Nic Newman
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Nicholas Newman | ||
| Nickname(s) | Nip, Newy, Noodles | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1993 | ||
| Original team(s) | Frankston (VFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 35, 2015 rookie draft | ||
| Debut | Round 2, 2017, Sydney vs. Western Bulldogs, at Etihad Stadium | ||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Carlton | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2015–2018 | Sydney | 31 (8) | |
| 2019– | Carlton | 103 (10) | |
| Total | 134 (18) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Nic Newman (born 15 January 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Football career
[edit]Early career
[edit]As a junior, Newman played underage suburban football for Mornington in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League, and was not part of the TAC Cup or any other AFL elite talent pathways until age 19, when he played one season as an overage player with the Dandenong Stingrays. Playing primarily as a half-forward before switching to half-back, Newman went on to play for Frankston in the Victorian Football League. He won the Fothergill–Round Medal as best young player in the VFL,[1] and was named in the VFL Team of the Year,[2] in 2014. He played one further season for Frankston. Outside football, Newman had left school in Year 11 and was earning a living in landscaping and other trades.[3]
Sydney Swans
[edit]As a mature aged recruit at almost 22 years old, Newman was drafted by the Sydney Swans with a second selection and thirty-fifth overall in the 2015 rookie draft.[4] Newman spent his first two seasons playing entirely for the reserves in the NEAFL, including selection in the NEAFL Team of the Year in 2016 and winning the Andrew Ireland Medal as best on ground in the grand final, to earn a contract extension and elevation to the senior list.[5]. He made his senior AFL debut aged 24 in round 2, 2017.[6]
Carlton
[edit]Out of contract after the 2018 season, Newman was traded to Carlton for a fourth-round draft pick.[7] He made an impressive debut for Carlton in the first match of 2019, gathering 26 disposals and a classy goal,[8] and was a regular in Carlton's half-back line. He missed almost the entire pandemic-interrupted 2020 season with injury, suffering an elbow injury in round 1, then rupturing his right patella tendon three months later;[9] despite this, he won the Best Clubman award for the season, an award he later also won in 2022 and 2023.
Newman remained a solid contributor until, at age 30 in the 2023 season, he established himself as an elite half-back defender, regularly taking on difficult defensive roles and contributing as a rebounding half-back. Newman finished runner-up in Carlton's best and fairest in both 2023 and 2024.[10][11][12] Newman ruptured his left patella tendon in the 2025 pre-season, and is expected to miss the entire season.[13]
Statistics
[edit]- Statistics are correct to end of 2024[14]
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2015 | Sydney | 28 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016 | Sydney | 28 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017 | Sydney | 28 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 260 | 146 | 406 | 95 | 75 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 13.0 | 7.3 | 20.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | Sydney | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 66 | 193 | 60 | 33 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 6.0 | 17.5 | 5.5 | 3.0 |
| 2019 | Carlton | 24 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 328 | 100 | 428 | 135 | 66 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 16.4 | 5.0 | 21.4 | 6.8 | 3.3 |
| 2020 | Carlton | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | Carlton | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 199 | 76 | 275 | 86 | 54 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 14.2 | 5.4 | 19.6 | 6.1 | 3.9 |
| 2022 | Carlton | 24 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 252 | 120 | 372 | 118 | 44 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 13.3 | 6.3 | 19.6 | 6.2 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | Carlton | 24 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 376 | 185 | 561 | 183 | 85 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 15.7 | 7.7 | 23.4 | 7.6 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | Carlton | 24 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 413 | 153 | 566 | 194 | 92 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 17.2 | 6.4 | 23.6 | 8.1 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | Carlton | 24 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Career | 134 | 18 | 17 | 1968 | 848 | 2816 | 875 | 451 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.7 | 6.3 | 21.0 | 6.5 | 3.4 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Newman named Fothergill–Round Medallist". Fox Sports Pulse. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ "2014 VFL Team of the Year". mygameday.app. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Rose Zarucky (20 April 2023). "Newman: Non-traditional pathway taught me resilience, gratitude". Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ Amy, Paul (3 December 2014). "Frankston Dolphins defender Nic Newman continues his rapid rise, taken by Sydney in the AFL rookie draft". Frankston Standard Leader. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Season Review: Nic Newman". Sydney Swans. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ Cordy, Neil (30 March 2017). "Sydney Swans name three debutants for Grand Final rematch against Western Bulldogs". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ @AFL_House (17 October 2018). "Trade paperwork officially lodged. Sydney trade Nic Newman to Carlton for its Future Rd 4 Selection" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Blues welcome Newman". Carlton Media. www.carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "Season over for Blue Newman". KRock. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ "Weitering a dual John Nicholls Medallist". 8 October 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "Cripps joins Nicholls as Carlton history makers". 6 October 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ Riley Beveridge (23 September 2023). "Like a New man: The turning point that steered Blue on a path to success". Australian Football League. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ "Injury news: Newman to miss 2025 season". Carlton Football Club. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ "AFL Tables - Nic Newman statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
External links
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- Nic Newman's profile on the official website of the Carlton Football Club
- Nic Newman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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