Nathan Jones

Personal information
Birth	20 January 1988 (1988-01-20) (age 21)
Recruited from	Mt. Eliza/Dandenong Stingrays (TAC)
Height and weight	180cm / 81kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 17, 2006, Melbourne Football Club vs. Kangaroos Football Club, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Team(s)	Melbourne (2006 -) 53 games, 21 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2008 season
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nomination, Round 20, 2006. AFL Rising Star nomination, Round 17, 2007. Runner-up Best and Fairest - Sid Anderson Trophy (2007)

Contents 1 Career 2 Statistics 3 Honours 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

Nathan Jones (born 20 January 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club Demons. He was recruited as the number 12 draft pick in the 2005 AFL Draft from the Dandenong Stingrays.

Playing the last eight games of the 2006 AFL Season, including Melbourne's two finals, Jones excelled, gathering numerous possessions, and showing much grunt and tenacity for someone in his debut season.

In his second year with the Demons (2007), Jones has further established himself as a very hard-nosed midfielder, capable of winning many possessions and setting up driving forward thrusts with his long kicks. Jones runs the lines and is a hard tackler.

In 2007, Jones operated as a beacon of hope for an otherwise disappointing season for the Melbourne Football Club. Averaging more than 17 possessions per game, and 5 tackles, Jones was a strong contender for the Rising Star Award, he ended up placing third, behind mercurial young gun Joel Selwood and Scott Pendlebury. To cap of his season, he finished second in the Club's Best and Fairest Award (the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal) with 190 votes, behind the eventual winner James McDonald (260 votes).

[edit] Statistics

Statistics are correct as of Round 1, 2010 (19 July 2010)^[1]

Season	Team	No.	Games	Goals	Behinds	Kicks	Marks	Handballs	Disposals
2006	Melbourne	2	8	2	0	64	20	47	111
2007	Melbourne	2	21	10	6	219	61	146	365
2008	Melbourne	2	21	9	6	212	65	220	432
2009	Melbourne	2	20	8	11	209	77	234	443
Totals			70	29	23	704	223	647	1351

[edit] Honours

• AFL Rising Star nomination, Round 20, 2006.
• AFL Rising Star nomination, Round 17, 2007.

Runner up Hobart annual Show Cat awards with Jasper.

Famously spent three hours and pontoon table at Wrest Point Hotel and Casino where every hand he played he would get "only 21!"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Nathan Jones (Australian rules footballer) profile on the Official AFL Website of the Melbourne Football Club
• Nathan Jones (Australian rules footballer)'s statistics from AFL Tables

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