Nick Larkey

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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
YearsClubGames (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]

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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
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTH/OGBKHDMTH/O
2017 North Melbourne 402002461120.00.01.02.03.00.50.51.00
2018 North Melbourne 200————————————————0
2019 North Melbourne 201726886711576327531.50.45.14.19.23.71.63.10
2020 [lower-alpha 1] North Melbourne 2010144412162231001.40.44.12.16.22.31.00.00
2021 North Melbourne 20224215123872108427301.90.75.54.09.53.81.21.43
2022 North Melbourne 2020381812767194761301.90.96.43.39.73.80.70.05
2023 North Melbourne 2023712415264216971733.11.06.62.89.44.20.70.17
2024 North Melbourne 20234614145742199923342.00.66.33.29.54.31.01.53
Career117237836763881064443761222.00.75.83.39.13.80.61.018

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.

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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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