Full name Jake Neade Name Jake Neade Career start 2013 Height/Weight 170cm / 67kg Height 1.7 m | Position(s) Midfielder / Forward Nationality Australian Nominations AFL Rising Star Current club Port Adelaide Weight 64 kg | |
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Date of birth (1994-05-29) 29 May 1994 (age 21) Draft Greater Western Sydney NT Zone Selection Role Australian rules footballer | ||
Original team North Ballarat Rebels | ||
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Jake Neade (born 29 May 1994) is an Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Hailing from Elliott in the Northern Territory he made the move in his mid teens down to Victoria where he attended school at St Patrick's College, Ballarat where he shone as a real talent in the school's first XVIII, winning the Herald Sun Shield 3 times in 3 years. He was traded to Port Adelaide during the 2012 trade week from Greater Western Sydney. Neade is a midfielder/forward known for his attack and creativity with the ball and strong tackling. He won the Harrison Medal (Division 2 best and fairest) and achieved All-Australian honours in the 2012 AFL Under 18 Championships averaging 18.4 disposals and 3.6 tackles. Neade arrived at Port Adelaide as their smallest player weighing in at 67 kg and being 170 cm tall. He is an indigenous Australian.
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AFL career
Neade made his unofficial debut with the Power in the 2013 NAB Cup opener against St Kilda showing bursts of speed, poise in close and a frenetic work-rate. He totaled 8 disposals and 1 goal in a half of football.
He played his first official AFL match in the opening round of the 2013 AFL season against Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Port's 79-point victory. For Round 13, 2013, Neade was awarded a NAB rising star nomination.
