Lachie Weller

Lachie Weller
Lachie Weller
	Weller playing for Gold Coast in August 2018
Personal information
Full name	Lachie Weller
Date of birth	23 February 1996 (age 28)
Original team(s)	Southport (NEAFL)/Broadbeach Cats/Burnie Dockers
Draft	No. 13, 2014 national draft
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Gold Coast
Number	14
Playing career1
Years	Club
2015–2017	Fremantle
2018–	Gold Coast
Total
Representative team honours
Years	Team
2020	All Stars
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Career highlights
	AFL Rising Star nominee: 2016; Beacon Award winner: 2016;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lachlan Weller (born 23 February 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2015 to 2017.

Personal life

Originally from Burnie in Tasmania, Weller moved to Gold Coast in Queensland at age 15 (2011) with his family, when his brother Maverick was playing for the Gold Coast Football Club. Lachie then joined the Gold Coast Suns Academy, but did not qualify as a priority selection due to not fulfilling the length of residence requirements.^[1] During this time, he completed his schooling commitments at All Saints Anglican School on the Gold Coast and played junior football for Broadbeach as well as Southport.^[2] He was drafted by Fremantle with their first selection, number 13 overall, in the 2014 AFL draft.^[3]

After playing well for Peel Thunder Football Club in the West Australian Football League, Weller made his debut in round 18 of the 2015 AFL season against Greater Western Sydney.^[4] At the conclusion of the 2017 AFL season, after playing 47 games for Fremantle, Weller requested a trade to Gold Coast, subsequently being traded, along with pick 41 in the 2017 AFL draft for pick 2.^[5]

Statistics are correct to the end of 2024^[6]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
2015	Fremantle	14	3	0	0	14	17	31	7	7	0.0	0.0	4.7	5.7	10.3	2.3	2.3	0
2016	Fremantle	14	22	12	10	171	169	340	55	72	0.6	0.4	7.8	7.7	15.4	2.5	3.3	2
2017	Fremantle	14	22	5	4	258	184	441	89	53	0.2	0.2	11.7	8.4	20.1	4.0	2.4	0
2018	Gold Coast	14	22	4	8	258	175	433	93	57	0.2	0.4	11.7	8.0	19.7	4.2	2.6	3
2019	Gold Coast	14	17	2	5	227	148	375	81	47	0.1	0.3	13.4	8.7	22.1	4.8	2.8	0
2020^[a]	Gold Coast	14	17	12	3	161	125	286	39	48	0.7	0.2	9.5	7.4	16.8	2.3	2.8	1
2021	Gold Coast	14	13	7	3	137	104	241	71	45	0.5	0.2	10.5	8.0	18.5	5.5	3.4	0
2022	Gold Coast	14	11	3	2	161	64	225	48	17	0.3	0.2	14.6	5.8	20.5	4.4	1.5	4
2023	Gold Coast	14	9	0	2	138	56	194	61	15	0.0	0.2	15.3	6.2	21.6	6.8	1.7	2
2024	Gold Coast	14	6	2	3	62	38	100	18	18	0.3	0.5	10.3	6.3	16.7	3.0	3.0
Career			142	47	40	1586	1080	2666	562	378	0.3	0.3	11.2	7.6	18.8	4.0	2.7	12

Notes

^ 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.

^ Twomey, Callum (29 October 2014). "29 days to the draft: Meet Lachie Weller".
^ Twomey, Callum (11 November 2014). "Model prospect: Lachie Weller steps up on the footy ground and steps out for the cameras".
^ Quartermaine, Braden (27 November 2014). "Fremantle Dockers spring draft surprise by taking Lachie Weller, while West Coast Eagles snare Liam Duggan". PerthNow.
^ Duffield, Mark (31 July 2015). "Freo select teens in squad to face Giants". The West Australian.
^ Rynne, Nick (16 October 2017). "Docker Weller requests move to Suns". PerthNow. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
^ "Lachie Weller". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 April 2022.