Jade Rawlings
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Rawlings in February 2017
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jade Rawlings | ||
| Date of birth | 9 October 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Devonport, Tasmania | ||
| Original team(s) | Devonport | ||
| Draft | 94th overall, 1994 AFL Draft 1st overall, 2004 Pre-season Draft |
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| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender/Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1996 – 2003 | Hawthorn | 116 (62) | |
| 2004 – 2005 | Western Bulldogs | 29 (32) | |
| 2006 | North Melbourne | 3 (3) | |
| Total | 148 (97) | ||
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| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2003 | Australia | ? (?) | |
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2009 | Richmond | 11 (3–7–1) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2003.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2009.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jade Rawlings (born 9 October 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the AFL with the Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne Football Clubs. He served as the caretaker coach of the Richmond Football Club for 11 games in 2009, and has served as the backline coach of the Melbourne Football Club since September 2011.
Picked up very late in the 1994 AFL Draft at pick 94 by the Hawthorn Football Club, Rawlings developed into a very handy key position defender and occasionally, forward. He racked up 116 games for the Hawks before going into a contractual dispute at the end of 2003.
He was picked up at number 1 in the 2004 AFL Pre-season Draft by the Western Bulldogs, who needed a tall forward, even though Rawlings was probably more at home in the backline. On debut with his new club, in Round 1, 2004, Rawlings booted 7 goals. However, in what would be a sign of things to come, he missed a relatively simple shot that may have cost the Bulldogs the game.
Throughout 2004 Rawlings' kicking was woeful, sometimes kicking difficult goals along the boundary line but missing relatively simple goals (with a 50% accuracy rate). He was dropped to the VFL. In 2005 Rawlings did not fare much better, his knee troubles ruling him out for the Bulldogs after Round 14 of that year. Rawlings soon got into internal disputes at the club and was traded to his third club, the Kangaroos.
Rawlings joined his brother Brady at the Kangaroos and was believed to be one of the reasons for moving to the club.
After his recruitment, coach Dean Laidley did not guarantee Rawlings a senior game in 2006, saying he had to earn his spot. Jade played most of the year in 2006 with the Tasmanian Devils Football Club in the VFL showing some good form.
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