Jay Nash

Personal information
Birth	21 December 1985 (1985-12-21) (age 23), South Australia
Recruited from	South Australia
Height and weight	188 cm / 84 kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 16, 15 July 2005, Essendon vs. Collingwood, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Team(s)	Essendon (2005-2009) 43 games, 10 goals Port Adelaide (2010-)
¹ Statistics to end of 2009 season
Career highlights

Jay Nash (born 21 December 1985) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

[edit] Early career

Is a Defender for Essendon but his beginnings were in South Australia, where he played for the Central District Football Club. For Junior Football he played for The Nuriootpa Rover Football Club (Tigers), in The Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association.

He was in the 2003 Draft, selection 28.

Arriving at Windy Hill he played in the Bendigo Bombers.

[edit] Essendon Bombers

Wearing the No. 38 Guernsey, Nash's debut was unexpected to both he and fans.

It Essendons Round 16 win Collingwood in 2005 and a crowd of over 52,000 had gathered at the MCG, defender Andrew Welsh was unable to take his place on the field. Nash was called in to replace him only hours before the match was scheduled to begin and he was lined up against Collingwood's captain Nathan Buckley who polled the 3 Brownlow Medal votes in that game.

[edit] Port Adelaide

On October 8, 2009, Nash was traded to the Port Adelaide Football Club in a 4 team deal, which included Shaun Burgoyne.

[edit] External links

• Jay Nash profile on the Official AFL Website of the Essendon Football Club
• Jay Nash's statistics from AFL Tables