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Jack Darling (born 13 June 1992) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the
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in the Australian Football League (AFL). Additionally, he was recruited from West Perth in the WAFL with pick 26 in the 2010 AFL Draft.


Early life

Too young to enter the 2009 AFL Draft, he was predicted during the 2009 season to be a top-five draft pick, but some off-field incidents, including being suspended from his school and spending time in hospital following a fight at a nightclub, saw him slip to the first selection of the second round in the 2010 Draft.


AFL career

Darling made his AFL debut for West Coast against in round 1, 2011, kicking 2 goals. In round 6, Darling was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star after an impressive 3 goal display against . Darling was a part of West Coast's 2018 Premiership Side, which defeated Collingwood by 5 points in the 2018 Grand Final. He had a very quiet first half, failing to register a mark and having close to zero influence on the game. However, he turned that around in the third quarter and finished the game with 7 marks, 12 disposals and a goal, playing a pivotal role in helping West Coast achieve a remarkable comeback. On 21 January 2022, the AFL's requirement for Western Australian-based players to get their first COVID-19 vaccine dose passed, with Darling being the only Western Australian player not to get his first vaccine dose. Until he gets vaccinated, he is not allowed to attend training or go to the club's headquarters at
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. He remains on the team's list. The AFL requires WA players to get their second dose by 18 February, but the Western Australian government requires players get their second dose by 31 January.


Playing style

Whilst Darling predominantly played in the forward line early in his career, from
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
onwards, he enjoyed stints in the midfield where he prospered in a tall half-forward role. As a forward, Darling is renowned for his tackling pressure and goal sense. He often creates unlikely goal-scoring opportunities through his unrelenting pursuit of opposition defenders in possession of the ball. His athleticism and endurance allow him to regularly find space from his opponents throughout the course of a game, and he continually strives to make himself a viable marking target inside his team's forward 50. He is just as effective on the ground as he is in the air. Darling has a black belt in martial arts and taekwondo, and often performs rapid lunges to propel himself from the ground using his hips and torso. His father, David, teaches martial arts as a discipline in Perth. Jack Darling attracted comparisons to AFL greats
Wayne Carey Wayne Francis Carey (born 27 May 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A dual-premiership captain at North Melbou ...
and Jonathan Brown.


Statistics

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, , 27 , , 24 , , 53 , , 25 , , 198 , , 68 , , 266 , , 131 , , 68 , , 2.2 , , 1.0 , , 8.3 , , 2.8 , , 11.1 , , 5.5 , , 2.8 , - style="background:#EAEAEA" , scope="row" text-align:center ,
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
, , 27 , , 21 , , 42 , , 27 , , 168 , , 80 , , 248 , , 96 , , 58 , , 2.0 , , 1.3 , , 8.0 , , 3.8 , , 11.8 , , 4.6 , , 2.8 , - , scope="row" text-align:center ,
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
, , 27 , , 22 , , 39 , , 29 , , 208 , , 106 , , 314 , , 106 , , 86 , , 1.8 , , 1.3 , , 9.5 , , 4.8 , , 14.3 , , 4.8 , , 3.9 , - style="background:#EAEAEA" , scope="row" text-align:center , 2015 , , 27 , , 15 , , 26 , , 18 , , 108 , , 63 , , 171 , , 78 , , 46 , , 1.7 , , 1.2 , , 7.2 , , 4.2 , , 11.4 , , 5.2 , , 3.1 , - , scope="row" text-align:center ,
2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...
, , 27 , , 23 , , 44 , , 21 , , 156 , , 125 , , 281 , , 123 , , 61 , , 1.9 , , 0.9 , , 6.8 , , 5.4 , , 12.2 , , 5.3 , , 2.7 , - style="background:#EAEAEA" , scope="row" text-align:center ,
2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...
, , 27 , , 23 , , 43 , , 25 , , 184 , , 93 , , 277 , , 119 , , 67 , , 1.9 , , 1.1 , , 8.0 , , 4.0 , , 12.0 , , 5.2 , , 2.9 , - , style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;",
2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...
† , , 27 , , 21 , , 48 , , 27 , , 188 , , 88 , , 276 , , 129 , , 50 , , 2.3 , , 1.3 , , 9.0 , , 4.2 , , 13.1 , , 6.1 , , 2.4 , - style="background:#EAEAEA" , scope="row" text-align:center ,
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, , 27 , , 14 , , 59 , , 18 , , 114 , , 48 , , 162 , , 51 , , 32 , , 2.3 , , 0.8 , , 8.1 , , 3.4 , , 11.6 , , 4.1 , , 2.3 , - style="background:#EAEAEA; font-weight:bold; width:2em" , - style="background:#EAEAEA" , scope="row" text-align:center ,
2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...
, , 27 , , 18 , , 30 , , 12 , , 112 , , 57 , , 169 , , 64 , , 35 , , 1.6 , , 0.6 , , 6.2 , , 3.1 , , 9.3 , , 3.5 , , 1.9 , - , - style="background:#EAEAEA" , scope="row" text-align:center ,
2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...
, , 27 , , 13 , , 29 , , 12 , , 110 , , 56 , , 166 , , 76 , , 30 , , 2.2 , , 0.9 , , 8.4 , , 4.3 , , 12.7 , , 5.8 , , 2.3 , - , scope="row" text-align:center class="sortbottom" colspan=3 , Career , 227 , 437 , 218 , 1673 , 888 , 2561 , 1061 , 620 , 1.9 , 0.9 , 7.3 , 3.9 , 11.2 , 4.6 , 2.7


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Darling, Jack 1992 births West Coast Eagles players West Coast Eagles Premiership players West Perth Football Club players Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia People educated at Sacred Heart College, Sorrento Place of birth missing (living people) All-Australians (AFL) One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players