Chad Jonathon Jones (born 15 June 1984) is an
Australian rules footballer currently listed with the
Claremont Football Club in the
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September ...
(WAFL), having previously played for the and the
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Football L ...
in the
Australian Football League (AFL). From
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
, Western Australia, Jones made his debut for Claremont in 2003, and was recruited to the Kangaroos in the
2003 National Draft. Over three seasons at the club, he played six games, kicking a single goal, before being traded to West Coast prior to the
2007 season. At West Coast, Jones played seven games over two seasons before being delisted. Remaining with Claremont where he played as a key forward, Jones led the club's goalkicking in 2009 and 2010, also winning the
Bernie Naylor Medal
The Bernie Naylor Medal is an Australian rules football award which is given to the leading goalkicker at the end of each home and away season in the West Australian Football League. It is named after South Fremantle full-forward Bernie Naylor. Be ...
as the competition's leading goalkicker in both seasons. He went on to play in Claremont's 2011 and 2012 premiership sides, having also represented
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
in two
interstate matches.
Career
The younger brother of former West Coast Eagles player
Brett Jones, Jones originally played for the Wembley Downs Junior Football Club. Educated at
Hale School
Hale School is an independent, Anglican day and boarding school for boys, located in Wembley Downs, a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
Named after the school founded by Bishop Mathew Blagden Hale in 1858, Hale School claims to be ...
, he played Alcock Cup matches before being recruited to Claremont in the WAFL. He made his senior debut for Claremont in round 1, 2003, against , playing eight games and kicking 11 goals.
[Chad Jones (Claremont)](_blank)
– WAFLOnline. Retrieved 28 September 2011. He was recruited to the with pick number 24 in the
2003 National Draft. Jones made his AFL debut in round six of the
2004 season against the , recording five disposals before being dropped for the next game.
[Chad Jones](_blank)
– AFLTables. Retrieved 28 September 2011. He returned to play two more games late in the season, but mainly played with the club's ,
Port Melbourne
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. He did not play a game in 2005, spending the entire season in the VFL. After being reassigned to the
Tasmanian Devils
The Tasmanian devil (''Sarcophilus harrisii'') (palawa kani: purinina) is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. Until recently, it was only found on the island states and territories of Australia, state of Tasmania, but it has be ...
in the VFL for 2006, Jones managed three consecutive games for the Kangaroos in rounds 11–13, but these were his last games for the club as he was de-listed at the end of the season.
Jones was recruited by the
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Football L ...
with pick 45 in the
2007 Rookie Draft, joining his brother at the club. After kicking 42 goals from 11 games for Claremont at WAFL level, including a run of 26 goals in four games,
Jones made his debut for West Coast in round 13 of the
2007 season, against , kicking three goals playing at centre half-forward. He kicked four behinds from 13 possession in his next game, against the , but was dropped two games after, returning for one game in round 22. His form for Claremont was consistent however, and he finished with 63.41 for the season, second only to
Anthony Jones (68 goals) as Claremont's leading goalkicker. He played in the club's Grand Final loss to , and also represented the WAFL in
interstate football against the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL), kicking two goals. After spending the first three rounds of the season in the WAFL, kicking 15 goals for Claremont, Jones played three more games for West Coast from rounds 5–7, kicking five goals, but severely sprained his ankle at training, missing a month of football. He returned to football at WAFL level in round 14 against Peel Thunder,
but was unable to break back into the Eagles' line-up due to the form of
Quinten Lynch
Quinten Peter Lynch (born 24 January 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Collingwood Football Club and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Grass Patch, a rural farming co ...
,
Ben McKinley
Benjamin "Ben" McKinley (born 4 March 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who previously played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the West Coast Eagles.
Early life
McKi ...
and
Ashley Hansen. He was de-listed by West Coast at the end of the season.
Remaining with Claremont, Jones emerged as a
full-forward
Full-forward is a position in Australian rules football and Gaelic football with a key focus on kicking goals.
The Coleman Medal is awarded to the player, often a full-forward, who has kicked the most goals in an Australian Football League seaso ...
in 2009, kicking 77 goals to be the club's leading goalkicker, also winning the
Bernie Naylor Medal
The Bernie Naylor Medal is an Australian rules football award which is given to the leading goalkicker at the end of each home and away season in the West Australian Football League. It is named after South Fremantle full-forward Bernie Naylor. Be ...
as the competition's leading goalkicker. He continued this form in the 2010 season, kicking 85 goals, including two eight-goal hauls and one haul ten-goal 27-possession game against Peel Thunder, to again win the Bernie Naylor Medal. He was also selected to represent the WAFL against the VFL in the 2010 state game, kicking four goals.
He missed the first games of the
2011 WAFL season with a hamstring injury, but returned to the side for the latter half of the season, kicking 41 goals in 13 games, which included the
2011 Grand Final win over Subiaco.
The following season, Jones kicked 45 goals from 20 games, and again played in Claremont's premiership side.
Claremont wins WAFL premiership
– '' Sydney Morning Herald'' online. Published 23 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
References
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1984 births
Claremont Football Club players
Living people
North Melbourne Football Club players
People educated at Hale School
Port Melbourne Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia
Tasmanian Devils Football Club players
West Coast Eagles players