Jared Rivers
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Rivers playing for Melbourne in 2007
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jared Rivers | ||
| Date of birth | 18 October 1984 | ||
| Original team(s) | North Adelaide (SANFL) | ||
| Draft | #26, 2002 National Draft, Melbourne | ||
| Height / weight | 192cm / 92kg | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2003–2012 | Melbourne | 150 (18) | |
| 2013–2015 | Geelong | 44 (0) | |
| Total | 194 (18) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jared Rivers (born 18 October 1984) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
As a child he supported the Sydney Swans and cites Tony Lockett and Paul Kelly as his childhood heroes. He attended Caritas College until Year 10 and Sacred Heart College Senior, Adelaide afterwards.
He played junior football for the South Augusta Bulldogs Football club. He won a premiership with the club in 2000 at the age of 15, taking on much stronger opponents in the Spencer Gulf League. The North Adelaide Football Club spotted his raw talent and soon he was playing seniors under coach Darel Hart, who described him as a delight to coach.
He was rising quickly as a potential top ten draft pick, and was selected to play for South Australia's Under 18 team in the National competition. Unfortunately, he injured his wrist in the lead up to this match. But scouts from the Melbourne Demons liked what they saw in Rivers, and selected him as the 27th pick overall in the 2002 AFL Draft.
He managed three games in his debut season, but won praise from many for his job on Port Adelaide superstar Warren Tredrea in his second match.
After a solid preseason, Rivers cemented his spot in the team and was quickly noticed by many in the football community. This resulted in his Round 3 nomination for National Bank Rising Star in 2004. He continued his good form all throughout the season right till the Demons' loss to Essendon in the Elimination Final. To prove how much his star was rising, his father Peter 'Boof' Rivers was given his own spot in the paper to comment on how Jared was faring, and he wasn't glowing in his report all the time.
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