24 Bews
25 Henderson
26 Hawkins
27 Menegola
28 Gregson
29 C. Guthrie
30 House
31 Cunico
32 Motlop
33 Horlin-Smith
34 Parsons*
35 Dangerfield
36 Ruggles*
37 Simpson*
38 Henry*
39 Z. Guthrie*
40 Thurlow
41 Jones*
42 O'Connor*
44 Stewart
45 Abbott
46 Blicavs

Coach: Scott

* denotes rookie listed players

2014 AFL national draft

First round	1. Paddy McCartin 2. Christian Petracca 3. Angus Brayshaw 4. Jarrod Pickett 5. Jordan De Goey 6. Caleb Marchbank 7. Paul Ahern 8. Peter Wright 9. Darcy Moore (F/S) 10. Nakia Cockatoo 11. Liam Duggan 12. Corey Ellis 13. Lachie Weller 14. Jake Lever 15. Jarrod Garlett 16. Sam Durdin 17. Kyle Langford 18. Isaac Heeney (Academy selection) 19. Blaine Boekhorst 20. Jayden Laverde 21. Hugh Goddard

Second round	22. Daniel McKenzie 23. Pat McKenna 24. Jack Steele (Academy selection) 25. Daniel Nielson 26. Toby McLean 27. Lukas Webb 28. Dillon Viojo-Rainbow 29. Touk Miller 30. Brayden Maynard 31. Daniel Howe 32. Tom Lamb 33. Connor Menadue 34. Connor Blakely 35. Harrison Wigg 36. Ed Vickers-Willis 37. James Rose 38. Jack Hiscox (Academy selection) 39. Declan Hamilton 40. Alex Neal-Bullen

Third round	41. Jack Lonie 42. Billy Stretch (F/S) 43. Mitch McGovern 44. Liam Dawson (Academy selection) 45. Bailey Dale 46. Caleb Daniel 47. Cory Gregson 48. Matthew Goodyear 49. Teia Miles 50. Marc Pittonet 51. Jackson Nelson 52. Nathan Drummond 53. Oscar McDonald 54. Ed Langdon 55. Dean Gore 56. Dougal Howard 58. Harry Dear

Fourth round	59. Jordan Cunico 60. Clem Smith 61. Harris Andrews (Academy selection) 62. Zaine Cordy (F/S) 63. Jayden Foster 65. Josh Watts 66. Damien Cavka 67. Daniel Butler 68. Josh Deluca 69. Logan Austin 70. Abe Davis (Academy selection)

Fifth round	73. Jaden McGrath 76. Alec Waterman (F/S) 77. Reece McKenzie 78. Jesse Palmer

Sixth round	81. Josh McGuinness 84. Billy Frampton

Seventh round	85. Jeremy Finlayson (Academy selection) 86. Josh Clayton (F/S)

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