Andrew McInnes (born 20 March 1992)Carlton Football Club
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, 18 November 2010, retrieved 25 March 2011. is an

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er in the

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Background

McInnes plays primarily as a defender. Originally from Victoria, McInnes played junior football for the Devon Meadows Football Club in Casey-Cardinia, and played TAC Cup football for the Dandenong Stingrays. He represented Vic Country at the 2010 AFL Under 18 Championships. McInnes was recruited by the Carlton Football Club with a fourth round selection in the 2010 AFL National Draft (No. 67 overall). He was given guernsey number 26. He played the entire 2011 season and the first half of the 2012 season with Carlton's , the Northern Bullants (known as the

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from 2012), before making his AFL debut in Round 15,

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against . He held his place in the team for the next two months, impressing with reliable performances in the backline, before suffering an

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in his eighth game. He returned in mid-2013, and played another eight games during the season, including both of Carlton's finals. McInnes was delisted at the end of the 2014 season after managing only a single senior game during the year. In 2015, McInnes played for Norwood in the

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. In 2016, he returned to Victoria and played for VFL club Frankston.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McInnes, Andrew Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 1992 births Living people Carlton Football Club players Dandenong Stingrays players Preston Football Club (VFA) players Norwood Football Club players Frankston Football Club players