Nick Larkey

Nick Larkey
Personal information
Full name Nick Larkey
Nickname(s) Souv, Souvlarkey[1]
Date of birth (1998-06-06) 6 June 1998 (age 26)
Original team(s) Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 73, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 18, 2017, North Melbourne vs. Essendon, at Etihad Stadium
Height 198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 95 kg (209 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club North Melbourne
Number 20
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017– North Melbourne 117 (237)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Nick Larkey (born 6 June 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by North Melbourne with their fourth selection and seventy-third overall in the 2016 national draft.[2] He made his debut against Essendon at Docklands Stadium in round eighteen of the 2017 season.[3]

AFL career

Larkey was selected by North Melbourne with pick 73 in the 2016 AFL draft. Prior he played junior football for Hawthorn Citizens and Kew Comets in the YJFL, before progressing to Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup.[4]

In 2018 Larkey won the VFL's leading goal-kicker award, the Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal, after kicking 41 goals across 17 matches with the North Melbourne reserves team in that competition.[5]

Larkey received a 2019 AFL Rising Star nomination in round 16 of the 2019 AFL season, for his five goal effort against St Kilda at Blundstone Arena.[6]

In 2021, Larkey replaced Ben Brown as North’s key forward, playing 22 games that season and leading the team’s goal kicking tally with 42 goals. He followed that up with 38 goals in 2022 and 71 in 2023, putting him in the top three goalkickers for that year.[7]

Larkey kicked a career high nine goals against the Gold Coast in the final round of 2023. His good form in that year was rewarded with a five-year contract extension to 2029.[8]

Larkey was named in the All-Australian team in 2023.[9]


Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of 2024[10]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
H/O
 Hit-outs
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
2017 North Melbourne 40 2 0 0 2 4 6 1 1 2 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 0
2018 North Melbourne 20 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0
2019 North Melbourne 20 17 26 8 86 71 157 63 27 53 1.5 0.4 5.1 4.1 9.2 3.7 1.6 3.1 0
2020 [a] North Melbourne 20 10 14 4 41 21 62 23 10 0 1.4 0.4 4.1 2.1 6.2 2.3 1.0 0.0 0
2021 North Melbourne 20 22 42 15 123 87 210 84 27 30 1.9 0.7 5.5 4.0 9.5 3.8 1.2 1.4 3
2022 North Melbourne 20 20 38 18 127 67 194 76 13 0 1.9 0.9 6.4 3.3 9.7 3.8 0.7 0.0 5
2023 North Melbourne 20 23 71 24 152 64 216 97 17 3 3.1 1.0 6.6 2.8 9.4 4.2 0.7 0.1 7
2024 North Melbourne 20 23 46 14 145 74 219 99 23 34 2.0 0.6 6.3 3.2 9.5 4.3 1.0 1.5 3
Career 117 237 83 676 388 1064 443 76 122 2.0 0.7 5.8 3.3 9.1 3.8 0.6 1.0 18

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. ^ "Rising star's recipe for perfect 'Souvlarkey'".. The Herald Sun. Published 8 July 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2022
  2. ^ "Pick 73: Nick Larkey". NMFC.com.au. Bigpond. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  3. ^ "North Melbourne Confirm Yet Another Debutant". Triple M. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. ^ "AFL RISING STAR: Nick Larkey". afl.com.au. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Scoring Summary". Peter Jackson VFL 2018. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  6. ^ "AFL RISING STAR: Nick Larkey". afl.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Nick Larkey | AFL". nmfc.com.au. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Five more years: Big Roo rejects free agency for huge contract". www.afl.com.au. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  9. ^ "ALL-AUSTRALIAN TEAM: Toby captain, 12 new faces named". afl.com.au. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  10. ^ "AFL Tables - Nick Larkey statistics". AFL Tables.


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