Jy Farrar

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Jy Farrar
Personal information
Full name Jy Farrar
Date of birth (1996-12-07) 7 December 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Halls Creek, Western Australia
Original team(s) Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft No.60, 2019 AFL Draft
Debut 20 September 2020, Gold Coast  vs. Hawthorn, at Adelaide Oval
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Position(s) Key Defender
Club information
Current club Gold Coast
Number 50
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2020– Gold Coast 11 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 23 2021.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jy Farrar is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League. The Gold Coast Suns selected Farrar with pick 60 in the 2019 NAB AFL draft. [1] [2] [3] Farrar is the cousin of AFLW player Kitara Whap-Farrar, [4] as well as the cousin of Adelaide player Shane McAdam. [5]

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Early life

Farrar was born in Halls Creek, Western Australia [6] into a family of Indigenous Australian descent (Bunuba, Jaru and Kija). [7] He moved to Perth at the age of 14, where he attended boarding school. [6] After spending 5 years in Western Australia, Farrar moved to Wangaratta in regional Victoria, where he played for North Wangaratta Football Club, winning the best and fairest. [8] Not long after, he moved to Adelaide, in order to play for the Scotch Old Collegians Football Club. [3] From there, Farrar played 2 games for Adelaide's SANFL side, where he kicked 2 goals. [9]

AFL career

Farrar debuted in Gold Coast's 51 point loss to Hawthorn in the 18th round of the 2020 AFL season. [10] [11] On debut, Farrar kicked 1 goal, collected 6 disposals, and took 2 marks. [12]

Statistics

'Statistics are correct to the end of round 3, 2022 [13]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2020 [lower-alpha 1] Gold Coast 50110336211.00.03.03.06.02.01.0
2021 Gold Coast 501000905514556140.00.09.05.514.55.61.4
2022 Gold Coast 500––––––––––––––
Career1110935815158150.10.08.55.313.75.31.4
  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.

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References

  1. ↑ "SUNS secure exciting mature-age prospect Jy Farrar". Gold Coast Suns Media. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Milbank, Zac (December 2019). "11 Croweaters Called in AFL Draft". SANFL Media. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 Thomas, Kirralee (29 November 2019). "SANFL: Development squad duo's rise to the top". Adelaide Crows Media. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "When Jy met Kitara:Remarkable story of Suns cousins' first meeting" . Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Sturt signs Jy Farrar". Sturt Football Club Media. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  6. 1 2 "The amateur league star on the AFL radar". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "AFL Players' Indigenous Map 2021". AFL Players Association. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  8. ↑ Whiting, Michael (5 December 2019). "Near and Farrar: Remote town delivers a new Sun". AFL Media. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Jy Farrar". Aussie Rules Draft Central. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Jy Farrar to make his AFL Debut". Gold Coast Suns Media. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Pop stars: Veteran Hawks outshine Suns in fairytale finish". AFL Media. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "Round 18 • Hawthorn v Gold Coast Suns - Player Stats" . Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  13. ↑ "Jy Farrar". AFLTables. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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