Jaeger O'Meara
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O'Meara playing in April 2017.
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jaeger O'Meara | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Dongara, Western Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Perth (WAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 1, 2011 mini draft | ||
| Height / weight | 183 cm / 84 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
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| Current club | Hawthorn | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2013–2016 | Gold Coast | 44 (27) | |
| 2017– | Hawthorn | 4 (1) | |
| Total | 48 (28) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 6, 2017.
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| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jaeger O'Meara (born 23 February 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
O'Meara was a student a former student of Nagle Catholic College in Geraldton. O'Meara began playing football for Railways Football Club in the Great Northern Football League. He competed for the Railways senior team in their 2010 GNFL Grand Final win and lined up on future Gold Coast Suns teammate Jack Martin. He was awarded the Guardian Medal for his best on ground performance at 16 years of age. O'Meara was then recruited by the Perth Football Club for the 2011 WAFL season and made his senior debut in August.
O'Meara was recruited by Gold Coast with the first selection in the 2011 mini draft, a special draft of players who were too young to be eligible for selection in the main 2011 AFL Draft. Gold Coast obtained the first selection in the mini draft by trading their first selection, the fourth overall, to the new Greater Western Sydney team.
As part of the mini-draft rules, O'Meara was unable to play for the Gold Coast Suns in the 2012 season, but did play for them in the 2012 NAB Cup preseason competition and then with the reserve team in the North East Australian Football League. He underwent groin surgery that prevented him from playing for the rest of the season.
O'Meara made his debut in the opening round of the 2013 AFL season and was rewarded with the round 5 nomination for the 2013 AFL Rising Star after recording 25 disposals, five marks, four tackles and two goals in the forty-four point win against Greater Western Sydney. He re-signed with the Suns for a further two seasons midway during the year. After playing every game for the Suns during his stunning debut season, he was subsequently named the NAB AFL Rising Star for 2013. Since making his debut in 2013, O'Meara didn't miss a game in 2013 and 2014, playing all possible 44 games during that period.
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